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Scott Turow quotes

American Novelist April 12, 1949

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Anna is part of a generation that often seems frozen in place by their unreleting sense of irony. Virtually everything people believe in can be exposed as possessing laughable inconsistencies. And so they laugh. And stand still. Scott Turow
As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system--the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges--would take care of that; they didn't need his help. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are..."
I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess. Scott Turow
It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality, evaporated and another being became only a target for untamed fantasy. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "It wasn't luck or the order of the universe. It was simply..."
It wasn't luck or the order of the universe. It was simply what had happened. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves,..."
Who are we but the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, and believe? Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller."
People talk of me as being the inventor of the legal thriller. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "Thus for me, the principal meaning of being a Jew was..."
Thus for me, the principal meaning of being a Jew was something people reliably held against me, a barrier to overcome. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "Postmodernism cost literature its audience."
Postmodernism cost literature its audience. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and..."
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof,..."
The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author. Scott Turow
Scott Turow quote: "It was something like stirring concrete with my eyelashes."
It was something like stirring concrete with my eyelashes. Scott Turow

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