What kind of work do you do mostly?” “Anything that’s reasonably honest, - Raymond Chandler

I never saw any of them again — except the cops. No way has yet been invented to say goodbye to them.

The thin man had a tight voice that expected to be lied to. (The King in Yellow)

We have the whitest kitchens and the most shining bathrooms in the world. But in the lovely white kitchen the average [person] can’t produce a meal fit to eat, and the lovely shining bathroom is mostly a receptacle for deodorants, laxatives, sleeping pills, and the products of that confidence racket called the cosmetic industry. We make the finest packages in the world, Mr Marlowe. The stuff inside is mostly junk.