Tag: Selected Quotes

“The clerk was back at his station, whiter than one of the motel’s towels.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 292

“The traveling case was spinning around like an overweight discus, and it sailed down out of the mezzanine like a hard green plastic angel of death.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 292

“All the complaints had been filed, but the mills of the gods appeared to be jammed.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 287

“The awkwardness evaporated right after they had ordered, and Benson broke out an elephant gun in order to kill the elephant that was in the—as they say—room.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 283

“The elevator doors opened, and he swallowed hard and smiled. She smiled also, and he fell in right away.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 272

“‘What’s the job?’ Wayne said, his eyes brightening. It was generally hard to tell when his eyes brightened because they were mostly enclosed in fat, and looked like little black raisins that had been pushed down into the porridge, almost completely under.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 249

“Another thirty seconds passed, walking slowly by, arms outstretched like a zombie.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 220

“Jon had a particular technique for situations like this one. While some attorneys would press their advantage with follow-up questions, Jon would just let witnesses who had done this kind of thing to themselves twist slowly in the wind, air-drying as they spun.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 220

“Connor Connorson began by calling Isadora Meadows to the stand, and he tried to do it in a subdued but dramatic way. And if you were already on his side, he succeeded. If you were Stephanie Hunt, you had to bite the fleshy part of your hand to keep from laughing”

Ride, Sally, Ride, pp. 215-216

“Gonzo law had its appealing side. If you were going to argue cases before the Red Queen from Alice, you might as well enjoy yourself there.”

Ride, Sally, Ride, p. 213