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“I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon

“What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon

“You're a good man, sister”
― Humphrey Bogart

“Sam Spade is as gray as the economic skies over America and moves through the story as cool and slick as a Teflon cat.”
― Stephen Sullivan

“Who killed Thursby?â€�

Spade said: ‘I don’t know.�

Bryan rubbed his black eyeglass-ribbon between thumb and fingers and said knowingly: ‘Perhaps you don’t, but you certainly could make an excellent guess.�

‘Maybe, but I wouldn’t.�

The District Attorney raised his eyebrows.

‘I wouldn’t,� Spade repeated. He was serene. ‘My guess might be excellent or it might be crummy, but Mrs Spade didn’t raise any children dippy enough to make guesses in front of a District Attorney, an Assistant District Attorney, and a stenographer.�

‘Why shouldn’t you, if you’ve nothing to conceal?�

‘Everybody,� Spade responded mildly, ‘has something to conceal.�

‘And you have � ?�

‘My guesses, for one thing.”
― Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon