# Quote — Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye

> I never saw any of them again — except the cops. No way has yet been invented to say goodbye to them.

- Author: [Raymond Chandler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/raymond-chandler.md)
- Book: [The Long Goodbye](https://www.leafyquotes.com/raymond-chandler/the-long-goodbye.md)
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## More from this book

> “You had to play the big scene,” he said coldly. “Stand on your rights, talk about the law. How ingenuous can a man get, Marlowe? A man like you who is supposed to know his way around. The law isn’t justice. It’s a very imperfect mechanism. If you press exactly the right buttons and are also lucky, justice may show up in the answer. A mechanism is all the law was ever intended to be.”

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> She opened her mouth like a firebucket and laughed. That terminated my interest in her. I couldn't hear the laugh but the hole in her face when she unzippered her teeth was all I needed.

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> "Alcohol is like love," he said. "The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl's clothes off."

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