She refused to accept the ...

She refused to accept the simple truism that the better you were, the bigger threat you were to those at the top.
 Michael Connelly

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Money. The ultimate motivation. The ultimate way of keeping score.
 Michael Connelly
I've been able to write at least one book a year for 20 years, and I don't think I would've had that kind of drive if I hadn't come out of the journalism business.
 Michael Connelly
If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?
 Michael Connelly
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.
 Michael Connelly
I don't miss being a reporter as a job, but I do miss the everyday interaction with the front line of law enforcement. I still have a cadre of cops who keep me up to date, but I don't have the access I used to.
 Michael Connelly