Necessary Function Quotes by Raymond Chandler

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• I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get…
• I do a great deal of research - particularly in the apartments of tall blondes.
• Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
• A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
• When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
• The more you reason the less you create.
• Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the…
• At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

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