352 Quotes by John Grisham

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    Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.

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    I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

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    But such a cheap shot from a sibling can never be left alone.

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    I’ve never understood people who grind through a book they don’t really like, determined to finish it for some unknown reason.

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    Since 1990, Oklahoma has executed more convicts on a per capita basis than any other state. No place, not even Texas, comes close.

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    Such is the lunacy and unfairness of the system. Huver’s witnesses, the ones testifying on behalf of the State, are cloaked with legitimacy, as if they’ve been sanctified by the authorities. Cops, experts, even snitches who’ve been washed and cleansed and spruced up in nice clothes, all take the stand and tell lies in a coordinated effort to have my client executed. But the witnesses who know the truth, and are telling it, are discounted immediately and made to look like fools.

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    Live your life the way you want. You’ll figure it out.

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    My name became a brand, and I’d love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I’ve stuck to that ever since.

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    Theo explained, in what he thought was perfect Spanish, that Julio needed extra help with his algebra. Evidently, she did not understand perfect Spanish because she asked Julio what Theo was talking about.

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