Phillip Margolin > Quotes

“The inferior man lived only in his fantasies, because he lacked willpower and imagination. The superior man made his fantasies a reality. (Martin Darius)”
― Phillip Margolin, Gone, But Not Forgotten

“Leave now and live, or stay here and die. Your choice.”
― Phillip Margolin, The Perfect Alibi

“After checking into the Hotel Monaco in downtown Seattle, Dana walked to Yesler Way, a steep street known as Skid Road in the 1850s, when the area was teeming with trees and a chute was used to skid logs to Henry Yesler’s sawmill. When Seattle’s city center moved north, the area became a dilapidated haven for drunks and derelicts and went from being called Skid Road to Skid Row, a term eventually used all over America to refer to a down-and-out section of a town or city.”
― Phillip Margolin, Sleight of Hand

“He believed that Galileo was wrong when he imagined an Earth that revolved around the sun. In his heart of hearts, Peter knew that the sun that was slowly rising over his city revolved around him.”
― Phillip Margolin, The Burning Man

“So he had taken the middle road when faced with the greatest moral decision of his life. And a man died.”
― Phillip Margolin, Heartstone

“Ian fit the stereotype. His wealthy parents had indulged their only child and used their influence to get him places he didn’t deserve to be. And he had taken what they’d given without an ounce of gratitude.”
― Phillip Margolin, A Matter of Life and Death

“On the day the gods chose for his destruction, Peter Hale ate his breakfast on the terrace of his condominium.”
― Phillip Margolin, The Burning Man

“be recovered from the vagina as long as three to four days after their introduction. W.”
― Phillip Margolin, Heartstone: A Crime Thriller Where Two Brutal Slayings Unleash a City's Darkest Secrets

“All good trial lawyers develop an ability to keep their emotions hidden when the unexpected happens...”
― Phillip Margolin, Ties That Bind

“she was so attractive Charlie had to use all his self-control to keep from staring.”
― Phillip Margolin, An Insignificant Case

“Crime does pay, only not for the criminals. You’re probably wondering how I can afford these palatial digs. Well, I’ll let you in on the secret. About fifteen years ago, the state decided to contract out indigent defense and I was firstest with the mostest.”
― Phillip Margolin, The Burning Man

“money is always important if you grow up without it.”
― Phillip Margolin, The House on Pine Terrace

“stronger than he looked but it was still a strain to drag the drop cloth–wrapped corpse through the house and out the back”
― Phillip Margolin, Fugitive

“Ten minutes later, the locks on the door that led to the cells snapped open and another guard ushered Mandy Kerrigan into the room. Robin thought that Mandy looked sad and defeated. Her shoulders slumped, and the ferocity that had unnerved Robin when they fought was nowhere to be found.”
― Phillip Margolin, Betrayal

“charged with committing, or you can”
― Phillip Margolin, Executive Privilege

“How come Angela drives a Porsche and you're driving a ten-year-old Volvo?' Kate asked as they drove away.
'I don't have self-esteem issues,' Amanda said”
― Phillip Margolin, Violent Crimes

“Allison was the obvious suspect if Alex was innocent, but she had to have had a male accomplice, because Meredith had been kidnapped and brutalized by a man. Jeff had made a case for Jacob Heller. At a minimum, it looked like he and Allison were lovers.”
― Phillip Margolin, The Third Victim

“I work very hard for my clients...I don't always win their cases, but I always give them 100% of my effort and I have gotten more good results than bad.”
― Phillip Margolin, Violent Crimes

“You will never be perfect, Loretta. All you can do is try as hard as you can to do everything you can think of. But you will always screw up somewhere along the line. That’s why you have a cocounsel; someone who, hopefully, will tell you when you’re going astray. And even then, with the best representation and the greatest will, you will fuck up, because humans aren’t perfect. So, you just try as hard as you can and hope for the best.”
― Phillip Margolin, A Matter of Life and Death

“body in the companionway. A quick”
― Phillip Margolin, Supreme Justice

“When people lost faith in their government, the result was revolution.”
― Phillip Margolin, Violent Crimes

“love you, too, Dan. And I’m not so much of a cop that you can’t trust me with anything.”
― Phillip Margolin, The House on Pine Terrace

“visions of Rex Kellerman danced in her head like demented sugar plum fairies.”
― Phillip Margolin, The Perfect Alibi

“That made me remember why I got into this business in the first place-to protect people who couldn't protect themselves.”
― Phillip Margolin, Ties That Bind