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Dashiell Hammett quotes about life

American Author May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961

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I hope they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck. Yes, angel, I'm gonna send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in 20 years. I'll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I'll always remember you. (Sam Spade to Brigid O'Shaughnessy) Dashiell Hammett
Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.” Sam Spade “You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere Dashiell Hammett
To swipe the immortal lines uttered by Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, a great mystery should take "the lid off life and let [you] look at the works. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him..."
He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works. Dashiell Hammett
He said: "I'm going to send you over. The chances are you'll get off with life. That means you'll be out again in twenty years. You're an angel. I'll wait for you." He cleared his throat. "If they hang you I'll always remember you. Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett quote: "Another man whose social life has ruined him."
Another man whose social life has ruined him. 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. Dashiell Hammett

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