Criminal justice Quote by William Landay

“no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— 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…

— William Landay

Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— William Landay