Quotes from bookThe Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1953, his sixth novel featuring the private investigator Philip Marlowe. Some critics consider it inferior to The Big Sleep or Farewell, My Lovely, but others rank it as the best of his work. Chandler, in a letter to a friend, called the novel "my best book".The novel is notable for using hard-boiled detective fiction as a vehicle for social criticism and for including autobiographical elements from Chandler's life. In 1955, the novel received the Edgar Award for Best Novel. It was later adapted as a 1973 film of the same name, updated to 1970s Los Angeles and starring Elliott Gould.
“I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
Raymond Chandler book The Long Goodbye
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“You talk too damn much and too damn much of it is about you.”
Raymond Chandler book The Long Goodbye
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“I'm killing time and it's dying hard.”
Raymond Chandler book The Long Goodbye
Variant: Mostly I just kill time," he said, "and it dies hard.
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“I belonged in Idle Valley like a pearl onion on a banana split.”
Raymond Chandler book The Long Goodbye
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“He was a guy who talked with commas, like a heavy novel. Over the phone anyway.”
Raymond Chandler book The Long Goodbye
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