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Scott Turow Quotes: "I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the specialness of each individual’s curiosity and his or her quest to satisfy it."

I cannot think of a day in my life when the library didn’t exert a potent attraction for me, offering a sense of the specialness of each individual’s curiosity and his or her quest to satisfy it.



Scott Turow Quotes: "What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior."

What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior.




Scott Turow Quotes: "Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love."

Nobody ever gets what they want when it comes to love.



Scott Turow Quotes: "Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry."

Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.




Scott Turow Quotes: "Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on."

Life is simply experience; for reasons not readily discerned, we attempt to go on.



Scott Turow Quotes: "I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning."

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.



Scott Turow Quotes: "The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity."

The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity.




Scott Turow Quotes: "'Torts' more or less means 'wrongs'...One of my friends said that Torts is the course which proves that your mother was right."

'Torts' more or less means 'wrongs'...One of my friends said that Torts is the course which proves that your mother was right.



Scott Turow Quotes: "Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?"

Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?



Scott Turow Quotes: "Poison Pill is a great reading. The novel ranges from Russian oligarchs to the American worlds of drug research and the equity markets, all of it in a mode of high suspense."

Poison Pill is a great reading. The novel ranges from Russian oligarchs to the American worlds of drug research and the equity markets, all of it in a mode of high suspense.



Scott Turow Quotes: "I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess."

I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess.



Scott Turow Quotes: "Postmodernism cost literature its audience."

Postmodernism cost literature its audience.




Scott Turow Quotes: "The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical."

The truth of the matter is that the people who succeed in the arts most often are the people who get up again after getting knocked down. Persistence is critical.



Scott Turow Quotes: "On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare."

On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.



Scott Turow Quotes: "If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction."

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction.



Scott Turow Quotes: "The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird."

The overwhelmingly successful trial book of my early adolescence had been To Kill A Mocking Bird.



Scott Turow Quotes: "As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of that; they didn't need his help."

As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of that; they didn't need his help.



Scott Turow Quotes: "Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it."

Courage is not the absence of fear but the ability to carry on with dignity in spite of it.



Scott Turow Quotes: "I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other in a unique way."

I adore the company of other writers because they are so often lively minds and, frequently, blazingly funny. And of course, we get each other in a unique way.



Scott Turow Quotes: "All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law."

All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law.



Scott Turow Quotes: "People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller."

People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller.



Scott Turow Quotes: "That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment."

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.



Scott Turow Quotes: "There cannot be any greater challenge to the law than trying to adjudicate mass crimes like war crimes."

There cannot be any greater challenge to the law than trying to adjudicate mass crimes like war crimes.



Scott Turow Quotes: "I tend to write in the mornings."

I tend to write in the mornings.



Scott Turow Quotes: "Basbanes makes you love books."

Basbanes makes you love books.



Scott Turow Quotes: "At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right."

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.



Scott Turow Quotes: "The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots."

The one thing I would like more credit for is being part of a movement which involves recognising the importance of plot and asserting that books of literary worth could be written that had plots.



Scott Turow Quotes: "The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo."

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was The Count of Monte Cristo.



Scott Turow Quotes: "The great break of my literary career was going to law school."

The great break of my literary career was going to law school.



Scott Turow Quotes: "The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers."

The Guild is the authoritative voice of American writers.



Scott Turow Quotes: "It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality, evaporated and another being became only a target for untamed fantasy."

It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality, evaporated and another being became only a target for untamed fantasy.



Scott Turow Quotes: "Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?"

Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe?