- Harry Bosch: [to Harry] You're like a turtle. Your shell's where you're safe, but nobody gets under there with you. Not really. Not even me.
- Harry Bosch: Sometimes getting in the way is part of the job. Pissing people off comes with the territory.
- Maddie Bosch: *Your* territory.
- Harry Bosch: How come Jerry never has stupid stuff happen to him?
- Maddie Bosch: I don't know. Maybe he's just not as pretty as I am.
- Detective Johnson: Turkey is the most difficult of all meats to cook. Your reason being your thigh, with its higher fiber and fat. Isn't done until it reaches 165 degrees. But your breast gets all dry and ropey at anything over 150.
- Lt. Grace Billets: Sounds like menopause to me.
- DDA Anita Benitez: Harry Bosch. You do what you do. The world adjusts...
- Harry Bosch: Something you want to say?
- Jerry Edgar: Nope...