He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. – Raymond Chandler
The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler
He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. – Raymond Chandler
The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler
Ive found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be pass? before it gets into print. – Raymond Chandler
I said something which gave you to think I hated cats. But gad, sir, I am one of the most fanatical cat lovers in the business. If you hate them, I may learn to hate you. If your allergies hate them, I will tolerate the situation to the best of my ability. – Raymond Chandler
I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant of Nature, not her truculent, wife-beating master. I think the true gardener, the older he grows, should more and more develop a humble, grateful and uncertain spirit. – Reginald Farrer, In a Yorkshire Garden, 1909