I like bars just after they open in the evening. When the air inside is still cool and clean and everything is shiny. The first quiet drink of the evening in a quiet bar -- that's wonderful.
Interpretation
Finding joy in simple, quiet moments is precious.
This quote expresses the beauty of appreciating the serene and fresh atmosphere that comes with the early evening hours in a bar. It highlights the joy found in simple pleasures, such as enjoying a drink in a peaceful setting, which can evoke a sense of tranquility and contentment.
In practice
This quote is perfect for sharing at a cozy gathering with friends where you appreciate small joys.
Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit a group of people, nor within so narrow a frame of logic. This was inevitable because the demand was for constant action; if you stopped to think you were lost. When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.
There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.
Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.
I don't mind to look older. I don't have this urge that so many people have that they've always got to look young all _x000D_ their lives. I think you should be the age you are and enjoy it... But if you want to have it, go ahead and have it, _x000D_ but take a good look before you do because, just maybe, you look absolutely beautiful the way you are.
I felt white, drained of blood, cared for, purified. Peaceful.
A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside.
Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it.
The happiness of men consists in life. And life is in labor.
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