Raymond Chandler Quotes
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She jerked away from me like a startled fawn might, if I had a startled fawn and it jerked away from me.
Raymond Chandler
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Author Details:
Type:
Writer Quotes
Category:
American Writer Quotes
Date of Birth:
July 23, 1888
Date of Death:
March 26, 1959
Nationality:
American
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Select Raymond Chandler Quotations:
The more you reason the less you create.
Raymond Chandler
The streets were dark with something more than night.
Raymond Chandler
I certainly admire people who do things.
Raymond Chandler
It is not a fragrant world.
Raymond Chandler
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Raymond Chandler
Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off.
Raymond Chandler
From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away.
Raymond Chandler
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Quote Keywords:

Away,
Fawn,
Had,
Jerked,
Might,
She,
Startled
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Fawn,
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Jerked,
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All Raymond Chandler Quotations:
A good story cannot be devised...
A really good detective never gets married.
Ability is what you're capable of...
Alcohol is like love. The first...
An age which is incapable of...
At least half the mystery novels...
Chess is as elaborate a waste...
Chess is the most elaborate waste...
Everything a writer learns about the...
From 30 feet away she looked...
Good critical writing is measured by...
He looked about as inconspicuous as...
He looked as inconspicuous as a...
I certainly admire people who do things.
I do a great deal of...
I guess God made Boston on...
I knew one thing: as soon...
I think a man ought to...
If my books had been any...
It is not a fragrant world.
It is pretty obvious that the...
Most critical writing is drivel and...
She gave me a smile I...
She jerked away from me like...
Television is just one more facet...
The challenge of screenwriting is to...
The creative artist seems to be...
The English may not always be...
The flood of print has turned...
The law isn't justice. It's a...
The minute you try to talk...
The moment a man begins to...
The moment a man sets his...
The more you reason the less...
The streets were dark with something...
When I split an infinitive, God...
When in doubt, have a man...
Woe, woe, woe... in a little...
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