#o

When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#door #doubt #gun #hand #his

The truth is that personality inevitably bleeds into all forms of our intellectual life. We all extrapolate from our own lives in order to understand the world. ↗

— Siri Hustvedt

#life #personality #understanding #life

From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#class #feet #like #looked #lot

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#art #away #craft #desire #end

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#critical #cut #destroys #dishonest #emotions

It is not a fragrant world. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#fragrant #world

A really good detective never gets married. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#gets #good #married #never #really

The more you reason the less you create. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#less #more #reason #you

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#advertising agency #agency #chess #elaborate #human

Though you may not be able to change it, you can handle an ugly situation beautifully. ↗

— Vilayat Inayat Khan

#beauty