I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars. Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun. I put them on and went out of the room.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

“Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.”

― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep