A Gambler's Jury
Victor Methos
Top 10 Best Quotes
“the county had set up the system to ensure their public defenders were overworked and underpaid, making certain they wouldn’t actually fight cases, appeal constitutional issues, and generally call them on their bullshit. Dictators don’t like naysayers.”
“house was small and dilapidated. It looked like the type of place old rock stars went to die.”
“Time had a way of destroying those who were concerned only about their looks: the more someone cared about their outward appearance, the worse they looked with age. Some sort of universal principle granted dignity in old age to people who saw appearances as ultimately unimportant.”
“There’s only two ways to make it in life, Rollins. Jim Morrison, or John Rockefeller.” “What?” “Life as art or life as project, woman. See, Rockefeller knew what he wanted from an early age. He built his life around it. He told himself that his life was going to be a certain way, and he planned the trajectory so it would go in that direction. Anything that didn’t add to his vision of that life, his project, he wouldn’t do. His family, his friends, his health, all of it came second to his project. “Morrison went the opposite way. He painted a canvas with his time—a beautiful painting of emotion, imagination, and poetry. Experience coming together to weave this tapestry of pleasure and pain. That’s it, sister. That’s all you got. Life as art or project. So you gotta choose. In my opinion, the best choice is the painting. Make life your painting.”
“The day dragged on like an anchor through mud on the ocean floor. Every second had to be endured rather than enjoyed.”
“The PD took to the lectern and did his thing. I kept checking the door for Will. Finally, I texted him and asked where he was. He said they were here but having trouble at the metal detectors”
“One of them, a big guy in an expensive gray suit with massive male boobs, said something that pissed me off and I called him Adolph Titler, which caused her to laugh to no end. The partner fired her right there, and I immediately hired her.”
“Marriage to someone you disliked was the American coffin that people willingly got into.”
“I drank the beer and the shot. I wondered if I drank too much, so I ordered another beer and shot to forget that.”
“Call it what you want. The problem with you bleeding-heart types is you just don’t have the spine to do what’s necessary to make this country great again.” “We don’t need to make it great again—it’s always been great. Not because of people like you, but in spite of people like you. And when that jury acquits my client, we’re gonna file a lawsuit so big against the county and against you personally that you’ll be working a century to pay it off.”
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