Famous Quotes by John Paxton

  • See, in the Navy, during the war, I got used to the idea that something might happen to me, I... More
  • I’ve always credited the private detective with a high degree of omniscience. Or is that only... More
  • Do you really want to know who I think started the war?... Who would ever have believed that... More
  • Maybe we were the blind mechanics of disaster, but you don’t pin the guilt on the scientists... More
  • No, it wasn’t an accident, I didn’t say that. It was carefully planned, down to the tiniest... More
  • Oh no, darling, you didn’t listen. Julian said she’d given up gin—for brandy. She says she... More
  • Mr. Marriott: I’m afraid I don’t like your manner.
    Philip Marlowe: Yeah, I’ve had... More
  • Mrs. Grayle: You know, this’ll be the first time I’ve ever killed anyone I knew so little and... More
  • She was a charming middle-aged lady with a face like a bucket of mud. I gave her a drink. She was... More
  • We were watched. I didn’t see anything, I felt it, in my stomach. I was a toad on a wet rock. A... More
  • I caught a blackjack right behind my ear. A black pool opened up at my feet. I dived in. It had... More
  • Suddenly, she wasn’t drunk anymore. Her hand was steady and she was cool. Like somebody making... More
  • “O.K., Marlowe,” I said to myself, “you’re a tough guy. You’ve been zapped twice,... More
  • There’s something about the dead silence of an office building at night. Not quite real. The... More
  • My second husband was an American. We traveled all over the world and everywhere we went he would... More

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