Raymond Chandler

To say goodbye is to die a little. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#life #parting #romantics #change

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#ability #capable #determines #doing #how

Dead men are heavier than broken hearts. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#noir #men

Without magic, there is no art. Without art, there is no idealism. Without idealism, there is no integrity. Without integrity, there is nothing but production. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#art

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

— Raymond Chandler

#goodbye

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#sex-appeal #love

She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#could #feel #gave #hip #i

I was neat, clean, shaved and sober and I didn't care who knew it. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#humor

You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#money #poverty #money

I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#life