Golden Age Detective

Famous quotes containing the words golden age, golden, age and/or detective:

    “The word “civilization” to my mind is coupled with death. When I use the word, I see civilization as a crippling, thwarting thing, a stultifying thing. For me it was always so. I don’t believe in the golden ages, you see.... Civilization is the arteriosclerosis of culture.”
    —Henry Miller (1891–1980)

    “Behold that great Plotinus swim
    Buffeted by such seas;
    Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,
    But the Golden Race looks dim,
    Salt blood blocks his eyes.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “If the nineteenth century was the age of the editorial chair, ours is the century of the psychiatrist’s couch.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)

    “A really good detective never gets married.”
    —Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)