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1 " John D. MacDonald, my favorite Florida writer—yeah, I read a bit—once began a book: “There are no hundred percent heroes.” If you ask my customers, they’d probably give me 51 percent. MacDonald also wrote, “If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.” Well, I’m tired of holding a pair of deuces or a busted flush. Tired of the grind. Tired of losing. Which is why on this sweaty July day with a sky as gray as an angry ocean, I needed an innocent client. "
― Paul Levine , Bum Rap (Jake Lassiter #10)
2 " I have a confession to make.I hate voir dire.I despise prying into other people's lives because I wouldn't want them prying into mine. "
3 " If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck. "
4 " T-shirt with the saying “I May Be Old, but I Got to See All the Cool Bands. "
5 " We keep looking for justice, but it’s nothing but stormy nights and dark alleys out there. "
6 " I could be wrong, but she seemed to be one of those anti-gluten, pro-yoga, organic wine bar, Generation-Y echo boomers. A Gwyneth Paltrow type who would name her first daughter Persimmon or whatever. "
7 " the question falls within the penumbra of the detective’s expertise. "
8 " Men act as if we just crawled from the swamp, our webbed feet dripping brackish water as we waddle ashore, seeking to mate with a female or, lacking that, a warm patch of mud. "
9 " I have a Florida concealed firearms permit. But then, who doesn’t? We have about nine hundred thousand residents licensed to carry concealed weapons, tops in the nation. Take that, Texas! "
10 " Unanimous. All nine justices. Cops need a warrant to search your cell phone.” “Surprising outcome, don’t you think?” “Not at all. The justices don’t have bags of cocaine in the trunks of their cars, so the drug seizure cases usually go the government’s way. But every justice has a cell phone. "
11 " I was on assignment with a clearly defined goal, but there is a part of every man that doesn’t necessarily follow instructions. We can’t help it any more than the ape in the zoo. I was becoming aroused. "
12 " So sue me, I think the marijuana laws are bullshit. "
13 " A lawyer who’s afraid of jail is like a surgeon who’s afraid of blood. "
14 " movement from inside, the sound of "
15 " but I’m a trial lawyer, damn it. In the legal system, not everything is black-and-white. I make my living in the gray. "
16 " Cops and firemen are, without doubt, the horniest bastards on the planet. "
17 " A shark without teeth is just a mermaid. "
18 " Shakespeare said only our bad deeds live after us,” Victoria, the smart one, said. “The good is oft interred with their bones. "
19 " Always clear your mind after a bad play. Learn from your mistakes, but don’t dwell on them. "
20 " Sure. I’ve been involved with a couple women who should have been committed. "
