“ Do you read them? Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald?Only if I have to. I try to avoid old dead white men. John Grisham
“ The sky had cleared, and now the sun was overhead, already baking the wet ground so that you could see the humidity drifting lazily above the cotton stalks. John Grisham
“ They found Seth Hubbard in the general area where he had promised to be, though not exactly in the condition expected. He was at the end of a rope, six feet off the ground and twisting slightly in the… John Grisham
“ Since most law-abiding citizens had no contact with the parole system, it was not a priority with the state legislatures. And since most of the state's prisoners were either poor or black, and unable… John Grisham
“ Okay, let’s pretend to be friends. Just two friends having dinner. That doesn’t work in the South. A male friend cannot have dinner with a female friend if the male friend has a wife. It just doesn’t… John Grisham
“ Sistrunk looked angrily at Lettie and said, I'm allowed to be paid for my time and expenses, plus there is the matter of the loans. When can I expect the money?In due course, Jake said. I want it now.… John Grisham
“ After a leisurely slide into second, Joe bounced to his feet, looked at Marichal, shrugged, smiled, and spread his arms as if to say, You throw at me, I'll make you pay. John Grisham
“ Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you will understand it. If I was the sheriff, I would not have arrested him. If I was on the grand jury,… John Grisham
“ As a society, we adhere to the belief in a fair trial for a person accused of a serious crime, but some of us struggle when it comes to the business of providing a competent lawyer to guarantee said f… John Grisham
“ More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are no… John Grisham
“ Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it. John Grisham
“ [you’ll acquire] A certain amount of cynicism. This business works on you. When you were in law school you had some noble idea what a lawyer should be. A champion of individual rights; a defender of t… John Grisham
“ How do you survive for years in prison? You don’t think about years, or months, or weeks. You think about today—how to get through it, how to survive it. When you wake up tomorrow, another day is behi… John Grisham
“ [Golf Club description:] Once it had enough members to sustain itself, it began the obligatory practice of excluding others. John Grisham
“ A sharp bolt of hunger hit Luther hard. His knees almost buckled, his poker face almost grimaced. For two weeks now his sense of smell had been much keener, no doubt a side effect of a strict diet. Ma… John Grisham
