Down These Mean Streets
Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. If there were enough like him, I think the world would be a very safe place to live in, and yet not too dull to be worth living in.
— Raymond Chandler, 1945
From the book The Simple Art of Murder
© 1945 Raymond Chandler
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