My job is to make sure the law works for you as well as against you, and to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury.
Go. Think. Turn black into white.Night into day. I am tired of thinking.I know where it will lead me and I don’tWant to be there.Go love. Do your thinking.
He was trying to convince himself that he wasn't guilty.
Maybe being loved wasn't enough; maybe there was something else you needed not to get in trouble.
In a way it was like a bunch of guys in a game. They were falling behind every minute that passed, but they had lost interest in the score. It was as if they were just a ton behind and had given up on...
Yeah, that's funny, huh?...Something hurts you real bad and you get used to it. Like being hurt becomes part of who you are.
When Miss O'Brien looked at me... what did she see that caused her to turn away? What did she see?
We lie to ourselves here. Maybe we are here because we lie to ourselves.
Think about all the tomorrows of your life.
If you know you don't have a win, then there's no use for you being in the game.
L)ife is like walking between two tall buildings on a tightrope. For some, the rope is wide enough and the walk is easy. For others, it's narrow and hard and maybe there's a strong wind blowing throug...
The ideas I found in books helped me imagine a life I wanted to live.
The best time to cry is at night, when the lights are out and someone is being beaten up and screaming for help.
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lad...
No matter what...ball made my heart beat faster, made me want to jump up and down and be Superman. That's what life was about anyway, being Superman and living like life itself was important. Basketba...
Love came easy, but it just wasn't for me.It flew away like swallows on a summer evening.Love sang softly, but it just wasn't to me.Was I a fool to give my love, to give my soul, and more away?My hear...
Life is going to be harder for some people. It's going to be harder at different times in our lives. But if you're not ready to die today, then you're going to be responsible for tomorrow, whether you...
Yeah, it’s hard, babyIt’s hard right down to the boneI said Oh, it’s hard babyIt’s hard right down to the very boneIt’s hard when you’re a womanAnd you find yourself all aloneI’ve been flapping and sc...
The idea of voluntary segregation went against every value I had been taught. What did being born black have to do with excellence?
People want to look at you and see your whole future laid out the way they know it, and I was saying that didn't happen. People aren't born with I'M GREAT! flashing on their foreheads.