United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)

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California, the department store state.
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
The law isn't justice. It's a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.
When in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.

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