Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) was the creator of Philip Marlowe, the iconic private detective. Not jokes, but here are some more quotes from his brilliant stories:
1. We looked at each other with the clear innocent eyes of a couple of used car salesmen.
2. Her hair was as artificial as a night club lobby.
3. He had the sort of face that can turn from a polite simper to cold-blooded fury almost without moving a muscle.
4. Her smile was as faint as a fat lady at a fireman’s ball.
5. From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.
6. The minutes went by on tiptoe, with their fingers to their lips.
7. She smelled the way the Taj Mahal looks by moonlight.
8. A fat man in sky-blue pants was closing the door with that beautiful leisure only fat men ever achieve.
9. On the dance floor half a dozen couples were throwing themselves around with the reckless abandon of a night watchman with arthritis.
10. I never saw any of them again – except the cops. No way has yet been invented to say goodbye to them.
