The Winter of Frankie Machine Quotes

“Life’s like a fat orange, Frank thinks. When you’re young, you squeeze it hard and fast, trying to get all the juice in a hurry. When you’re older, you squeeze it slowly, savoring every drop. Because, one, you don’t know how many drops you have left, and, two, the last drops are the sweetest.”
― Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine

“He’s hunted enough guys to know that their own heads can be their worst enemies. They start seeing things that aren’t there, then, worse, not seeing things that are. They worry and worry, and chew on their own insides, until, when you do track them down, they’re almost grateful. By this time, they’ve been killed so many times in their minds that the real thing is a relief.”
― Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine

“When you want to catch a fish, you gotta give it the bait it’s hungry for.”
― Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine

“There comes a time in a man’s life, he figured, the infamous midlife crisis, when a guy has to face the reality that what he has is all he’s going to get, and he needs to find his peace and his happiness in his life as it is.”
― Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine

“The mob guys know it. They know that you bribe a politician only once. After that, you blackmail him.”
― Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine