THE BIG SLEEP by RAYMOND CHANDLERΒ βSENTENCE MEME
feel free to change pronouns/whathaveyou
β Tall, arenβt you? Handsome too, and I bet you know it. βΒ
β Get on with you. You heard me. βΒ
β You didnβt say anything. Youβre just a big tease. βΒ
β Youβre cute. Iβm cute too. βΒ
β Itβs too hot in here for a man with blood in his veins. βΒ
β You may smoke, sir. I like the smell of tobacco. βΒ
β A nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy. βΒ
β Tall, arenβt you? Handsome too, and I bet you know it. βΒ
β I test very high on insubordination. βΒ
β It was a ridiculous marriage of course, and it probably didnβt last a month, as a marriage. βΒ
β Then she tried to sit in my lap. βΒ
β Tall, arenβt you? Handsome too, and I bet you know it. βΒ
β Do I have to be polite or can I just be natural? β
β Neither of them has any more moral sense than a cat. βΒ
β Are you attempting to tell me my duties? βΒ
β Youβre not much of a gusher are you? βΒ
β I donβt see what there is to be cagey about, and I donβt like your manners. βΒ
β I didnβt ask to see you. You sent for me.Β βΒ
β I donβt mind you ritzing me or drinking your lunch out of a scotch bottle.Β βΒ
β I donβt mind your showing me your legs. Theyβre very swell legs and itβs a pleasure to make their acquaintance. βΒ
β I donβt mind if you donβt like my manners. Theyβre pretty bad. I grieve over them during the long winter evenings. βΒ
β But donβt waste your time trying to cross-examine me. βΒ
β People donβt talk like that to me. βΒ
β My God, you are a big dark handsome brute! βΒ
β I ought to throw a Buick at you. βΒ
β I loathe masterful men, I simply loathe them. βΒ
β Just what is it youβre afraid of? βΒ
β Get out! Damn you, get out! βΒ
β I see. You interest me. Rather vaguely.Β βΒ
β As a matter of fact Iβm not here. Youβre just seeing things. βΒ
β Tut tut. Come into my boudoir. βΒ
β So you like roulette. You would. βΒ
β I like you. You believe in miracles. βΒ
β She has a beautiful little body, hasnβt she? You ought to see mine. βΒ
β Youβre as cold-blooded a beast as I ever met. βΒ
β You know such lovely people. βΒ
β Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains. βΒ
β I donβt know hellβs first whisper about you. βΒ
β You might be a life taker for all I know. βΒ
β Iβve been shaking two nickels together for a month, trying to get them to mate. βΒ
β You think youβre so smart and youβre so goddamned dumb. βΒ
β Iβm too tired to talk, too tired to eat, too tired to think. βΒ
β Remember me? I met you about a hundred years ago β or was it yesterday? βΒ
β You hinted you had something for me. What is it? βΒ
β You and I ought to get along. βΒ
β I wish to Christ I didnβt know half the stuff thatβs brought to me.Β βΒ
β Knowing other peopleβs business is the worst investment a man can make. βΒ
β Are you my bodyguard now? βΒ
β You should see him sober. I should see him sober. Somebody should see him sober. Β I mean, just for the record. βΒ
β Iβve even thought of marrying him. βΒ
β I love a nice walk in the fog. You meet such interesting people. βΒ
β I could get as drunk as two sailors and love it. βΒ
β My heartβs in my mouth doing this. βΒ
β You have wicked eyes. βΒ
β He hasnβt many illusions, but I suppose he still has his pride.Β βΒ
β Weβre his blood. Thatβs the hell of it. βΒ
β I donβt want him to die despising his own blood. βΒ
β It was always wild blood, but it wasnβt always rotten blood.Β βΒ
β So you shoot people. Youβre a killer. βΒ
β Thanks, lady. Youβre no English muffin yourself. βΒ
β Letβs get out of this rotten little town. βΒ
β Hold me close, you beast. βΒ
β Kissing is nice, but your father didnβt hire me to sleep with you. βΒ
β You son of a bitch. βΒ
β Donβt think Iβm an icicle. Iβm not blind or without senses. I have warm blood. βΒ
β Youβre easy to take β too damned easy. βΒ
β If you say that again, Iβll scream. βΒ
β Men have been shot for little things like that. βΒ
β Men have been shot for practically nothing. βΒ
β Get it through your lovely head. I work at it. I donβt play at it. βΒ
β I think the whole thing was just some kind of an act. If I wanted to flatter myself, Iβd say it was at least partly for my benefit. βΒ
β Do I have to tell you I loathe your guts, Mister Detective? βΒ
β You have a lovely way with women. βΒ
β I liked kissing you. βΒ
β You kept your head beautifully. Thatβs so flattering. βΒ
β Should I congratulate you, or my father? βΒ
β Take me away from here, if you will be so kind. Iβm quite sure Iβd like to go home. βΒ
β You wonβt be a sister to me? βΒ
β If I had a razor, Iβd cut your throat β just to see what ran out of it. βΒ
β Cute, arenβt I? βΒ
β I bet you canβt even guess how I got in.Β βΒ
β You came through the keyhole, just like Peter Pan. βΒ
β Youβre cute, arenβt you? βΒ
β Iβm all undressed. βΒ
β By God, it was right at the back of my mind. I was groping for it. I almost had it, when you spoke. β
β I always wear my rubbers in bed myself, in case I wake up with a bad conscience and have to sneak away from it. βΒ
β Thatβs nice, but Iβve already seen it all. Remember? Iβm the guy that keeps finding you without any clothes on. βΒ
β Listen, you donβt really care anything about me. Youβre just showing me how naughty you can be. β
β Youβve been following me around for a couple of days. Like a fellow trying to pick up a girl and lacking the last inch of nerve.Β βΒ
β Iβm psychic. Shake your business up and pour it. I havenβt got all day. βΒ
β Sheβs too big for you. Sheβll roll on you and smother you. β
β I wouldnβt even argue with you. I wouldnβt waste the oxygen. βΒ
β You didnβt ever get socked in the kisser, did you? βΒ
β Did you know that worms are of both sexes and any worm can love any other worm? βΒ
β Then Iβm afraid youβre in a bad spot. And I hate killing. βΒ
β I was afraid youβd come back. βΒ
β We had a date. I told you it was all arranged. βΒ
β This is the last time. The next fast one you pull Iβll throw you to the lions, no matter whose heart it breaks. βΒ
β Stand there, you son of a bitch. βΒ
β So youβre just a brute after all. An utter callous brute.Β βΒ
β You tire me. God, how you tire me! βΒ
β Can I go on being a son of a bitch, or do I have to become a gentleman like that lush passed out in his car the other night? βΒ