Quotes from John Grisham

This woman has had the hell beaten out of her.

It's a fragile system, this trusting of lives to twelve average, ordinary people who do not understand the law and are intimidated by the process.

It wasn't a romance; they were too young for that. Theo did not know of a single thirteen-year-old boy in his class who admitted to having a girlfriend.

I've killed a lot of men, Preacher, all brave soldiers on the field. You're the first coward." "Pete, no, no!" Dexter said, raising his hands and falling back into his chair, eyes wide and mouth open. "If it's about Liza, I can explain. No, Pete!

No way, Nate. I can't stop them. Maybe I can embarrass them from time to time, cost the City some money, but what they're doing here is happening everywhere. We live in a police state and everybody supports the cops." "So you're the last line of defense?" "Yep." "God help us." "Indeed. Thanks for the scoop. I'll be in touch." "Don't mention it.

In the process, Robbie Flak had spent all his money, burned every bridge, alienated almost every friend, and driven himself to the point of exhaustion and instability.

Gentlemen." Noose grimaced in pain and tried to stretch. "It's going on four o'clock. I have an appointment with a physical therapist at five-thirty. I'm not whining but my lower lumbar needs some work. It is difficult to sit for more than two or three hours at a time.

Lucien was sitting on his front porch, drinking

By 4:00 a.m., an electrical engineer had worked his way through the school's computer grid and found the problem. Electricity

Dexter's wife, Jackie, was alone in the parsonage on the other side of the church

He was ashamed of his greed and embarrassed by his stupidity. It was sickening what money had done to him.

He'd finished college with $60,000 in loans, and no job.

Purvis. This is my associate, Samantha Kofer. We've been hired to get our client out of jail." Snowden took a step back as Mattie pressed ahead. Samantha, treading water, wasn't sure what to do, so

A state employee too frightened to come forward. A reformed lawyer so spooked that he went to court in another state and changed his name. An ex-con with no real address.

facility to address the weakness in his left side. He cannot raise his left hand to his face, nor can he walk without a cane. Ten days after surgery, he is discharged and taken home. He is instructed to return to the rehab facility three times

Hop fell to his knees and pleaded, "Please, Mista Banning. I ain't done nothin'. I got kids, Mista Banning.

O. J. Simpson theory of legal fees: I'm not paying you; you're lucky to be here; go make a buck with your book.

And the story I can tell you involves more dirty cash than all the others combined. It also involves bribery, extortion, intimidation, rigged trials, at least two murders, and one wrongful conviction. There's a man rotting away on death row an hour from here who was framed. The man responsible for the crime is probably sitting on his boat right now, a boat much nicer than mine.

He's also known to deal in stolen books, one of the few in that rather dark business.

and she really didn't like the taste of any of it anyway, she was more receptive to other temptations, primarily fashion and sex. She was almost six feet tall and was often told how great she looked in tight jeans. Her first boyfriend happily taught her all about sex. Her second introduced her to recreational drugs. By the end of her junior year she silently and defiantly considered herself

What his parents needed was another kid or two, somebody else around the house to observe and analyze.

Sistrunk had made a decision. If possible, they would commandeer the table used by the prosecution and plaintiff, the one closest to the jury, and assert themselves as the true voice of the proponents of the will. Jake Brigance would probably throw punches, but bring it on. It was time to establish proper roles, and since their client was the

Focused ultrasound therapy is still in its early stages, still experimental, but there is enough research to date to be very optimistic.

At 1:00 a.m., they were in the Welsh pub again, having drinks and talking opera and football.