Quotes from John Grisham

As she watched it leave, she felt like the helpless victim in a backward country where the police ran rampant and rights were nonexistent. It was simply wrong. She was being bullied by the cops because of her association with Jeff. Now her property was being confiscated, and her clients' confidentiality was compromised. She had never felt so helpless.

He was headed for Wall Street and had been sidetracked by the money. Only the money.

Theo could think of nothing but April and of her miserable home life, her warring parents, her scarred brother and sister

Oh yeah. A lot of fun. Staring across the table at five lawyers, all scheming to pounce on every word, every syllable, salivating as they dream of getting more of your money. Why can't your lawyer get the case settled? It should've been over months ago.

There's no mandatory retirement age for drug dealers.

crime? No, he was not. He insisted he knew nothing

I've learned to bite my tongue. My tongue has scars.

Gunther, like most white people, thought the idea of an innocent man on death row was absurd.

Roberta se quedó estoicamente sentada, con las manos debajo de las piernas.

Our system never holds a bad prosecutor accountable.

being nothing more than a prison. As Todd slowed the car, he said, "It looks like one of those

movement to reform the practice of solitary confinement was struggling to gain momentum. Said movement had not made it to Florida.

Why couldn't he spend a few months fishing for trout in shallow mountain streams instead of sitting through dull classes, or driving to Whitfield for another depressing visit, or worrying about which legal hijinks Burch Dunlap might be cooking

Two blocks away, Denny was in a hotel bar eating pizza when his cell phone rattled. It

But old playboys don't exactly fade away. As a general rule, they go down swinging.

You ever met anyone who's served time in Parchman prison?" "Yes sir. Met a guy in Angola who served time there." "I'm sure he was happy to be out of there." "Yes sir. Said it's the worst place in the country.

A stable society is built on notions of fairness and justice and it's left to judges like you and me to make sure all citizens are protected from the corrupt, the violent, and the forces of evil.

is this?" Wally growled angrily. "Why is everybody

He missed being broke, because when he had nothing he owed nothing and most of his classmates were in the same boat. Now that he had an income he worried constantly about mortgages, the overhead, credit cards, and realizing the American dream of becoming affluent. Not wealthy, just affluent.

I sold them to a dealer named Bruce Cable, owns a nice bookstore on Camino Island, Florida.

He didn't worry much about the illegal killings of humans, such as those killings so artfully and cruelly achieved by his clients.

every small Southern town had an Adams, a Jefferson, and a Washington, but no Lincoln or Grant.

Naw, we still have the votes statewide. I can't imagine Mississippi ever electing a Republican governor. Your religion won't matter. We just need some new talent.

Solving a dispute often requires each side to back down a little, something else Theo had learned from his parents.