Quotes from The Testament

“If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“Four rehabs meant a fifth was somewhere down the road.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“He'd had his career, his triumphs. Success had brought him nothing but misery; he couldn't handle it. Success had thrown him in the gutter”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“It wouldn't pay to get fresh with a missionary.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

“I believe in God,” he said, truthfully but weakly. “It’s easy to say that,” she said, her words still slow and soft. “And I don’t doubt you. But saying is one thing, living is another matter.”
― John Grisham, quote from The Testament

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The worst kind.
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― Dawn Kurtagich, quote from The Creeper Man

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― Hermann Hesse, quote from Narziss und Goldmund

“You're beautiful, but you're empty. No one could die for you.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, quote from Pangeran Kecil

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BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

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