Open and Shut Quotes

“I believe we have two lives. The life we learn with, and the life we live with after that.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“You don't have to be a college graduate to murder someone.” “Thank you for making the jury aware of that, Lieutenant. I'm sure they had no idea.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“He's so grateful I think he's going to cry, and it makes me feel good to be able to help. That's if I'm able to help.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“I've never really had a problem with reporters. I treat them as human beings, not as objects to be manipulated. I find I can manipulate them better that way. I've long ago learned that in dealing with the press, sincerity is the most important quality you can have. If you can fake sincerity, you've got it made.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“MY CHILDHOOD IS FILLED WITH GREAT MEMORIES, in fact, great ones are the only memories I have. I talked to a shrink about it, and we pretty much agreed that unpleasant things must have happened when I was growing up, but that I had just repressed them. I asked him how long I could go on repressing them, and he said maybe forever. That worked for me, so I left therapy before I could blow it and get in touch with my true feelings.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“respond that we unfortunately seem to be running”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“Wallace is that rarest of prosecutors, of lawyers, one who believes that finding out the truth is more important than winning. When the truth comes out, everyone wins.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“And round and round, “Like the circles that you find, in the windmills of your mind.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“To hate is to grant a level of importance that those teams don’t deserve. We dismiss our opponents, we don’t hate them. They are not worthy of that.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“excitement. Her words do not, though she speaks softly enough that I’m the only one able to hear them. “Hi, Andy,” she says. “What’s”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut

“it would be important to me."
There it was, the sentence from which there was no defense. In my family, when you asked a favor of someone, it was acceptable to refuse. But once the person said that it was important to them, it crossed the line and became an absolute imperative. We did not use those words frivolously, and they carried an awesome weight.
"Then I'll do it.”
― David Rosenfelt, Open and Shut