The Confession Quotes

“He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chicken shit, slimy, little bastard with a bright future in politics.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“You need some coffee, don't you?"
"Yes, I've only had a gallon.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“You count the days and watch the years go by. You tell yourself, and you believe it, that you'd rather just die. You'd rather stare death boldly in the face and say you're ready because whatever is waiting on the other side has to be better than growing old in a six-by-ten cage with no one to talk to. You consider yourself half-dead at best. Please take the other half.

You've watched dozens leave and not return, and you accept the fact that one day they'll come for you. You're nothing but a rat in their lab, a disposable body to be used as proof that their experiment is working. An eye for an eye, each killing must be avenged. You kill enough and you're convinced that killing is good.

You count the days, and then there are none left. You ask yourself on your last morning if you are really ready. You search for courage, but the bravery is fading. When it's over, no one really wants to die.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“You burn a man's pickup, and he's ready for war.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“Good God, Keith."
"Yes, I've talked to Him too and I'm still waiting on his Guidance...”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“He counts votes before he decides what to have for breakfast.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“He had blown the trumpet for so long that no one heard it anymore.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“this:”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“And so”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“ayudaba a ambas familias, la de las víctimas y”
― John Grisham, La confesión

“segregated schools”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“legal lynching.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“They denied any”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“momento en que tomaron asiento en unas sillas”
― John Grisham, La confesión

“único que queda es la providencia de remisión que hemos solicitado al Supremo.”
― John Grisham, La confesión

“ciudad más grande. Nueve años antes, Joe Radford, el comisario, solo era comisario adjunto, y como tal apenas había intervenido en la investigación del caso Yarber.”
― John Grisham, La confesión

“Lo he machacado a conciencia. Ha sido magnífico. Robbie estaba en la cocina, buscando agua. —Genial, Fred —dijo. —Sí y no. Se niega a firmar una declaración. —¡Qué dices! —No quiere. Al salir del club de strippers hemos ido a un café y le he rogado que firmase una declaración, pero es como hablar con una piedra. —¿Por qué no quiere? —Por su madre, Robbie; por su madre y por su familia. No puede digerir la idea de admitir que es un mentiroso.”
― John Grisham, La confesión

“Roberta se quedó estoicamente sentada, con las manos debajo de las piernas.”
― John Grisham, La confesión

“In the process, Robbie Flak had spent all his money, burned every bridge, alienated almost every friend, and driven himself to the point of exhaustion and instability.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“He’s a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chickenshit, slimy little bastard with a bright future in politics.”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“and not a year ago?’ ‘I should have, but I figured the courts down here would finally realize they had the wrong guy. I just got out of prison in Kansas, and a few days ago I saw in the paper where they were getting ready to execute Drumm. Surprised”
― John Grisham, The Confession

“The spirit flowed more freely and made for a more spontaneous style of worship.”
― John Grisham, The Confession