"I find the public passion for justice quite boring and artificial"

Patricia Highsmith's quote suggests that she does not discover the general public's passion for justice to be authentic or genuine. She indicates that the public's interest in justice is shallow and contrived. This could be translated as a criticism of the general public's absence of commitment to justice, or an absence of understanding of the intricacies of the justice system. It could also be seen as a commentary on the general public's propensity to concentrate on sensationalized cases, rather than the more mundane but equally essential cases. Highsmith's quote might also be translated as a criticism of the justice system itself, suggesting that it is too rigid and inflexible to truly serve justice. Eventually, Highsmith's quote indicates that the general public's passion for justice is not as significant or sincere as it seems.