"The Maltese Falcon" Quotes
Hard-boiled detective Sam Spade navigates a web of deceit and murder while searching for a priceless statuette known as the Maltese Falcon.
mystery | 193 pages | Published in 2022
Quotes
The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.
You're an angel. I'll wait for you.
When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it.
I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble.
The stuff that dreams are made of.
I hope to Christ they don't hang you, precious, by that sweet neck.
The chances are you'll get off with life. That means if you're a good girl, you'll be out in 20 years. I'll be waiting for you. If they hang you, I'll always remember you.
We didn't exactly believe your story, Miss O'Shaughnessy. We believed your 200 dollars. You paid us more than if you had been telling the truth, and enough more to make it all right.
The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of.
I have some very definite and respectable information that Miss Brigid O'Shaughnessy is a damned liar.
