[Savage Beast]

“There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream.”

~Raymond Chandler

The Long Goodbye. Raymond Chandler, Later Novels and Other Writings. New York: The Library of America. Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1995. p. 489.

[Savage Beast]

“Inside was a small and ugly reception room, but the ugliness was deliberate and expensive.”

~Raymond Chandler

The Long Goodbye. Raymond Chandler, Later Novels and Other Writings. New York: The Library of America. Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1995. p. 509.