Jake Randolph in "The Eternal Night" Pt. 9

"Yeah," I said. "I tore down the shingle with my name on it. My money was doing the work, so I went on vacations, adventures, anything I could do to replace the adrenaline rush that the detective game used to give me."

"Why didn't you just stay a detective if you missed the rush?" Roxie asked.

"Well, there's a difference between enjoying adrenaline and enjoying being a punching bag and a moving target for every asshole with a fist in one hand and a gun in the other that thinks you're a lead repository."

"So you gave it all up?"