I have been looking at the unnatural cause of death for more than half a century. To say I got used to seeing the depravity people inflict upon each other would be wrong, but I have long ago stopped thinking of these explosions of violence as aberrations. #ds

It seems to me that every unit and task force has been christened with a name that gives its acronym the sound of eliteness. #be

Golf is not a great sport. If you can smoke and drink while doing it, it's not a sport. #boschtv

You know, somebody once said: "When the system fails, righteous men will rise up." It means you got to do what you got to do. #boschtv

As we moved north through Kowloon the urban blight and crowding grew exponentially. It was like any large city. #9d

When you find the one that you think fits, then grab on for dear life. No matter what she's done in the past. None of that matters. #ll

I have accomplished everything in my life by channeling negatives into motivation. #af

My instinct is right. The good ones all have that hollow space inside. The empty place where the fire always burns. For something. #br

I hate to lose. #boschtv

It was no longer an unexplained blip on my radar. There was now something solid there, and it needed to be explained and understood. #bb

I've come to believe that it really doesn't matter where you end up. Under a fancy stone or somewhere out in the desert. It's all sacred ground. So long as your people know where you are. #boschtv

When I carried a badge, relying on speculation was like putting sand in your gas tank. It was the road to ruin. #tn

The world is full of people who can not get over things. There is no closure and there is no peace. The truth does not set you free. #tc

No one wants to be told they've come up short - especially when the telling is coming from a pompous prick. #br

If you start with the assumption that murder is an unreasonable action then how can there ever be a fully reasonable explanation for it? #br

I knew that no matter what I had done or caused to happen until this point in my life, she would be my ticket to redemption. #9d

It doesn't matter what war is fought, coming back home is another battle altogether. #tcr

Hollywood. You build a city in the desert, water it with false hopes and false idols, and eventually this is what happens. #ll

Everybody counts or nobody counts. It means I bust my ass to make a case whether it's a prostitute or the mayor's wife. That's my rule. #lc

You could be riding in the back of a studio's black limo, or just as easily the back of the coroner's blue van. That is L.A. #bi

Nobody's perfect. Not even close. #cob

Live and learn. #ll

Man, I can't explain it but it meant something. It made something right in a messed up world, you know? #ce

There was no way to be sure but I was sure. #tn

Cases are made with patience and little steps. Not lightning strikes. #br

I saw this one coyote last night. There is something ... they're kind of sad and threatening at the same time. You know? #lc

Nobody should grow old. And everybody should get the chance. #tc

There is one rule that I have when it comes to the cases I get. Everybody counts or nobody counts. That's it. #lc

Safety and salvation are in the details. #ll

The waiting often leaves a hollow feeling in my soul. I have learned to fill that hollowness with isolation and work. But never people. #bi

I don't have a second thought about anybody I ever put in the penitentiary. And at some point every one of them said they didn't do it. #tcr

You never leave a soldier behind. Isn't that the shooter's rule? #9d

I employ a battering-ram philosophy: I step back and then move quickly forward, hoping the momentum will carry me through the block. #tkot

Helping the scumbags skate? It's not my style, but thanks. I'd rather drink muddy water, as the old song goes. #boschtv

Time has a way of changing things. It's a circle. It takes power away and gives it to those who once had none. #cob

Sometimes I believe that I take things just right and everybody else doesn't take them seriously enough. Everybody has an outside gig. #be

Sometimes you don't know what you are looking for until you find it. #sr

The timing is the catch. #ll

Investigators routinely approach subjects without warning. It is better to get extemporaneous answers to questions rather than prepared statements. It's a basic rule of homicide work: don't let them see you're coming. #tnf

The summer of love. I missed it. Maybe that's what's wrong with me. #tc

Sometimes I think that I know strangers better than I know anybody else, even myself. #lc

You never really know anybody. You might be close enough to sleep with somebody but you'll never know what's really going on inside. #cob

Look, I know I can't fix what's wrong with the world down here but I sure as shit can fix my own house, right? #boschlegacy

An investigation is a subjective matter always open to second-guessing - by lawyers, judges, juries, and other investigators. #tcr

Las Vegas. No matter how much they tried to dress her up with neon and family entertainment, she was still a whore. #tm

Sometimes when you fuck up you have to take the consequences. #ep

My theory was built on speculation and this made me uncomfortable . It was the road to ruin. #tn

Stop undercutting yourself, there will always be people out there to do it for you. #br

I never understood why armored trucks are so obvious, practically announcing 'here is the money' wherever they go. #br

I know from experience that command of the details and the nuances of an investigation is often the key to closing it out. #tm