Dashiell Hammett's Quotes

I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.

Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.

I like women. I really like women.

I have not killed anyone. They will not let me.

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction.

Another man whose social life has ruined him.

I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup.

I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.

It's awfully easy to be in love in jail.

Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.

People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.

She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.

Thanks for the information about what we call business.

The roof might fall in; anything could happen.

With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.

Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other members of the Supreme Court to find out whether they wanted to hear us out.