All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks like speech.


The Chandler Collection: Pearls are a nuisance ; Smart-aleck kill ; Killer in the rain (ed. 1983)

Raymond Chandler Quotes

All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks...

All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks...

All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks...

All language begins with speech, and the speech of common men at that, but when it develops to the point of becoming a literary medium it only looks...