Dashiell Hammett

Biography

Quotes

  • Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.” Sam Spade “You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere
  • I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
  • It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
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