The Good Lawyer Quotes

“His word was granite, the loyalty he gave and demanded unquestionable. Cross him and die. There were no warnings.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“shutters. Inside the Courthouse a cold hard floor led to a short set of descending stairs.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“It’s not enough to be smart, even brilliant,” she’d once told me. “Quick, clever, and tough retorts are fine, but if you don’t know the law, the cases, the principles, and aren’t able to argue both sides of every issue, every time, you have no business calling yourself a trial lawyer. These”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.” Charles Dickens”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“You made this possible through your patience, devotion and love. This novel you well know is from a heart—that was and will be—always yours.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“But that would have sounded like a guarantee, and in the business of law, there is none.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“hollow whisper. “The Chavez boy—and we’re fairly certain it was him—was last seen walking with a black man about thirty years old who was wearing a cap and sneakers”.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“overtired and all the bits of horrifying information I had learned were scattered in my mind like the residue of an explosion. I went to bed at midnight and tossed and turned for over an hour before slipping into a deep sleep. When I awoke”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“that heralding sun only shined brighter.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“What? She was murdered? Why didn’t you tell me?” “The moment never seemed right. Would you have told me to walk away from that too?” She took a deep breath in an attempt to fight back tears. “You’re being cruel.” I felt sick”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“repeatedly patrolling the shoreline of jagged rocks and debris, Rocco walked back to the construction site then to his car parked”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“Brenda and Jasmine had taught me something I should have known instinctively—that it is the worst thing, the absolutely very worst thing, to lose your child to suffering and death. Having”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“An extra helping of Aunt Jemima’s buttermilk pancakes and”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“a”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“We made love on her living room couch—for hours.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“Maybe that was the grand adventure—seeking one’s own limits.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“Chapter 26”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“phone onto its hook. She came back on the extension. “He fadin’ fast,”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“And like every child who returns home after a long absence, I did so, because I needed something.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“Says there’s healing power in the human touch. I don’t know about that. But damn if I don’t feel better when he’s around.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“Self-righteous, self-serving, self-pitying souls who had little excuse for their malcontent other than the selfish, unsatisfying lives they chose for themselves.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“sake, I hope so.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“thin bamboo reeds wrapped around its handle. “I wasn’t feeling very well.” There was a touch of despair in her voice as if recalling a bout of seething physical pain. “My legs are getting worse. M.S. Had it since”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“picked the one who looked the weariest as he left the complex meeting.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer

“I shook it. And it was dead calm.”
― Thomas Benigno, The Good Lawyer