Nick: "Don't you think maybe a drink would help you to sleep?" Nora: "No, thanks." Nick: "Maybe it would if I took one.
Dashiell HammettWe didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant. 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.
Dashiell HammettShe grinned at me. 'You got types?' 'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.
Dashiell HammettI found I was repeating myself. It is the beginning of the end when you discover you have style.
Dashiell Hammett