Jackson Burnett Quotes

#1. He recognized it and knew it. In others - clients, witnesses, or sometimes adversaries, he had seen or heard it: A gesture, a phrase, or a tone which exposed unintended truth in the beat of a second.

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#2. The prairie skies can always make you see more
than what you believe.

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#3. She had learned to live light because life itself could be heavy enough.

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#4. You don't call them 'strippers.' They're dancers. 'Strippers' sounds cheesy and amateurish. These women are professionals." The man sipped his beer and glanced at Zoe. "And, you don't call them booger bars or strip joints, for the same reason.

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#5. (She) got herself a real boyfriend and she was just crazy about him. Not jack rabbit naked and coyote howling crazy, but sugar 'n' butter, soft 'n' sweet crazy.

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#6. Justice isn't about fixing the past; it's about healing the past's future.

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#7. Is any life so isolated that it lives only in the past and not in the present and future, too?

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