The Judge's List Quotes

“She could not imagine finding the patience to raise kids in the age of cell phones, drugs, casual sex, social media, and everything else on the Internet.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“The fear of getting caught was not driven by the fear of paying the price. Rather, it was the fear of having to stop.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“fierce obsession with anything, and especially something as traumatic as a murder, was not healthy. Denise and Alfred had discussed it over the years, but not recently. They worried about Jeri, though they could do nothing to change her.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Pointing the finger at Ross Bannick was a terrifying act, not because she was afraid of being wrong, but because she feared the man himself.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“She was the only girl he had ever loved. It ended abruptly when she ditched him for a football player. He carried the wounds for six years until he caught her and killed her. Only then had his pain suddenly vanished, his broken heart was healed. The score was even.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“. The following day, a Saturday, they left Key West, drove an hour to Marathon, and found the Kronke home in Grassy Key, a plush, gated community on the water. Their appointment was for 10:00 a.m. and they arrived a few minutes early. Jane Kronke greeted them warmly and led them to the patio where her two sons, Roger and Guff, were waiting. They had driven down from Miami the day before. Minutes later, Chief Turnbull of the Marathon Police arrived. Allie excused himself and took his coffee to the front of the hous”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Maybe the best I’ve ever heard.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“muchas veces llegamos a admirar, incluso a amar, aquello mismo que odiamos de manera tan obsesiva. Se convierte en parte de nuestra vida y empezamos a depender de ello, a necesitarlo. Nos define.”
― John Grisham, La lista del juez

“investigators. She didn’t email much, but there was correspondence between her and the two sons. She was contemplating selling the house and”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Don’t waste a second but never hurry.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Wednesday,”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“He felt like his victims were now crawling out of their graves and lining up, zombie-like, to come after him. He was living in a state of stunned disbelief, his thoughts a mush of rampant flashes, his debates raging over strategies that changed by the hour.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“year were”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“smoked three packs”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“into its third year”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“stolen”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“He drove through the quiet village of Antioch without seeing another human,”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“he”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“had”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“He loved the gamesmanship. He was a sociopath who killed for revenge, but he tried on the planning and execution, and the perfection of his crimes.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“She had read somewhere that we often grow to admire, even love, the very thing we so obsessively hate. It can become a part of our life, and we grow to rely on it, to need it. It defines us”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“We’ll cross into Chavez County in about two miles.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Now you’re trying to think like Bannick. He had a death wish, which is not unusual for serial killers. They can’t stop what they’re doing on their own volition, so they want someone else to stop them. The ruined reputation. The disgrace to the memory of his parents. The loss of everything he had worked for.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“At the outset, I want to say that we would not be here if not for you. Your detective work over the past twenty years is nothing short of brilliant. It’s a miracle, actually, and I’ve never encountered anything like”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“I don’t want to, Bannick. I’ve lived in your miserable life for so long and I never dreamed I would one day be able to have a chat like this and tell you what a miserable scumbag I think you are. You’re a coward. Your crimes took no courage.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Once again she marveled at Jeri’s research and tenaciousness, and managed a chuckle at Herman Gray’s comment about her being needed by the FBI.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Wow. Quite unusual. Narcissistic, split personality, able to live in one world as a respected, productive member of society while spending his off-hours plotting the next kill. It’ll be hard to nail this guy. Unless.” Allie said, “Unless he makes a mistake, right?”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Why get cute and drop them off in a postal box to be sent to my daughter’s apartment? He had to know that we’d track them and find them within hours. This was a Friday. There was no way the two smartphones would sit undiscovered until Monday.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Oh yeah. A lot of fun. Staring across the table at five lawyers, all scheming to pounce on every word, every syllable, salivating as they dream of getting more of your money. Why can’t your lawyer get the case settled? It should’ve been over months ago.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List

“Look, Gunther, it’s great to see you, as always. But the last thing I want to hear today is a steady stream of bitching about my life. Car included. Got that?” “Wow, Sis. You wake up on the wrong side?” “I did.”
― John Grisham, The Judge's List