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 wind.
Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.
We were invincible because we were eighteen and stupid.
I had never seen a woman’s breasts before, and I doubted if any seven-year-old boy in Craighead County had. Maybe some kid had stumbled upon his mother, but I was certain no boy my age had never had this view.
But such a cheap shot from a sibling can never be left alone.
In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.
Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.
Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn’t that tell us something?
One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don’t want to alienate readers.
Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers – the guys who steal all the money and take off. That’s the fun stuff.
When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.
Live your life the way you want. You’ll figure it out.
You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.
Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.
Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I’d ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you’ve seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.
I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.
If you’re gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.
Still, something about writing made me spend large hours of my free time at my desk.
A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure.
My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.