"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."

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Source : Raymond Chandler (2014). “The World of Raymond Chandler: In His Own Words”, p.100, Vintage

Raymond Chandler

#Country Quotes #Home Quotes #Gun Quotes

“Assume that everybody can see what you are doing and then live your life that way - you will find that generally you are treated right.”

Source : "InternetTraffic.com Shakes Up Domain Parking Industry – with Frank Schilling". Interview with Michael Cyger, www.domainsherpa.com. May 31, 2011.
“I know I don't need him, but I think I want him.”
“We are enmeshed in a lineage that came from somewhere and is going to make way for the next generation.”
“My dog is an atheist: he no longer believes in me.”

Source : "L'almanach-agenda de Cavanna 1985". Book by François Cavanna, Paris: Belfond, 1985.
“I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him suffer like this - but where my genuine concern for him ended and where my self-interest began, I could not tell: no servant can ever tell what the motives of his heart are. "Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing? "We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.”
“I think when you go through something that changes you, it is profound in a way and if somebody is helping you, it brings you closer together.”
“Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of.”
“What if, every time I started to invent something, I asked, 'How would nature solve this?'”

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