Bone Canyon Quotes

“Instead, you let your massive ego get in the way. You wanted center stage, the spotlight on you, over everything else, even if staying behind the curtain would have ultimately been in your best interest.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Of course it is. Likes are power,” Mintner said, and looked at Eve. “You know what I’m saying. Isn’t that how you became a homicide detective?”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Eve was sure he was saluted at birth by the obstetrician instead of spanked.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“it was one of the best places in Los Angeles County to spot the drunks, shoplifters, wife beaters, drug addicts, rapists, and murderers with verified Twitter accounts.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“There was a hot tub with a firepit in the center,”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“I enjoy putting together the puzzle, and that when I do, it's not just a scientific or academic pursuit. The solution is meaningful- it gives families peace and closure.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“It was common knowledge that the backlog of untested rape kits at the crime lab numbered in the thousands and went back a decade. There wasn't enough money or manpower to process them all. The situation was even worse in some other states.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“I want to know what I'm talking about, especially if I am going to build a case on a pile of bones.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“It'd be nice if everybody had serial numbers on their bones.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Every corpse, even one that was just scattered bones for now, had a story.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“may have been the nicest thing anyone had said to Eve since she’d become a homicide detective. She wasn’t alone. She wasn’t hated by everybody. There were people she could trust, who cared about her even if they didn’t actually know her. Eve”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“The truth, that I haven’t heard from you since your press conference. What kind of daughter doesn’t call her mother after a lunatic blows his brains out in her living room?”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Eve looked at Greta and wondered if she was seeing her future, moving halfway across the country and spending her days cleaning up after death. Then again, wasn’t that what she was doing now, only without the soap and sponge?”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Of course not. It’s all on you. I’m the fat old guy who has been here for decades, proven he’s a stand-up guy, and is on his way out. I’m blameless. You’re the young, attractive publicity whore who doesn’t care how many careers you have to ruin, or deputies you have to kill, to get to the top.” “My God, is that what people are actually saying?”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Fried chicken and sweet-and-sour pork together. The only thing that could possibly make this place any better is if they served pizza and donuts, too,” Duncan said as they ate at one of the four tables in the place. “This is good eatin’.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“I’m not going to do that,” she said. “With my luck, the deputy that comes will be one of the assholes who did this or, at the very least, someone who sympathizes with them.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“You pulled Sabrina over. You warned her off. You made yourself part of the crime. Now you can make it right for yourself and your family . . . but not by breaking into my house and pointing a gun at me. The way to redeem yourself, and spare your family a lot of pain and shame, is by helping me put those deputies behind bars.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“It’s television, dear. Nobody expects it to be real, just convincing.” Eve was about to tell her mom that her life is real, that her cases are real, that not everything on TV is scripted and performed, but then she thought about that press conference and realized she was wrong.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“You’d be surprised what facing life in prison without the possibility of parole will do to weaken someone’s personal convictions,” Burnside said.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“The point of an interrogation is not to get a confession. A successful interrogation, Duncan once told Eve, is when you walk out of the room with any information, no matter how small, that advances the investigation.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Hell, we were the ones who were attacked. She was in heat. Some women get drunk or high and all they want to do is fuck.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Look, Chuck, I haven’t always been a fat old man. I sowed my wild oats, but there were some girls, after they got what they wanted, who were ashamed of what they did and wanted to forget that they couldn’t wait to get their hands on my plow. You know what I mean? They’d say some crazy things.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“You and I have a problem, Ronin. You think you’re working alone, that we all exist here to shine a spotlight on you and your crusades. You’ve disrespected me and now, by arresting Towler at our front door, you’ve disrespected everybody in this building and possibly in the entire department.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“What did Sabrina Morton think was going to happen, going to the beach half-naked, drinking, and doing drugs with a bunch of guys? C’mon. We all know she wasn’t raped. She simply got more of what she wanted than she’d bargained for. Girls who behave like her know the risks of their drinking, drugs, and promiscuity. They deserve whatever they get.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“You sound very confident, Teddy,” Duncan said. “Is that because you tossed the rape kit or altered the case number so it would never be found?”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“It’s a complicated job that requires unlikely alliances. There are people who don’t want to be seen with me and vice versa that I still need to talk with to understand our community or maintain the peace.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Don’t take me for a fool, Eve. That’s not why you did it. You made a political calculation. You know that the DA hates me and wants to be the next mayor. You figured that aligning yourself with him would benefit you more than being tied to a sheriff who is already smeared by a prison-beating scandal.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Because that’s a lie. If she was going to threaten him with anything, it would have been the picture she took of him watching her through his bedroom window and jerking off.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“Burnside laughed. “Oh please. You wouldn’t be in homicide, and we wouldn’t be having this conversation, if you didn’t play politics and play it well.” The prosecutor put her pad back in her briefcase, opened the door, and started to get out of the car, when she had another thought. “By the way, I see Cobie Smulders playing me in the TV series.”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon

“That’s right. Let that be your golden rule.” Nakamura smiled and leaned back in his seat. “I’m a big fan of yours, Eve. I think you’ve got a brilliant future in the department. I’d hate to see your career derailed by a bad decision”
― Lee Goldberg, Bone Canyon