Noir Quote by Dennis Lehane Download Open image ““I'm a detective, but nuns could stonewall Sam Spade into an asylum”” — Dennis Lehane ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Noir Nuns Sam spade
When wearing a trench coat, you're allowed to act like Humphrey Bogart when he was detective Sam Spade. — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
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“I began to get really keen, for every man at the bottom of his heart believes that he is a born detective.” — John Buchan Copy Share Image
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“Shall we get on with detective-ing now?” “Yep. Detective away.” — Rachel Howzell Hall Copy Share Image
“if you find yourself playing detective with someone, you should remove them from your life immediately” — Jackson MacKenzie Copy Share Image
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“Jesus, kid, you're almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives.” — John Green Copy Share Image
“The detective had a kidnapping, he had a knife and he had blood. He had an insane old man. He was going in.” — Darin Gibby Copy Share Image
“I brush off my skirt and notice that a small trail of blood runs from a nasty scrape on my knee. I don’t even… — Jenn Bennett Copy Share Image
He wondered if this was what clinical depression felt like, a total numbness, a weary lack of hope. — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
I held her, he wanted to say, and if I knew for certain that all it would take to hold her again would be… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Everyone I know lies, breaks their word, and has perfectly legitimate excuses for why they do. Except you. Haven't you ever noticed that? Two… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“If a man was lucky, he was moving toward something his whole life.” — dennis lehane Copy Share Image
“After my daughter was born, I'd considered buying a shotgun to ward off potention suitors fourteen or so years up the road. Now, as… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“I once again felt an odd flush of admiration for my partner's faith in a religion I had long ago abandoned. She doesn't advertise… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“And she was-definitely-a woman who did not shrink from gauntlets, but stepped up to them, and said, Okay, bring it. Bring your worst. I… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“Jimmy looked back over at his wife, and Celeste could feel the tenderest of aches in the look. She could feel another teardrop piece… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“She told him that he had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard, that it sounded like whiskey and wood smoke.” — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
My daughter squealed again and both Bubba and I winced. It’s not an attractive sound, that. It’s high-pitched and it enters your ear canals… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
“The only people who ask questions like ‘Did he want to be something besides a bartender?’ are people who can become whatever they want.… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
There were some things that I found I really enjoyed singing about; like, on the title track, there's this film-noir character of a woman… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It's very contemporary. — Jeff Goldblum Copy Share Image
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“Sandy’s face was very close to mine in the crowded room. She had a wide mouth and a lot of teeth. She had turned… — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
“And Quirk’s a captain now,” he said. “Captain Quirk?” The motorcycle cop grinned. “Captain Quirk,” he said.” — Robert B. Parker Copy Share Image
I am grateful for what I call well-spent moments: Making a tuna fish sandwich with the works. Taking at least a half hour to… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
“I ripped all her clothes off. She twisted and turned, slow, so they would slip out from under her. Then she closed her eyes… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
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“One of the two owners, the man who had been sitting in the front room, was stretched out in there asleep, stockinged-toes pointed at… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
