Injustice for All Quotes

“I looked at them with the kind of curiosity one reserves for snakes in a zoo.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand gets full first.” Peters’ comment was philosophical. I love it when he lectures me in parables.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“Cleaning the pool,” he replied. I have little patience with people who own pools or boats. They’re both holes you pour money into. Not only that, it’s a point of honor to do all the work yourself, from swabbing decks to cleaning filters. “Did you ever consider hiring someone to do it?” “No, Beau. I don’t jog. Cleaning the pool makes me feel self righteous.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“Hey, by the way. There’s someone else here you know. I just ran into him in the lobby. Remember Maxwell Cole?” Does Captain Ahab remember Moby Dick? Cole is a crime columnist for the Post-Intelligencer. He’s been on my case ever since I beat him out of a college girl friend, packed her off, and married her. As a reporter, he has dogged my career for as long as I’ve been on the force. Karen and I have been divorced for years, but I’m still stuck with Max. It’s like I threw out the baby and ended up having to keep the dirty bathwater.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“pause”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“One thing about Jonas, he doesn’t let good sense stand in the way of what he wants.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“There are very good reasons why neither doctors nor detectives should work on cases too close to home. It warps perspective.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand gets full first.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“Crosswords do not informed citizens make.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All

“She was no lithe virgin. Hers was the gentle voluptuousness of a grown woman, with a hint of fullness of breast and hip that follows child-bearing. A pale web of stretch marks lingered in mute testimony.”
― J.A. Jance, Injustice For All