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Alcohol1 quote
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 · 1953Alcoholism1 quote
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 · 1953Beautiful women1 quote
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. — Raymond Chandler · 1940Blondes1 quote
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. — Raymond Chandler · 1940Cities1 quote
A big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup. — Raymond Chandler · 1949Corruption1 quote
Law is where you buy it in this town. — Raymond Chandler · 1940Courage1 quote
Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. — Raymond Chandler · 1944Drinking1 quote
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 · 1953Law1 quote
Law is where you buy it in this town. — Raymond Chandler · 1940Los Angeles1 quote
A big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup. — Raymond Chandler · 1949Manners1 quote
I don't mind if you don't like my manners. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. — Raymond Chandler · 1939Plot1 quote
When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. — Raymond Chandler · 1950Self-sabotage1 quote
There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. — Raymond Chandler · 1953Stories1 quote
When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. — Raymond Chandler · 1950Women1 quote
It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. — Raymond Chandler · 1940Writing1 quote
When in doubt have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand. — Raymond Chandler · 1950