Frases de Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett foi um escritor estadunidense, considerado o pai do romance policial americano , um dos precursores da literatura noir. Entre os personagens mais marcantes, criou os detetives Sam Spade, Nick e Nora Charles e o Continental OP, com o ilustrador Alex Raymond, criou a tira de jornal Agente Secreto X-9. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. Maio 1894 – 10. Janeiro 1961   •   Outros nomes Samuel Dashiell Hammett
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Dashiell Hammett frases e citações

“O pensamento é algo que dá vertigem.”

Fonte: Revista Caras http://www.caras.com.br/, 16 de agosto de 2006

Dashiell Hammett: Frases em inglês

“"How do you feel?"
"Terrible. I must have gone to bed sober."”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Thin Man

Nora & Nick
Fonte: The Thin Man (1929)

“"You got types?"
"Only you, darling-lanky brunettes with wicked jaws."”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Thin Man

Nora & Nick
Fonte: The Thin Man (1929)

“He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works.”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Maltese Falcon

Fonte: The Maltese Falcon

“I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Maltese Falcon

Chap. 11, "The Fat Man"
Dialogue between the characters Kasper Gutman (the "fat man") and Sam Spade.
Fonte: The Maltese Falcon (1930)
Contexto: "We begin well, sir," the fat man purred … "I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink too much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does. … Well, sir, here's to plain speaking and clear understanding. … You're a close-mouthed man?"
Spade shook his head. "I like to talk."
"Better and better!" the fat man exclaimed. "I distrust a close-mouthed man. He generally picks the wrong time to talk and says the wrong things. Talking's something you can't do judiciously unless you keep in practice."

“The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Maltese Falcon

Spade
Fonte: The Maltese Falcon (1930)

“Emotions are useless during business hours.”

"Zigzags of Treachery" (published in Black Mask, 1 March 1924)
Short Stories

“"You’re a damn good man, sister," he said and went out.”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Maltese Falcon

Spade
The Maltese Falcon (1930)

“If a man says a thing often enough, he is very likely to acquire some sort of faith in it sooner or later.”

"The Second-Story Angel" (published in Black Mask, 15 November 1923)
Short Stories

“Our conversations have not been such that I am anxious to continue them in private.”

Dashiell Hammett livro The Maltese Falcon

Cairo
The Maltese Falcon (1930)

“But where knowledge of trickery is evenly distributed, honesty not infrequently prevails.”

"Nightmare Town" (Argosy All-Story Weekly, December 27, 1924)
Short Stories

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