“But then, we all tell ourselves stories about ourselves. The money man tells himself that by getting rich he is actually enriching others, the artist tells himself that his creations are things of deathless beauty, the soldier tells himself he… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but” — William Landay Copy Share Image
“I do not believe in the court system, at least I do not think it is especially good at finding the truth. No lawyer does. We have all seen too many mistakes, too many bad results. A jury verdict is just a guess—a well-intentioned guess, generally, but you simply cannot tell fact from fiction by taking a vote. And yet,… — William Landay Copy Share
An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate, fear, repulsion… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“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… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“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… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“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,… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“They were chosen for their perfect ignorance of these things. That is how the system works. In the end, the lawyers and judges happily… — William Landay Copy Share Image
Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie. — William Landay Copy Share Image
When I was 30 or so - by that time I had become an assistant D.A. - I decided I would try to write… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“It was a limitation of human consciousness: We live only in the future and past, we cannot perceive now. Now occupies no space, a… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“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… — William Landay Copy Share Image
“It is a common architectural strategy to build courtrooms without windows, to enhance the effect of a chamber isolated from the everyday world, a… — William Landay Copy Share Image
