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Quote by Dashiell Hammett

“He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.”

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Dashiell Hammett was an American author renowned for his hard-boiled detective novels. His works are characterized by complex plots and deep psychological descriptions, profoundly influencing the genre of detective fiction. more

“The male frog in mating season," said Crake, "makes as much noise as it can. The females are attracted to the male frog with the biggest, deepest voice because it suggests a more powerful frog, one with superior genes. Small male frogs—it's been documented—discover if they position themselves in empty drainpipes, the pipe acts as a voice amplifier and the small frog appears much larger than it really is." So?" So that's what art is for the artist, an empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.”

Ifs Art Said Artist Voice Powerful Position Art Is Female Empty Seasons Males Noise Superiors Genes Pipe Frogs Getting Laid Mating Amplifiers

Book:Oryx And Crake

Source: Oryx And Crake

“I'm 18 in this album. I'm not losing fans, and I'm not disrepecting women, but you reach the maturity of taking it to the next level with a girl. It was only necessary for me to have at least one song like that.”

Song Girl Next Levels Fans Losing Albums Maturity Next Level Maturity Level

Author:Chris Brown

“My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.”

People Giving Ideas Vision No Hope

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“The firefly only shines when on the wing, So it is with us--when we stop, we darken.”

Wings Shining Firefly

Book:The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.

Source: The Mitford Bedside Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Mitford Moments, Author Reflections on the Bestselling Se lling Series, and More. Much More.

“Are you reading your Bible?" Ah, well...I was." And then you quit." You got it." Then, you can expect to be weak on one of your flanks, and that's precisely where the Enemy will come after you with a vengeance.”

Wells Reading Enemy Weak Quitting Vengeance

Book:At Home in Mitford

Source: At Home in Mitford

“One man's pornography is another man's theology.”

Men Theology One Man Pornography Another Man

Author:Clive Barker

“By Tink's diaphram...!”

Author:Kim Harrison

“Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.”

Form Grows Water Inspiring Strength Mma

Author:Bruce Lee