"There's no accounting for laws. Or the changes wrought by men and time."

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Source : James Crumley (2016). “The Wrong Case”, p.10, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

James Crumley

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“The place to find the explanation for the liberal-activist mindset of the courts is in the political arena.”
“When you read my texts, you saw a curt, miserable git. And you told me so. Maybe you're right. But you know what I saw when I read yours? - Sam No. And I don't want to know. - Poppy I saw a girl who races to help others but doesn't help herself. And right now you need to help yourself. No one should walk up the aisle feeling inferior or in a different league or trying to be something they're not. - Sam”
“I also like Western classical music and jazz.”
“See, the â€˜small stuffâ€™ is what makes up the larger picture of our lives. Many people are like you, young man. But their perspective is distorted. They ignore â€˜small stuff,â€™ claiming to have an eye on the bigger picture, never understanding that the bigger picture is composed of nothing more than-are you ready?- â€˜small stuffâ€™.”
“We look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way. The third is freedom from want. The fourth is freedom from fear.”
“But square-cut or pear-shaped, These rocks don't lose their shape. Diamonds are a girl's best friend.”
“Rastafari means to live in nature, to see the Creator in the wind, sea and storm. Other religions pointed to the sky, and while we were looking in the sky, they dug up all the gold and diamonds and went away with them”
“There's no future without the past and anybody who doesn't really understand where jazz has come from has no right to try to direct where it's going.”

Source : Interviewed by the "Chicago SEED", November, 1968.

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