Quotes from Michael Connelly

DSS—didn't see shit.

Idealism dies hard with everybody.

The point is that there are plenty of people out there judging us every day of our lives and for every move we make. The gods of guilt are many. You don't need to add to them.

Okay, Mick. And for what it's

had been part of an organization that promoted isolation from the outside world, that cultivated the "us versus them" ethic. I had been part of the cult of the blue religion and now I was out, excommunicated, part of the outside world. I had no badge. I was no longer part of us. I was one of them.

the scariest client a lawyer will ever have is an innocent client. Because if you fuck up and he goes to prison, it'll scar you for life.

coins. "Okay, now what?" I asked as I put my property back in my pocket. "Now we talk," Bosch said. "First off, do you want to file a report on this?" "Why bother? You know about it. It's your case. Why don't you know who this guy is?" "We're working on it." "That's not good enough, Bosch! He came after me! Why can't you ID him?" Bosch shook his head.

the folly of humankind leads us all to hell as our ultimate destiny.

told her to clean up all the empty shells so they could recycle them. He said he'd wait for her in the

luck could be a fleeting thing. It had to be earned and then guarded with everything you had.

two packs of cigarettes

Far as I know, it was a righteous bust. I'm

I reminded myself of a simple truism—everybody lies

I'm going to go have a talk with Detective Chu." "You think he held something back on us?" "That's what I'm going to find out.

it and he says he wasn't. I also knew where I was going. I knew it leveled off up there. He didn't.

Good-bye, Harry.

he knew where they were. In the Central Valley, near Modesto, where Bosch had worked a case a few years before

Maybe sometimes vengeance is just as good as justice," he said. "They're pretty much the same if you ask me.

in now, whenever I think of something." She smiled and he smiled and they went back into

hang out on the surf beaches even though I didn't know how to surf.

Did an angel whisper in your ear hold you close and take away all your fear in those long, last moments

who was really with him that night?" "I'm not telling you. It's the same risk today that it was back then. He's still a star. I'm not going to ruin his career." "We would keep it confidential. We wouldn't even put it on paper." "No. Nothing stays a secret forever, but if I told you, it would be a betrayal.

now was going to try to use her in an underhanded way. It made him feel guilty before he had even started. "Does she want to come in and talk?" Hinojos asked. "I'll open my calendar." "Actually, no, she doesn't really need to talk," Bosch said. "She's going to college in September down at Chapman in Orange." "Good school. What's she going to study?

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