Mostly I just kill time, he said, and it dies hard. ✨ Raymond Chandler…

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Mostly I just kill time, he said, and it dies hard. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.22, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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