Quotes from book

The Thin Man

“"You got types?"
"Only you, darling-lanky brunettes with wicked jaws."”

“The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.”

“"How do you feel?"
"Terrible. I must have gone to bed sober."”

“A lot of fancier yarns come from people trying to tell the truth. It’s not easy once you’re out of the habit.”

“She keeps trying and you’ve got to be careful or you’ll find yourself believing her, not because she seems to be telling the truth, but simply because you’re tired of disbelieving her.”

“Tall-over six feet-and one of the thinnest men I’ve ever seen. He must be about fifty now and his hair was almost white when I knew him. Usually needs a haircut, ragged brindle mustache, bites his fingernails.”

“That’s why I don’t very often drink, or even smoke. I want to try cocaine, though because that’s suppose to sharpen the brain, isn’t it?”