8 Faces at 3 Quotes

“Yet he worked unceasingly, amassing a considerable fortune in the process, at turning clients who were indubitably criminals loose upon society. He always assumed that the words from a witness' mouth were perjury, unless he had put them there himself. He expected his friends eventually to double-cross him, and was neither surprised nor hurt when they occasionally did. Yet this did not interfere in the least with his very sincere liking for them.”
― Craig Rice, Eight Faces at Three

“Baby,” he said admiringly, “baby, that was as skillful drunken driving as I’ve ever seen.”
― Craig Rice, Eight Faces at Three