--- title: "Best William Landay Sayings" description: "William Scott Landay is an American novelist and former lawyer. Browse 86 William Landay quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-william-landay-7878.jpg" --- ![Portrait of William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b079/author-william-landay-7878.jpg) # William Landay (1963) Novelist United States **86** quotes in **221** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet William Landay is a novelist from the United States, best known for *The Strangler*. ## Quick Facts About William Landay Born July 1, 1963 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works The Strangler ## About William Landay William Scott Landay is an American novelist and former lawyer. ## Awards & Honors CWA New Blood Dagger ## Quotes by William Landay · Page 3 > [An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. Desire, love, hate,…](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/) [Ache](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ache/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4d/william-landay-7878_ache_an-emotion-is-a-thought-yes-an-idea-but_76742.jpg) > [“Witness: I thought it was a mistake. Based on what we knew at the time, it was a mistake to turn away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/witness-i-thought-it-was-a-mistake-based-on-what-we-knew-at-the-time/) [William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/473/william-landay-7878_failure_witness-i-thought-it-was-a-mistake-based_757371.png) > [“…I never expected to lose in court. In practice, I did lose, of course. Every lawyer loses, just as every baseball player…](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/) [Ball player](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ball-player/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/william-landay-7878_ball-player_i-never-expected-to-lose-in-court-in-pra_474253.png) > [“All they got locked up in this hole is my body. That's all they got, my body, not me. I'm everywhere, see?…](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/) [Got Body](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/got-body-335251/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/william-landay-7878_got-body_all-they-got-locked-up-in-this-hole-is-m_124041.png) > [“In a long life there are thirty or thirty-five thousand days to be got through, but only a few dozen that really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/in-a-long-life-there-are-thirty-or-thirty-five-thousand-days-to-be/) [William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/) [Big day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/william-landay-7878_big-day_in-a-long-life-there-are-thirty-or-thirt_3134855.png) > [“Every father knows the disconcerting when you see your child as a weird, distorted double of yourself. It is as if for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-landay/every-father-knows-the-disconcerting-when-you-see-your-child-as-a/) [William Landay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed3/william-landay-7878_children_every-father-knows-the-disconcerting-whe_1051442.jpg) ## William Landay by topic [Time (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/william-landay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-landay/#itemlist", "name": "William Landay Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An emotion is a thought, yes, an idea, but it is also a sensation, an ache in your body. 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