The Case of the Lazy Lover Quotes

“Believe me, Paul, when you’re in a jam the truth is the only thing solid enough and substantial enough to rely on.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“The only thing we’re supposed to do is get Mrs. Allred off.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“You took him up to the Snug-Rest Auto Court, didn’t you?”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“Okay,” Drake said, “I’ll get my man on the job and have him up there. Anything else?” “That’s all for now,” Mason said. “Well, wait a minute! This rancher, Overbrook, looks like a big, good-natured, rugged individual, but I’d like to find out something about him.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“Within reasonable limits, we gals all look alike nowadays, except for details.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“Could I look at the car?” Mason asked. “Got anything for me to look at?”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“You on duty at ten this morning?” he asked the attendant. The man hesitated before answering. Mason said, “You’re eligible for a five dollar reward, if you were.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“I’m satisfied now,” Mason said.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“The deuce, it is!” Mason ejaculated.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“a man who was tall in a gangling, loose-jointed way, with a static, vacuous grin seeming to betoken a continuous attempt to placate and mollify a world which somehow kept him on the defensive.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover

“You see, amnesia is usually the result of mental unbalance. It’s an attempt on the part of the mind to escape from something that the mind either can’t cope with or doesn’t want to cope with. It’s a refuge. It’s the means a man uses to close the door of his mind on something that may lead to insanity.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Lazy Lover