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'He used to wear a little blond moustache but Mother made him cut it off. She said -'
'Don't tell me. The minister needed it to stuff a cushion.'

— Raymond Chandler The Little Sister (1949)

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The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.

There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart.

The girl slept on, motionless, in that curled-up looseness achieved by some women and all cats.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The Big Sleep (1939)

A few locks of dry white hair clung to his scalp, like wild flowers fighting for life on a bare rock.

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