She was the music heard faintly on the edge of sound.
Raymond ChandlerUntil you guys own your own souls you don't own mine. Until you guys can be trusted every time and always, in all times and conditions, to seek the truth out and find it and let the chips fall where they may—until that time comes, I have the right to listen to my conscience, and protect my client the best way I can. Until I'm sure you won't do him more harm than you'll do the truth good. Or until I'm hauled before somebody that can make me talk.
Raymond ChandlerTags: truth conscience trust police interrogation
The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants.
Raymond ChandlerTo hell with the rich, they make me sick.
Raymond ChandlerTags: class-warfare
It was a cool day and very clear. You could see a long way-but not as far as Velma had gone.
Raymond ChandlerTags: crime noir farewell velma
It's a swell theory," I said. "Marriott socked me, took the money, then he got sorry and beat his brains out, after first burying the money under a bush.
Raymond ChandlerUna tipa que sonaba a borracha perdida cantaba ''Frankie and Johnny'' en versión marinera, con una voz que ni el whisky había logrado mejorar.
Raymond ChandlerHe sounded like a man who had slept well and didn't owe too much money.
Raymond ChandlerThere are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science and the second is art.
Raymond ChandlerI certainly admire people who do things.
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