Sparring Partners Quotes
"It's important to be well thought of and well liked, with a good reputation."
"The downside was that their cases were always mundane and rarely profitable."
"No one else in Clanton had a tan in February."
"Ever been to Costa Rica? No. I hear it’s great."
"The quickest and most common route to disbarment was pilfering a bit here and there."
"Only cowards run away, Jake. It was wrong, all of it."
"Mack practiced street law for seventeen years and Jake knew him well."
"Jake hadn’t been there in years and got a few looks as he walked in."
"The most dangerous place in downtown Clanton on a Monday was undoubtedly the law office of Harry Rex Vonner."
"It’s not too late to try again. You’re not exactly a geezer."
"I’m trying to adjust these days. It’s overwhelming at times."
"I can’t believe Margot called you like that. I wonder what she wants."
"They can’t get much worse. The girls will be a mess."
"I’m not exactly a sympathetic father, you know?"
"I saw a guy wearing an Auburn cap. I suddenly missed the football games at Ole Miss."
"She’s very sick, down to eighty pounds. I find it hard to believe you’re really interested."
"I am still your father, at least biologically."
"You gave up the father thing when you abandoned us."
"I’m back because I got tired of running, because it was wrong to run."
"I’m tired of running, Margot. It’s not a good life, and I really missed my girls."
"I’m not going to jail, Margot, and that’s why I’m leaving."
"I’ll always be your father and I’ll always love you."
"Flee the country. Nothing good will happen if you stay here."
"The fiction took him to other worlds, other places, and he spent most of his twenty-three hours a day in solitary with his nose stuck in a novel."
"Most of the men on The Row were insane. Solitary confinement does that to any human. But Cody’s mind was hyper, active, sharp, and all because of his books."
"Though Cody had never seen the prison library, he suspected his was in far better shape and had more titles."
"The spines of the paperbacks were a lively mix of all colors and brightened his sad little world."
"I doubt we have much in common. Never been to church in my life, Warden, at least not to worship."
"I’m at peace, Padre. I really am. If given the choice of living in this hole for another forty years or taking the needle, then I’d happily check out."
"When we die we’re dead. Nothing about us keeps living."
"I’ve gone through hell here, Iris, but it’s nothing compared to what those people went through. Everything is relative, isn’t it? Even suffering."
"They’re all locked down in solitary so there’s no one to fight, no one to hurt."
"We’re just a bunch of rats trying to survive in the sewer and dying slowly every day."
"Litigation to him is like blood to a vampire. He loves the courtroom."
"Well, it seems to me that one million is a fair settlement, all things considered."
"The only way to get the attention of a defendant like GateLane Hospital System is to slap it in the face with punitive damages."
"You couldn’t pay me to get near that courtroom."
"This is hardball litigation and it’s no place for the sympathetic."
"Buck up, ole boy. This is hardball litigation and it’s no place for the sympathetic."
"They’re gonna be devastated when they leave here with nothing."
"But it’s not their fault. Let’s get them a million bucks to cover some of their expenses."
"This is about winning and losing, and we’re about to kick Malloy’s ass."
"It’s all fun and games, free and easy money."
"That career is gone. That salary is gone. Everything is gone, except your verdict."
"Another two hundred thousand dollars down the drain. We can’t afford his career as a high-flying trial lawyer."
"I think he just wanted me to know that he has another cell phone."
"I’ll bet you that when you hit ’em with eighteen million bucks in punitive damages they’ll get the message."
"Termination without pay or severance, and if you want to sue us then we’ll see you in court."
"Steal! Are you kidding me? This money represents honest legal fees earned by our law firm."
"Let them sniff, I have a fresh pile of new money buried under the sandy beaches of the Cayman Islands."
"I think so. We’ve worked together for eighteen years, got off to a rough start and all, but over time we came to respect each other."
"I thought I was fairly plain. Did you get it, Diantha?"
"Who happens to be in office and will likely be reelected."
"I’m sure of that. But why don’t you lay off the cell phones?"
"A third of what? Right now a third of this firm is not worth much."
"The truth is that Bolton had a deal cut at two million for a full pardon."