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"The Gods of Guilt" Quotes
Defense attorney Mickey Haller is drawn into a dangerous case when he's hired to defend a digital pimp accused of murder, only to discover the victim is a former client whose death may be tied to his own actions.
fiction | Published in 2013
Quotes
Everybody lies. Cops lie. Lawyers lie. Witnesses lie. The victims lie. A trial is a contest of lies.
You can’t undo what’s been done, only live with it.
When you walk into a courtroom, you never know what you’re going to get.
Sometimes you have to take the best deal you can get, even if it’s not the deal you want.
The law is about balance, not about fairness.
Justice doesn’t always come in a courtroom.
I defend people. That’s what I do. I don’t have to like them.
Everyone has gods of guilt—people they let down, people they can’t forget.
In my world, the truth is always negotiable.
You never know what’s around the corner until you get there.