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
long tears policemen
Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.
nice love-you smell
Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.
work-out things-will-work-out plans
I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.
jail easy
It's awfully easy to be in love in jail
justice lawyer court
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.
agents three trouble
Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.
successful luck outcomes
The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.
eye hair yellow
Samuel Spade's jaw was long and bony, his chin a jutting v under the more flexible v of his mouth. His nostrils curved back to make another, smaller, v. His yellow-grey eyes were horizontal. The V motif was picked up again by thickish brows rising outward from twin creases above a hooked nose, and his pale brown hair grew down--from high flat temples--in a point on his forehead. He looked rather pleasantly like a blond Satan.
talking practice falcon
Talking is something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice.
blonde satan
He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.
brother kids hog
I haven't laughed so much over anything since the hogs ate my kid brother.
cairo want smooth
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?
faces beats made
The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again, so I surrendered
crooks noir sam-spade
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.