雷蒙德·錢德勒
犯罪小說(shuō)的桂冠詩(shī)人
I was neat, clean, shaved and sober, and I didn't care who knew it.
我整潔、干凈、刮了胡子、清醒，而且我不在乎誰(shuí)知道。
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren't as good as others.
沒(méi)有壞威士忌，只有一些威士忌不如其他的好。
To say goodbye is to die a little.
說(shuō)再見(jiàn)就是死去一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。
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.
法律不是正義。它是一個(gè)非常不完美的機(jī)制。如果你按對(duì)了按鈕并且也很幸運(yùn)，正義可能會(huì)在答案中顯現(xiàn)。
I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.
我像星星之間的空間一樣空洞和空虛。
There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.
沒(méi)有比你自己設(shè)下的陷阱更致命的陷阱了。
The streets were dark with something more than night.
街道因比夜晚更黑暗的東西而黑暗。
It is not a very fragrant world, but it is the world you live in.
這不是一個(gè)非常芬芳的世界，但這是你生活的世界。
The moment you start to think about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.
當(dāng)你開(kāi)始考慮如果你輸了你會(huì)做什么的那一刻，你就已經(jīng)輸了。
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.