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On the streets, unrequited love and death go together almost as often as in Shakespeare.

Now, many public libraries want to lend e-books, not simply to patrons who come in to download, but to anybody with a reading device, a library card and an Internet connection. In this new reality, the only incentive to buy, rather than borrow, an e-book is the fact that the lent copy vanishes after a couple of weeks.

From Scott Turow

The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.

From Scott Turow

My sister was a twin, and the other baby died in childbirth, and I was three at the time, and I always kind of thought it haunted me. It was a weird thing. My dad was an ob-gyn, and so it was confusing that the other baby didn't come home from the hospital.

From Scott Turow

Americans have grown a great deal more realistic about lawyers and the law. I think that's all for the good. A lot of people will say to you these days, 'If you are looking for justice, don't go to a courtroom.' That's just a more realistic perspective on what happens in the legal process.

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Widespread public access to knowledge, like public education, is one of the pillars of our democracy, a guarantee that we can maintain a well-informed citizenry.

From Scott Turow

If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, there would be no need for fiction.

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I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

From Scott Turow

In re-reading 'Presumed Innocent,' the one thing that struck me - and I re-read the book four different times in writing 'Innocent,' interested in different things each time - but I did think there were a couple of extra loops in the plot that I probably didn't need. The other thing that sort of amazed me was how discursive the book was.

From Scott Turow

The first time I remember really being excited about a book was 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'

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