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He might be asleep, but even asleep he looked like he knew more than most guys awake.

— James M. Cain The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)

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More quotes by James M. Cain

Stealing a man’s wife, that’s nothing, but stealing his car, that’s larceny.

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1934)

That’s all it takes, one drop of fear, to curdle love into hate.

Double Indemnity (1936)

A receptionist is a lazy dame that can’t do anything on earth, and wants to sit out front where everybody can watch her do it.

Mildred Pierce (1941)

I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake.

Double Indemnity (1936)

The hand that holds the money cracks the whip.

Mildred Pierce (1941)

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