Movies · 1946
I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings.
— Philip Marlowe ‧ The Big Sleep
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The speaker shrugs off criticism of their manners by agreeing with it. They admit their manners are bad and say they even brood over them during long winter evenings, a deadpan joke that pretends to be remorseful while barely caring.
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