Alafair Burke Quotes

“I've learned to accept the fact that my students are far too busy preparing for their own legal careers to care one bit about the off-campus antics of Professor Burke. I get the impression that my students are vaguely aware of my novels, but are at best mildly curious.”

“Teaching does allow me to keep one foot in the youthful waters I tend to occupy in my novels, so I'm thankful for that. My students also remind me on a daily basis that the stories I collected during my district attorney days are actually interesting to people who haven't had that experience.”

“If you want something done, you'll have to dream it yourself.”

“Stories You Can Feel!”

“In the end, the greatest victory we can know is the result of all of our hard work, discipline, and dedication: the realization of our dreams.”

“You can never plan the future by the past.”

“Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.”

“Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.”

“It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.”

“Laws, like houses, lean on one another.”