Irreparable Harm Quotes
"Somewhere, out in the darkness, the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia rose up from the land. He looked hard but couldn’t see them."
"He chuckled to himself at the thought and immediately felt his eyes well up."
"Two minutes later, Hemisphere Air Flight No. 1667... slammed into the side of a mountain at full speed and exploded in a fiery wave of metal and burning flesh."
"She needed a steak, a bottle of overpriced red wine, and candlelight."
"Soft warm light puddled down from the brass-armed sconces... bathing Laura in a romantic glow."
"He tapped out a quick message: Demo completed successfully, as we are sure you’ve heard. Second display to occur on Friday."
"Marty Kowalski spotted a piece of polka-dotted fabric... It had once been a cream color, dotted gaily with light pink, mocha brown, and soft blue circles."
"Sasha’s green eyes widened and then fell as she scanned the email."
"Sasha ignored the bank of internal elevators across from the reception desk and headed up the curved staircase."
"One positive result could be considered a fluke or chalked up to luck, but two consecutive positives would be viewed as proof Irwin could consistently deliver what he promised."
"He crossed the room and plucked a frosted cinnamon bun roughly the size of a salad plate off the tray."
"She carried the coffee back into the bedroom, where she pulled on her running shoes."
"She tossed the French press in a drawer, where it remained, still in its box."
"I’m sixty. I work constantly. I have no children, no grandkids, and a smart, gorgeous wife who has wasted her life sitting in an empty house waiting for me to be her partner."
"Damage control wasn’t his responsibility. All he had to do was crash one more plane."
"She could fairly assume that something bad was happening or had happened to Warner because he copied Calvaruso’s files for her. The situation he was in was her responsibility."
"Ethically, she could do nothing that would lead to the discovery of the RAGS program. Morally, she had to do something to help Warner."
"I’m sure I broke your finger," she told him. "That was the goal, at least."
"I have reason to believe the crash wasn’t an accident and that Mr. Calvaruso may have been involved in causing it."
"It’s not that I won’t or don’t want to, I can’t."
"Sasha, tell me what’s going on." He watched her face.
"If you can’t do that, you go back to document review. Is that clear?"
"In fact, Hemisphere Air has asked that you take over responsibility for the crash litigation."
"Her brain clicked off and her training kicked in."
"The reason I’m asking," Gregor continued, ignoring the eye roll, "is that on our last two passes of the lot, there was a new car there. Mid-size, blue, Nebraska plates."
"Noah was a heavy drinker. But he’d been drinking hard since before either of us was born."
"It’s not that easy, Agent Connelly. I have a duty to my client..."
"I could not afford a sleep deficit. Not this week."
"Welcome to Pennsylvania," she told him as they were jostled along.
"But, Sasha, I can’t jeopardize my investigation by leaving you vulnerable."
"It was a good job, a lotta money. He was worried that his pension would run out on me."
"The short version is, back when he was a partner at Bristow & Baines, Judge Cook was the first African-American invited to join Noah’s country club..."
"The early crash investigation results are pretty clear. There was no altercation during the flight, no terrorism attack. The cause was a mechanical failure."
"I was sorry to hear he passed. Mr. Peterson was a good lawyer. Good man, too. Never blew by us with an attitude."
"It was never smart to underestimate an opponent."
"May it please the court, Sasha McCandless for VitaMight, Inc."
"Mr. Jefferson is here today, I see. Why don’t you put him up on the stand and let the Court make that determination?"
"The name of Calvaruso’s replacement and his travel arrangements for Friday."
"Screw it, it was only one page. Who would even know?"
"I was attacked in the stairwell at the courthouse."
"Do I make myself clear? We are not going to ground four perfectly safe planes."
"She squared her shoulders. 'VitaMight is ready to proceed, Your Honor.'"
"The only thing here is a bunch of legal journals."
"I should be home before ten. I’ll bring Thai food."
"He was a madman, slashing at me, screaming that I was trying to move in on his action."
"I don’t know if Noah got a chance to tell you before ... before he died, but he was planning to take a sabbatical and take you to the French countryside for a year."
"I was going to leave him. After all, he left me years ago. For the firm."
"Sasha had made the mistake of inattentiveness once. She did not intend to make it again."
"Panic was not an option. Survival followed calm thinking."
"She hoped he’d remember how to tie the knots. She hadn’t climbed since college, before Patrick died."
"She took a breath and dialed Vivian’s number. Please let it go to voicemail."
"The circumstances surrounding Monday’s tragedy will come out through discovery. In the meantime, the harm to Hemisphere Air’s shareholders, who will lose value; employees, who will lose hours and corresponding pay; and travelers, who will be inconvenienced, are all real."
"I’m not sure she is. My guy was in her condo last night, searching for the files."
"The notion that there’s anything wrong with any of Hemisphere Air’s planes, including, I might add, the one that crashed three days ago, is pure speculation."
"Isn’t it interesting that the four planes you asked me to ground yesterday were on Mickey’s list?"
"I’m not sure. Maybe make two trips?" Sasha said, surveying the pile of boxes.
"We’ve got about ten minutes. Somebody start talking."
"The truth was, they were all prepared to work together to take down Irwin."
"I have a question. Where are Gregor and Anton? Why do you have their car? And who the hell are you?"
"You saved several hundred people, Sasha. You stopped them."
"I’m so sorry, but, no thank you. I’m not interested."
"She wasn’t going to call because she wasn’t going in."