“I came to the state twenty years ago from the South, the gothic South. I’ve heard it called that, haven’t you, Mister Morgan? ‘Thought I was gettin’ away from all that. You know, the Tennessee Williams’ decadence, the Huey Long… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“The prairie skies can always make you see more than what you believe.” — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“She had learned to live light because life itself could be heavy enough.” — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“Justice isn’t about fixing the past; it’s about healing the past's future.” — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“A thousand years from now nobody is going to know that you or I ever lived. The cynic is right, but lazy. He says… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“He recognized it and knew it. In others—clients, witnesses, or sometimes adversaries, he had seen or heard it: A gesture, a phrase, or a… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“You don’t call them ‘strippers.’ They’re dancers. ‘Strippers’ sounds cheesy and amateurish. These women are professionals.” The man sipped his beer and glanced at… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“I came to the state twenty years ago from the South, the gothic South. I’ve heard it called that, haven’t you, Mister Morgan? ‘Thought… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“(She) got herself a real boyfriend and she was just crazy about him. Not jack rabbit naked and coyote howling crazy, but sugar 'n'… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a word, a sound, triggers an image or recollection of something forgotten. A search for the truth sounds romantic, a thoughtful quest. As… — Jackson Burnett Copy Share Image
