Obsessive litigation can make personal financial ruin feel trivial to the lawyer.

Evidence

The sheriff came to repossess Schlichtmann’s Porsche that weekend. It was an event of such little consequence to him that he failed to mention it to his partners until much later. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2388

Categorization

• CANDY: The lawyer so consumed by the case that having his Porsche repossessed barely registers — a memorable one-line summary of the book’s stakes.