Quotes about Noir

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How initially 'to get her in the sack' and subsequently to avoid 'her giving you the sack' are not identical dilemmas fa — Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe
Shouldering the duffel bag with the Marine Corps bulldog, Old Man knocked Jan's photo off the bed table. He turned to st — Ed Lynskey, The Blue Cheer
My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!”) — Ed Lynskey, The Blue Cheer
Somebody should have taken him to a stationary store and pointed out the difference between an envelope and a whore. — Richard Brautigan, در رؤیای بابل
A check girl in peach-bloom Chinese pajamas came over to take my hat and disapprove of my clothes. She had eyes like str — Raymond Chandler, The High Window
I like a girl with a substantial bottom,' said Renoir, drawing in the air the size bottom he preferred. — Christopher Moore, Sacré Bleu: A Comedy d'Art
You can't live with literary characters no matter how much you might like to. You can have them as imaginary friends tha — Henning Mankell
Art is about emotion — if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.
Rachel drank some more bourbon. “What I am trying to do,” she said, “is tothank you. And to say it as genuinely as I can — Robert B. Parker, Looking For Rachel Wallace
Mee and Ow sat in the shade of a mango tree and were doing their make-up. Both of them wore gloves that reached all the — Tom Vater
I'd done it, I'd crossed the line between accepted behavior and behavior most of the population would consider a lynchin — Matthew Stokoe, High Life
FICTION is a series of unintended coincidence,confabulation,and quasi-lucid lying made plausible enough for an author an — J.D. Brayton, The Clabber Grrrl's Retreat: A Lurid Tale of Exotic Reptiles, Bloody Murder, and the Fine Art of Baking
I ripped all her clothes off. She twisted and turned, slow, so they would slip out from under her. Then she closed her e — James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice
What are you doing?” Alecto asked in surprise, stepping back. Laughing brightly, she dragged him towards the greenhouse, — Rebecca McNutt, Smog City
Sometimes in life you meet a femme fatale and you can refuse them nothing they treat you like dirt but even the dirt the — Russell C. Brennan, Adventures Of A Dark Duke : The Pin
She wasn't just a B-girl, she was carrying the whole ugly world in her eyes. — Megan Abbott, Die a Little
They watch her when she comes to City Hall, they watch her at the social events, they watch the way she walks, hips roll — Megan Abbott, Die a Little
She's dead. So is your fat pansy. You can be dead, too, if you want. — Richard Stark
Did you ever think much about jobs? I mean, some of the jobs people land in? You see a guy giving haircuts to dogs, or m — Jim Thompson, A Hell of a Woman
I sat down in a booth, and the waitress shoved a menu in front of me. There wasn’t anything on it that sounded good, and — Jim Thompson, A Hell of a Woman