Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had. - Raymond Chandler

His clothes looked as if they had cost a great deal of money and had been slept in. (Guns at Cyrano's)

He smiled his first smile of the day. He probably allowed himself four.
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He was doing an awful lot of smiling that day. Using up a whole week's supply.

She’s a nice girl. Not my type.” “You don’t like them nice?” He had another cigarette going. The smoke was being fanned away from his face by his hand. “I like smooth shiny girls, hardboiled and loaded with sin.” “They take you to the cleaners,” Randall said indifferently.