352 Quotes by John Grisham

Did you know that some of the counties in the coalfields have the highest rates of cancer in the country?

The prosecution was forced into the bizarre position of admitting Ward and Fontenot were lying while asking the jurors to believe them.

There are few things I like better in life than getting lost in a good book.

You’re not ready. You’re not ready, because you’re not angry, Baxter. You must reach a point where you’re angry at your old self, your old life, your addictions. You have to hate the way you were, and when this hatred and anger consumes you, then you’ll have the determination not to go back there.

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

I was a lawyer for 10 years – a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him – it’s the American way.

I learned a long time ago not to waste time analyzing why judges do the things they do.

He hadn’t hit her in several years, but when you’ve been beaten you never forget it. The bruises go away but the scars remain, deep, hidden, raw. You stay beaten. It takes a real coward to beat a woman.

Rich folks can tolerate almost anything, but not rejection.