He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.

Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other members of the Supreme Court to find out whether they wanted to hear us out.

When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere. Sam Spade

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

She grinned at me. 'You got types?' 'Only you darling - lanky brunettes with wicked jaws.

I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.

I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother.