However hard I try to be nice I always end up with my nose … - Raymond Chandler

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However hard I try to be nice I always end up with my nose in the dirt and my thumb feeling for somebody’s eye.

Raymond Chandler

The Lady in the Lake · August 12, 1988 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Raymond Thornton Chandler (23 July 1888 – 26 March 1959) was an American-British novelist and screenwriter who specialized in the crime fiction genre.

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