The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood. — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
“The rain beat against the windows and against the tin roof of the hotel. It came down in hissing roars, then in whispers, then in loud shishes like sandpaper rubbed against wood. She drank the second glassful, climbed off the bed and began undressing, and then we were together, the cheap naked bulb still blazing down on the bed. Thinking… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share
In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
“She was sitting on the floor, naked, in a skitter of green bills. Beyond her was the custodian, still simpering in death. She was scooping up handfuls of the green money and dropping it on top of her head so that it came sliding down along the cream-colored hair, slipping down along her shoulders and body. She was making a… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share
The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
“If your life can hang from a chewing gum wrapper it can hang from anything in the book. It can hang from a bullet… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
“Now that I was rich I worried a lot more than I had [ before ] … Or let's say I didn't worry more,… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
“When a rich man dies it is more complex than when a poor man dies. A rich man doesn't simply quit living. He quits… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
“He said solitary itself was nothing but a room and a cot and you; and the room was a blank to begin with and… — Elliott Chaze Copy Share Image
![“Now that I was rich I worried a lot more than I had [ before ] … Or let's say I didn't worry more, but that I worried harder, because all my life I'd wanted to live lazily and glossily, and now I had it and didn't want it taken away from me. Before I became rich it was only a matter of hanging…” quote by Elliott Chaze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a4/elliott-chaze-47223_life_now-that-i-was-rich-i-worried-a-lot-more_2104165.jpg)
