The air got cooler. The highway narrowed. The cars were so few now that the headlights hurt. The grade rose against chalk walls and at the top a breeze, unbroken from the ocean, danced casually across the night.”
From The Little Sister by Raymond Chandler
The Little Sister is by far my favorite Chandler novel — it includes so many great lines that I will have to post more soon. Find The Little Sister at Amazon.
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