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
believe mean two
We didn't exactly believe your story.' Then --?' 'We believed your two hundred dollars.' 'You mean --' She seemed not to know what he meant. 'I mean that you paid us more than if you'd been telling the truth,' he explained blandly, 'and enough more to make it all right.
boys two firsts
The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second “you.
two together four
The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two.
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I still think you are a pain in the neck.
grey man neck scratched shot somebody
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.
american-author slapping
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.
american-author despite good seems time
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.