I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had wr…

Raymond Chandler
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I had a funny feeling as I saw the house disappear, as though I had written a poem and it was very good and I had lost it and would never remember it again. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The High Window: A Novel, p.309, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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