"You're broke, eh?" I been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate. - Raymond Chandler

It’s so hard for women — even nice women — to realize that their bodies are not irresistible.

She was thinking. i could see, even on that short acquaintance, that thinking was always going to be a bother for her.

Newspapers are owned and published by rich men. Rich men all belong to the same club. Sure, there’s competition — hard tough competition for circulation, for newsbeats, for exclusive stories. Just so long as it doesn’t damage the prestige and privilege and position of the owners. If it does, down comes the lid.