Hard Boiled Quotes

The pulse of New York City can be found on the bent elbows of the patrons in Pete's Tavern.

The old man had been tanned by the light of too many beer signs, and it just goes to show that you can’t live on three packs of Chesterfields and a fifth of bourbon a day without starting to drift far too fuckin’ wide in the turns.

Daniel Woodrell

When a beautiful blonde asks, you don't say no.

V.T. Davy

A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she collects from us would reduce her to gristle quicker than Mrs. Durand-Deacon.

To catch the bad guys, you've got to think like a bad guy - and that's why all the best detectives have a dark side...

David Videcette