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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.
Dashiell Hammett
Court
Justice
Lawyers
Another man whose social life has ruined him.
Dashiell Hammett
Life
Man
I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve.
Dashiell Hammett
Love
Want
I have not killed anyone. They will not let me.
Dashiell Hammett
Will
I haven't any sort of plans for the future but I reckon things will work out in some manner.
Dashiell Hammett
Work
Future
Will
I like women. I really like women.
Dashiell Hammett
Women
I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.
Dashiell Hammett
American
Influence
Literature
It's awfully easy to be in love in jail.
Dashiell Hammett
Love
It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.
Dashiell Hammett
Sound
People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living.
Dashiell Hammett
People
Dying
Living
Suffering
She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.
Dashiell Hammett
Time
Pretty
Strictly speaking, there are no real substitutes for sexual satisfaction.
Dashiell Hammett
Satisfaction
Thanks for the information about what we call business.
Dashiell Hammett
Business
Information
With what dope I got I think it fills me in pretty well.
Dashiell Hammett
Pretty