I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split. ✨ Raym…

Raymond Chandler
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I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.92, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split. ✨ Raymond Chandler (2002). The Long Goodbye: A Novel, p.92, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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