Dashiell Hammett Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Dashiell Hammett:

It's awfully easy to be in love in jail.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#7cc99869

Another man whose social life has ruined him.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#10502afc

I have not killed anyone. They will not let me.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#f9fe289c

The roof might fall in; anything could happen.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#96ef7d9a

Looks like she's been slapping the kid again.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#5329edda

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.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#5b95dd6d

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#af13f84f

Feed the lettuce to the bunny and eat the bunny.
~Dashiell Hammett


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#9296b81c

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#3ae4e553

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#df168d45

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#d7728670

I like women. I really like women.
~Dashiell Hammett


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#750f1d2a

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#6e9a2c78

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#723a8ecd

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#4642faa1

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#9a0ef951

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#9ebd7511

Thanks for the information about what we call business.
~Dashiell Hammett


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#0fc8979d

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.
~Dashiell Hammett


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dashiell-hammett-quotes/#e0d3ed67

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