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> [“My childhood ended that summer. I learned the word murder. But it is not enough to be told a word as big as that...You have to live with it, carry it around with you. You have to...see it from different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/my-childhood-ended-that-summer-i-learned-the-word-murder-but-it-is/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

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> [“But it is not enough to be told a word as big as that. You have to live with it, carry it around with you. You have to pace around and around it, see it from different angles, at different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/but-it-is-not-enough-to-be-told-a-word-as-big-as-that-you-have-to/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

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## More by William Landay

> [“no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/no-one-worth-knowing-can-be-quite-known-no-one-worth-possessing-can/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“I do not believe in the court system, at least I do not think it is especially good at finding the truth. No lawyer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/i-do-not-believe-in-the-court-system-at-least-i-do-not-think-it-is/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/an-emotion-is-a-thought-yes-an-idea-but-it-is-also-a-sensation-an/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“You can’t do it alone, that’s the thing. You have to remember there are other people out there who have gone through it, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/you-can-t-do-it-alone-that-s-the-thing-you-have-to-remember-there-are/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“All they got locked up in this hole is my body. That's all they got, my body, not me. I'm everywhere, see? Everywhere you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/all-they-got-locked-up-in-this-hole-is-my-body-that-s-all-they-got-my/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“I rather doubt he had the sense to see the truth: that there are wounds worse than fatal, which the law's little binary distinctions-guilty/innocent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/i-rather-doubt-he-had-the-sense-to-see-the-truth-that-there-are/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“They were chosen for their perfect ignorance of these things. That is how the system works. In the end, the lawyers and judges happily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/they-were-chosen-for-their-perfect-ignorance-of-these-things-that-is/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/crime-and-legal-stories-broadly-speaking-are-just-where-my-interest/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try to write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/when-i-was-30-or-so-by-that-time-i-had-become-an-assistant-d-a-i/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“It was a limitation of human consciousness: We live only in the future and past, we cannot perceive now. Now occupies no space, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/it-was-a-limitation-of-human-consciousness-we-live-only-in-the-future/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“You're staring.' 'You're my wife. I'm allowed to stare.' 'Is that the rule?' 'Yes. Stare, leer, ogle, anything I want. Trust me. I'm a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/you-re-staring-you-re-my-wife-i-m-allowed-to-stare-is-that-the-rule/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“It is a common architectural strategy to build courtrooms without windows, to enhance the effect of a chamber isolated from the everyday world, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/it-is-a-common-architectural-strategy-to-build-courtrooms-without/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“but good friendships require complementary personalities, not identical ones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/but-good-friendships-require-complementary-personalities-not/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“…I never expected to lose in court. In practice, I did lose, of course. Every lawyer loses, just as every baseball player makes an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/i-never-expected-to-lose-in-court-in-practice-i-did-lose-of-course/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

> [“Next to me was Jacob, this riddle Laurie and I had made. His size, his resemblance to me, the likelihood that he would fill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/next-to-me-was-jacob-this-riddle-laurie-and-i-had-made-his-size-his/)

[William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/)

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