The Insider Quotes

“Robbed and killed. Guy was a short-order cook in a house full of cheap stoners. What were the odds he had anything worth stealing?”
― Craig Schaefer, The Insider

“Fun fact,” Dom murmured, bringing up the rear, “Kirby’s in an indie pro-wrestling league. He wrestles on weekends as ‘the Celtic Destroyer.’ Loses almost all his matches. He’s not great at handing out a beating, but he can pretend to take one like nobody’s business.”
― Craig Schaefer, The Insider

“Bullet Karma,” she told him, “is real. This guy trying to kill you? He’s sloppy. He has bad trigger discipline, he’s reckless, and he probably doesn’t police his brass at the firing range. All of these things accrue Negative Bullet Karma. Ergo, his most important shots will never land on target.” Cobb turned to Charlie. “Is . . . is she serious?” “As a heart attack,” Charlie told him.”
― Craig Schaefer, The Insider

“Even your blood’s under pressure. That’s what keeps it moving.”
― Craig Schaefer, The Insider

“That stuff’ll kill ya,” he said as Charlie hung up the phone. She stared at him. “Preservatives,” he said. “You know the preservatives in diet soda are, like, one molecule removed from formaldehyde? Same stuff they put in dead bodies.” “I’m not sure that’s true.” She started to turn, then paused. “Also? You’re a drug dealer.” He almost looked hurt. “Hey, marijuana and mushrooms are pure and natural. They come from the earth. They’re organic.”
― Craig Schaefer, The Insider

“One of the first things Charlie had been taught, her first day on the job, was that generally only three kinds of people needed professional bodyguards: celebrities, scumbags, and celebrity scumbags.”
― Craig Schaefer, The Insider