Michael Deeze > Quotes

“She cocked an eyebrow at me and said, “No. After the week I’ve just spent with you, there are going to be plenty of people that are gonna want to shoot you. You better get used to that.” Which hurt my feelings a little.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“My best advice to myself was to act like I’d been there before. I was in way over my head, and I was not skating down the line between good and bad anymore. I tried to justify my actions by reminding myself that it was part of my investigation but even I couldn’t fool myself that much.
I drained my glass and then drained the one that Sara handed me. In no way, was this evening turning out to have career building opportunity written on it. I was getting more nervous by the minute.”
― Michael Deeze

“It’s inevitable. But we pretend it isn’t until that point where we can’t deny it anymore. Then we begin to repent.”
“Repent for our sins.” I nodded.
“No! We repent for the opportunities that we missed. The doors we should have walked through.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“Yes. Have…have you ever been shot?”
“Yep, more than once. But I was never shot by the same guy twice. If you know what I mean.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“Killing people is considered not just illegal Sally, it’s generally accepted as bad behavior.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“Down here in the street, there is a lot less of the law and a lot more personalities. Everyone has found their way around the particular law that influences their endeavors. No one absolutely adheres to the guidelines of the one true law. Everyone is just trying to get by; there’s no room or time for the law or the courts; everyone finds their own way. That’s how things get done, you get yours best you can and I get mine best I can, but sometimes we can get at crossed purposes with each other and then we sort it out ourselves. We don’t call the police, we don’t file a legal suit; we negotiate, we butt heads, but we resolve the issue. That’s what you are seeing Tom, how the real world goes around. Now have a drink, relax and see our other side of life.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“You can count on that one.” She looked down into her glass. “If Harry Beech tells you that he knows the devil himself,” she looked up, met my gaze and finished in a serious voice, “then you should believe him.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“So, sometimes it’s necessary to level the board. Sometimes when the bad guy keeps winning, the questions of right and wrong get a little cloudy. When that situation is created then it becomes necessary to do the right thing even if it’s technically the wrong thing or there’s no justice. And there are people that do that. The Baba Yaga’s of the world.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“I must be getting old; it's getting harder and harder to remember who I owe an apology too anymore.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“Bobby was a pretty boy. All looks no substance. Oh you know the kind, on the fringe, never gonna be a roller, but always gonna be the roller’s best friend. Never gonna hit the homerun, but damn sure gonna be happy with the singles, doubles and maybe a few triples.” She shrugged, “that was Bobby Dey-Dey.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions

“That wasn’t fair Sally.”
“Why not? Do you think you can stay self-righteous forever. You needed a little dose of reality.”
“Reality usually doesn’t include aggravated assault, breaking and entering—twice, and illegal surveillance Sally. You did that on purpose.”
― Michael Deeze, The Deathbed Confessions