Dashiell Hammett
Dashiell Hammett
Samuel Dashiell Hammettwas an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, and the Continental Op...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1894
CitySt Marys County, MD
CountryUnited States of America
son wells falcon
I couldn't be fonder of you if you were my own son. But, well, if you lose a son, its possible to get another. There's only one Maltese Falcon. (Kasper Gutman)
talking practice falcon
Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.
taken falcon felt
He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.
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I still think you are a pain in the neck.
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Who shot him? I asked.The grey man scratched the back of his neck and said: Somebody with a gun.
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Thanks for the information about what we call business.
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Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.
american-author
I have not killed anyone. They will not let me.
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Another man whose social life has ruined him.
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She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.
american-author people
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.
american-author
I don't know much about him; never heard him say more than nope or yup.
gone bed sober
Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
blonde satan
He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.