Maxine Cooper Quotes

Hammer We're gonna steer away from these penny-ante divorce cases for a while. I've got a line on something better. That girl I picked up was mixed up in something big.

Velda And a cut of something big could be something big.

Hammer I want you to find out all you can about her.

Velda First, you find a little thread, the little thread leads you to a string, and the string leads you to a rope, and from the rope you hang by the neck. What kind of a girl was she, this friend of yours, Christina?

Velda I'm always glad when you're in trouble because then you always come to me. What is it, Mike?

Hammer Nick's dead...The jack slipped and the car came down on him.

Velda Is that what really happened?

Hammer He was doing a couple of jobs for me.

Velda And he got it? Mike, all your friends are gonna get it one of these days. What is it you're after, Mike?

Hammer Something Nicholas Raymondo had and the girl knew about. Something very valuable.

Velda Is it worth Nick's life or, or Christina's or Raymondo's or Kawolsky's or mine?

Hammer Or Lily Carver's, Christina's roommate? She's up in my apartment. They tried to get her last night.

Velda They? A wonderful word. And who are they? They're the nameless ones who kill people for the great whatzit. Does it exist? Who cares? Everyone everywhere is so involved in the fruitless search for what? Why don't you turn her over to Pat? It's his job to protect her, if she needs protection. Or to question her if that's what's needed. Why are you always tryin to make a noise like a cop?

Hammer You're never around when I need ya.

Velda You never need me when I'm around.