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> [If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/if-you-have-a-story-that-seems-worth-telling-and-you-think-you-can/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

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## More by Dashiell Hammett

> [It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/it-s-sometimes-better-to-pretend-i-don-t-hear-the-sound-of-somebody/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [“This damned burg's getting me. If I don't get away soon I'll be going blood-simple like the natives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/this-damned-burg-s-getting-me-if-i-don-t-get-away-soon-i-ll-be-going/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [“You know Quinn?" Macaulay asked me. "Ten minutes ago I was putting him to bed." Macaulay grinned. "I hope you keep his acquaintance like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/you-know-quinn-macaulay-asked-me-ten-minutes-ago-i-was-putting-him-to/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [“Gutman smiled benignly at him and said: “Well, Wilmer, I’m sorry indeed to lose you, and I want you to know that I couldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/gutman-smiled-benignly-at-him-and-said-well-wilmer-i-m-sorry-indeed/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [“...I guess I can put two and two together." "Sometimes the answer's four," I said, "and sometimes it's twenty-two...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/i-guess-i-can-put-two-and-two-together-sometimes-the-answer-s-four-i/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/nora-how-do-you-feel-nick-terrible-i-must-ve-gone-to-bed-sober/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/a-lot-of-fancier-yarns-come-from-people-trying-to-tell-the-truth-it-s/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/three-times-i-have-been-mistaken-for-a-prohibition-agent-but-never/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/listen-dundy-it-s-been-a-long-time-since-i-burst-into-tears-because-a/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [“...What do people think about my staying with Harrison with him chasing everything that's hot and hollow?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/what-do-people-think-about-my-staying-with-harrison-with-him-chasing/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [“Don't be so damned patronizing. Your performance so far has been a little less than dazzling." "I didn't mean no harm," I said and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/don-t-be-so-damned-patronizing-your-performance-so-far-has-been-a/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [...What disturbed him was the discovery that in sensibly ordering his affairs he had got out of step, and not into step, with Life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/what-disturbed-him-was-the-discovery-that-in-sensibly-ordering-his/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/i-haven-t-any-sort-of-plans-for-the-future-but-i-reckon-things-will/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [To get what he wanted, a man had to give other people what they wanted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/to-get-what-he-wanted-a-man-had-to-give-other-people-what-they-wanted/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

> [He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dashiell-hammett/he-felt-like-somebody-had-taken-the-lid-off-life-and-let-him-see-the/)

[Dashiell Hammett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dashiell-hammett/)

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