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

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Raymond Chandler

#Girl Quotes #Looks Quotes #Four Quotes

“I have been crying," she replied, simply, "and it has done me good. It helps a woman you know, just as swearing helps a man”
“I thought: to be tough is to be fragile; to be tender is to be truly fierce.”

Source : Gretel Ehrlich (1986). “The Solace of Open Spaces”, Penguin Group USA
“There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.”

Source : "EXCLUSIVE: Gus Van Sant Talks Restless Blu-ray" by B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. January 25, 2012.
“Love is a chain of love as nature is a chain of life.”
“The life of the wood, meadow, and lake go on without us. Flowers bloom, set seed and die back; squirrels hide nuts in the fall and scold all year long; bobcats track the snowy lake in winter; deer browse the willow shoots in spring. Humans are but intruders who have presumed the right to be observers, and who, out of observation, find understanding.”

Source : Ann Zwinger (1970). “Beyond the Aspen Grove”, p.9, Big Earth Publishing
“The hand that controls the supper dish rules the world!”
“Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant.”
“When I started, DJs weren't in the media, electronic music wasn't in the sales charts and a DJ was the freak in the corner who provided the music while other people had fun. So to do it, you must have been a freak and a music lover.”

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