Guns never settle anything, I said. They are just a fast curtain to a bad second act.

 Raymond Chandler Playback (1959)

Don’t kid yourself. You’re a dirty low-down detective. Kiss me. 

Raymond Chandler Playback (1959)

The French have a phrase for it. The bastards have a phrase for everything and they are always right. To say goodbye is to die a little.

The girl gave him a look which ought to have stuck at least four inches out of his back.

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

 Raymond Chandler from The Long Goodbye (1953)