[Savage Beast]

“The man in the back seat made a sudden flashing movement that I sensed rather than saw. A pool of darkness opened at my feet and was far, far deeper than the blackest night.

“I dived into it. It had no bottom.”

~Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely. Four Complete Philip Marlowe Novels. New York: Avenel Books, 1986, p. 265. (Through the character of Philip Marlowe)

[Savage Beast]

“There was a sad fellow over on a bar stool talking to the bartender, who was polishing a glass and listening with that plastic smile people wear when they are trying not to scream.”

~Raymond Chandler

The Long Goodbye. Raymond Chandler, Later Novels and Other Writings. New York: The Library of America. Literary Classics of the United States, Inc., 1995. p. 489.