A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) QUOTES

21 " What’re those blacks doing across the street walking around the courthouse in the dark?” “It’s called a vigil,” explained Harry Rex. “They’ve vowed to walk around the courthouse with candles, keeping a vigil until their man is free.” “That could be an awfully long vigil. I mean, those poor people could be walking until they die. I mean, this could be a twelve-, fifteen-year vigil. They might set a record. They might have candle wax up to their asses. "

― John Grisham , A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

23 " The system reflects society. It's not always fair, but it's as fair as the system in New York, or Massachusetts, or California. It's as fair as biased, emotional humans can make it. "

― John Grisham , A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

25 " He missed being broke, because when he had nothing he owed nothing and most of his classmates were in the same boat. Now that he had an income he worried constantly about mortgages, the overhead, credit cards, and realizing the American dream of becoming affluent. Not wealthy, just affluent. "

― John Grisham , A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)

27 " It’s a fragile system, this trusting of lives to twelve average, ordinary people who do not understand the law and are intimidated by the process. "

― John Grisham , A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)