Christian Longo: Sometimes you have to accept looking one way in order to protect something more important.
Pat Frato: You talked to him?
Michael Finkel: I met him.
Pat Frato: Why?
Michael Finkel: I wanted to hear his side of the story.
Pat Frato: I'm not sure Christian Longo deserves to have his story heard.
Michael Finkel: Everybody deserves to have their story heard.
Christian Longo: Sometimes the truth isn't believable. But that doesn't mean that it's not true.
Michael Finkel: I'm a liar? You stole my identity.
Christian Longo: I was in Mexico, who else was I supposed to choose?
Michael Finkel: It's not easy to relate to someone accused of four murders, but everybody understands a child needing a toy.