Adam Mitzner > Quotes

“His diplomas hung on the wall, which she always thought was tacky, suggestive of some type of intellectual insecurity.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“Looks like we’re both early worms,” she said. “Birds,” he said. “What?” “Early birds. They’re the ones who catch the worms. Worms are always there, I think.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“My murderer has deprived me of very little. There are the years I will not live, but set against the vastness of eternity, the time I’ve lost is but a moment. What is forever is the same as if I’d lived another sixty years or more: those I loved will always be a part of me, and I will never cease being a part of those who loved me. I did not want to speak”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“She laughs too. Unlike most beautiful women I’ve encountered, including my wife, Abby has a way of making you feel as if she is happiest when in your company. Somehow she conveys that every gesture is for you, and you alone. Her laugh is no exception.”
― Adam Mitzner, A Conflict of Interest

“Nothing born of sin ever ends well.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“the phone, as if she believed she had to raise her voice”
― Adam Mitzner, A Case of Redemption

“But you know what they say—if the second marriage is successful, the first one wasn’t a failure.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“smiled, settling the issue.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“evening than in James’s”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“A thousand planes take off and land every day without incident, and yet the moment you’re aboard, the risk of a crash hardly seems remote.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“There are the years I will not live, but set against the vastness of eternity, the time I’ve lost is but a moment. What is forever is the same as if I’d lived another sixty years or more: those I loved will always be a part of me, and I will never cease being a part of those who loved me.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“redheaded”
― Adam Mitzner, A Case of Redemption

“We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.” —Goethe”
― Adam Mitzner, A Matter of Will

“previously been arrested for a sex crime.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“no one ever lost money investing in the insecurity of the American man.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“There’s nothing sadder than turning your back on the thing that makes you great.” She”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“Zach is the kind of guy you date in your twenties because he’s beautiful and damaged and you think you can change him.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“by people suffering from addiction, be it drugs or alcohol or something else. They all share a commonality regarding the anticipation, combined with the fear of getting caught, the thrill of the act in the moment, followed by guilt, then a powerful need for more. Which, of course, is what makes it such a vicious cycle.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“So no family whatsoever, I'm afraid. But I have come to have faith that the best families are those we make for ourselves.”
― Adam Mitzner, A Matter of Will

“the degree to which a client pushes back on the retainer is inversely proportional to their guilt.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“You have to love the solitary aspects of thinking about every word and living with your characters for years in order to experience the thrill of sharing your book with readers.”
― Adam Mitzner

“One thing you should know about me Will … I'm not at all interested in doing business with anyone who thinks he is smarter than me. There's a lesson there for you, but I assume it's one you've already grasped.”
― Adam Mitzner, A Matter of Will

“For months after, James had considered how the world would be different if his father had not been driving across that intersection at exactly the same moment the truck had entered it. What if his father had been delayed even thirty seconds before getting behind the wheel? What if he hadn’t made a light ten blocks north? Or if the truck driver had started his journey five minutes later? All the infinite variables that could have been different.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“My murderer has deprived me of very little. There are the years I will not live, but set against the vastness of eternity, the time I’ve lost is but a moment. What is forever is the same as if I’d lived another sixty years or more: those I loved will always be a part of me, and I will never cease being a part of those who loved me.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“Zach is the kind of guy you date in your twenties because he’s beautiful and damaged and you think you can change him. The problem is that when you reach your thirties, you realize he’s not always going to be beautiful, you’re never going to change him, and being with him has already damaged you so profoundly that you can’t even imagine the wreck you’ll be if you remain together even one more day, much less ’til death do you part.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain

“So Nick, first thing is that I’m so very sorry that this has happened to you. Tomorrow, we’re going to appear before Judge Santiago. The purpose of that hearing is to determine if you will be sent back to New York to stand trial for the charges filed there.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Best Friend

“The first kiss tells you whether they are givers or takers .”
― Adam Mitzner, A Conflict of Interest

“pursuing something that required a long-term payoff made no sense.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“For cops it was like the joke about the chicken and the pig concerning a bacon and egg breakfast. The chicken is involved, but the pig is committed.”
― Adam Mitzner, The Perfect Marriage

“the kind of guy you date in your twenties because he’s beautiful and damaged and you think you can change him. The problem is that when you reach your thirties, you realize he’s not always going to be beautiful, you’re never going to change him, and being with him has already damaged you so profoundly that you can’t even imagine the wreck you’ll be if you remain together even one more day, much less ’til death do you part.”
― Adam Mitzner, Dead Certain