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Raymond Chandler Quotes

Raymond Chandler quote: "If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be..."

If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.

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