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==Quotes from his Work== | ==Quotes from his Work== | ||
'''From City of Sin (1952):''' | |||
Lee’s eyebrows did a startled rumba. | Lee’s eyebrows did a startled rumba. | ||
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. . . her hot, fetid breath in my face and my chest rolling around on her bosom as though on gigantic ball bearings. | . . . her hot, fetid breath in my face and my chest rolling around on her bosom as though on gigantic ball bearings. | ||
'''From Murder Doll (1952):''' | |||
[His heart] wasn’t beating – and his lungs were as still as a piece of cheese. | [His heart] wasn’t beating – and his lungs were as still as a piece of cheese. | ||
I’ve been all around and busier than an ant in a bunch of grapes. | I’ve been all around and busier than an ant in a bunch of grapes. | ||
'''From The Affair of the Frigid Blonde (1950):''' | |||
“. . . he’s been as busy as an ant in a new pair of pants.” | “. . . he’s been as busy as an ant in a new pair of pants.” | ||
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With a face like that, Frank Laughton had about as much chance of avoiding recognition as a one-legged midget on crutches. | With a face like that, Frank Laughton had about as much chance of avoiding recognition as a one-legged midget on crutches. | ||
'''From Maid for Murder (1955):''' | |||
Lisa Lincoln looked . . . as worn and haggard as a Sunday school picture of the wages of sin. | Lisa Lincoln looked . . . as worn and haggard as a Sunday school picture of the wages of sin. | ||
She looked at me with eyes which were as uncommunicative as a pair of bottle caps. | She looked at me with eyes which were as uncommunicative as a pair of bottle caps. | ||
'''From Never Say Die (1956):''' | |||
It was 7:30 in the p. m. and the sands of time were pouring out like little potatoes through a broken bag. | It was 7:30 in the p. m. and the sands of time were pouring out like little potatoes through a broken bag. |