Quote by Raymond Chandler

“Nobody yelled or ran out of the door. Nobody blew a police whistle. Everything was quiet and sunny and calm. No cause for excitement…

— Raymond Chandler

“I can just about promise you Philip Marlowe was never as dainty as I.”

— Sue Grafton

“He was contemplation and enthusiasm. Ambition and strong coffee. I could have looked at him forever.”

— E. Lockhart

“If it weren't for the coffee, I'd have no identifiable personality whatsoever.”

— David Letterman

“It would be like murder; and where would I set my coffee?”

— Edward Abbey

“Okay Marlowe,' I said to myself. 'You're a tough guy. You've been sapped twice, choked, beaten silly with a gun, shot in the arm…

— Philip Marlow

“He watched the nurses at the station, stirring their coffees, his coffee, helped by what he did, dependent really but not even knowing it.…

— Charles Graeber

“I laughed so hard I nearly spit out my hot tea. The strange part was the fact that I was drinking coffee at that…

— Jarod Kintz

“But the guy sitting at the table next to me who'd been imagining killing his wife and was now imagining seducing me wasn't the…

— Lori Brighton

“The coffee is not strong enough to keep me awake.”

— J. Limbu

“(out of pity or out of fear of spilt coffee, he couldn’t say.) Then,”

— Michael Finocchiaro

“He would be painstaking in his approach, meticulous. For there was nothing more dangerous, he thought, than a patient man.”

— Daniel Silva