Why I love Raymond Chandler
by chuckofish
“Yes. I can imagine. Out. I don’t know you. I don’t want to know you. And if I did, this wouldn’t be either the day or the hour.”
“Never the time and place and the loved one all together,” I said.
“What’s that?” She tried to throw me out with the point of her chin, but even she wasn’t that good.
“Browning. The poet, not the automatic. I feel sure you’d prefer the automatic.”
–-The Little Sister
dual personalities 
Oh, that’s wonderful! I’m going to have to reread some Chandler soon…
Aunt Sarah I really have to say how much I love Matterhorn. It is SO good. Talk about depressing though. Its too bad they only teach The Things They Carried in high schools. Its really a weak book in my opinion. And Mom, I’m moving right on to Fields of Fire when I finish. So much Vietnam I’ll have to be careful about becoming too sullen though…
Oh, I’m so glad you like it. It’s an incredible achievement and I really want to teach it one semester — Duncan pointed out to me that the whole thing takes exactly that — a semester.
Why *I* love Raymond Chandler.
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/01/flabby-mass-of-cliches.html
Sigh. What a guy! I do love him.