The charged atmosphere made every little thing stand out as a performance, a movement distinct and vastly important. It was one of those hypersensiti… - Raymond Chandler

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The charged atmosphere made every little thing stand out as a performance, a movement distinct and vastly important. It was one of those hypersensitive moments when all your automatic movements, however long established, however habitual, become separate acts of will. You are like a man learning to walk after polio. You take nothing for granted, absolutely nothing at all.