“When a man's partner is killed he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's bad all around-bad for that one organization, bad for every detective everywhere. Sam Spade” MenWellsHappensDifferencesOrganizationPartnersGet AwayKillersDetectivesSpadesFalconBad BusinessSam Spade Author:Dashiell Hammett
“Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?” WantReadyExplanationWant MeSmoothEloquenceYou Want MeSpadesFalconDo You Want MeCairoSam Spade Author:Dashiell Hammett
“Brigid: I haven't lived a good life - I've been bad, worse than you could know. Spade: That's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere.” IfsKnowsHavensInnocentGood LifeSpadesFalconSam Spade Author:Dashiell Hammett
“Yes,' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the side of his face three times savagely.” HandsFacesThreeSidesThickThree TimesWristsSpadesCairo Book:The Maltese Falcon Source: The Maltese Falcon
“Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth. His nostrils curved back to make another, smaller, v. His yellow-grey eyes were horizontal. The V motif was picked up again by thickish brows rising outward from twin creases above a hooked nose, and his pale brown hair grew down--from high flat temples--in a point on his forehead. He looked rather pleasantly like a blond Satan.” LongEyeHairGrewMouthsNosesSatanRisingBrownTemplesFlatsYellowPaleTwinsGreyFlexibleForeheadsChinsBrowsHookedSpadesHorizontalMotifsBrown HairGrey Eyes Author:Dashiell Hammett
