{"author":"Michael Connelly","author_id":"Michael+Connelly","total_quotes":27,"quotes":[{"text":"He [Harry Bosch] defined good company not by the conversation but by the lack of it. When there was no need to talk to feel comfortable, that was the right company.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["crime","mystery","vietnam","war"],"id":17400,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"The rich kept you waiting so you could feel free to admire all that they had.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["rich"],"id":25677,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"I'm relaxed, Belk. I call it Zen and the art of not giving a shit.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["crime","harry-bosch","mystery"],"id":41240,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"There was polite laughter in the courtroom. Bosch noticed that the attorneys -- prosecution and defense -- dutifully joined in, a couple of them overdoing it. It had been his experience that while in open court a judge could not possibly tell a joke that the lawyers did not laugh at.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["judges","opportunism","pandering","power"],"id":44852,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["hearing","observation","reality","truth"],"id":48794,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"You know what my father said about innocent clients? ... He said 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 ... He said there is no in-between with an innocent client. No negotiation, no plea bargain, no middle ground. There's only one verdict. You have to put an NG up on the scoreboard. There's no other verdict but not guilty.'Levin nodded thoughtfully.'The bottom line was my old man was a damn good lawyer and he didn't like having innocent clients,' I said. 'I'm not sure I do, either.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["attorneys","criminal-law","fear","guilt","innocence","justice","justice-system","responsibility","risk"],"id":85426,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"The gravel road widened into a large turnaround where three similar looking and designed brothels sat waiting for customers. They were called Sheila's Front Porch, Tawny's High Five Ranch and Miss Delilah's House of Holies.'Nice,' Rachel said as we surveyed the scene. 'why are these places always named after women -- as if women actually own them?'You got me. I guess Mister Dave's House of Holies wouldn't go over so well with the guys.'Rachel smiled.'You're right. I guess it's a shrewd move. Name a place of female degradation and slavery after a female and it doesn't sound so bad, does it? It's packaging.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["appearances","brothels","degradation","exploitation","marketing","prostitution","slavery","women"],"id":117190,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.').","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["perseverance","writing","writing-craft"],"id":126985,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"That's justice,' she said, nodding at the statue. 'She doesn't hear you. She doesn't see you. She can't feel you and won't speak to you. Justice, Detective Bosch, is just a concrete blonde.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["harry-bosch","justice"],"id":161957,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"},{"text":"You're an asshole, you know that, Haller?'I nodded and headed back to the door.'When I need to be.","author":"Michael Connelly","tags":["asshole","guilt"],"id":179789,"author_id":"Michael+Connelly"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}