Scott Pratt > Quotes

“We talked on the phone for a long time yesterday,” she said. “He’s sorry, Joe. He’s really sorry. He broke down and cried like a baby.” “I can’t believe I’m hearing this. Why don’t you at least”
― Scott Pratt, Dillard Double #1: An Innocent Client & In Good Faith

“He was shouting now. His face looked like a candy apple with eyes.”
― Scott Pratt, In Good Faith

“The moon was creeping up behind a hill to the northeast, almost as though it was afraid of what it would see when it cleared the ridge.”
― Scott Pratt, In Good Faith

“and I’m humbled to think I played a part in creating them.”
― Scott Pratt, Injustice For All

“Doom”
― Scott Pratt, In Good Faith

“We need to get you examined by another psychiatrist and have him write a report that we’ll submit to the judge. Once that’s done, the judge will appoint a lawyer of his choosing to act as a guardian ad litem. It’s required in all conservatorship cases in Tennessee. The guardian ad litem is supposed to be neutral. He or she will talk to all the witnesses and will probably request an independent psychiatric examination. Then the guardian will submit a report to the judge and make recommendations. The judge doesn’t have to follow the recommendations, but from what I’ve been able to gather, the judge usually does what the guardian recommends.”
― Scott Pratt, Blood Money

“Granny said tardiness was nothing but bad manners, and that people with bad manners lacked character. Erlene”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“finished, but as he reached into”
― Scott Pratt, Justice Redeemed

“It’d be impossible to change the American judicial system much, especially the criminal justice system. There’s just too much money involved now, too many special interests. Policy makers are bought by lobbyists, and the next thing you know, more and more people are going to jail, and more and more jails are being built. The parole and probation systems are huge rackets, the court costs and fees are out of control. It’s a mess.”
― Scott Pratt, Justice Burning

“jeans were dirty and stained, his tennis shoes the same color as the brown soil”
― Scott Pratt, Deep Threat

“recognized”
― Scott Pratt, The Joe Dillard Series Box Set, Part 1: Books 1-4

“These narcissists, they lack empathy. They don’t see other people as having intrinsic value. They’re users. Even when it comes to their own family members.”
― Scott Pratt, Last Resort

“The mother is a religious freak. Their living room looked like a sanctuary. She said she homeschooled the kids and was particular about what they were allowed to watch and read. I got the impression she didn’t even allow them to have friends.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“tardiness was nothing but bad manners, and that people with bad manners lacked character.”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned,”
― Scott Pratt, Justice Redeemed

“People can handle the truth, Griffin. I don’t understand why politicians and government officials can’t grasp that concept.”
― Scott Pratt, Blood Money

“He lived on the property Roscoe owns, or owned until”
― Scott Pratt, Blood Money

“short review on Amazon, just a few sentences.”
― Scott Pratt, The Joe Dillard Series Box Set, Part 1: Books 1-4

“by a red Corvette. She said a woman got out of”
― Scott Pratt, The Joe Dillard Series Box Set, Part 1: Books 1-4

“the”
― Scott Pratt, Reasonable Fear

“You’ve screwed up is what you’ve done. You’ve been running around talking to every reporter in the country, you’ve been on television, on the radio, in papers and magazines, and you’ve backed yourself into a corner. You don’t give a damn about the truth at this”
― Scott Pratt, Due Process

“They call it the criminal justice system. What a crock. Defendants lie and cheat, police officers lie and cheat, prosecutors lie and cheat, defense lawyers lie and cheat, and judges—Jesus, don’t get me started. The American legal system would do itself a great service if it could somehow execute half the sitting judges in this country and start all over again”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“His main concern was whether he’d be able to adapt to life without someone telling him what he could and couldn’t do every second of the day.”
― Scott Pratt, Blood Money

“Man plans and God laughs,” and”
― Scott Pratt, Last Resort

“Justice is like an abandoned child in a dark forest. She meanders slowly, in search of the light. One must hope she will eventually find her way.”
― Scott Pratt, Justice Redeemed

“We talk for a while and I lose myself in the conversation, happy to be able to speak to my children face-to-face. They were such an intimate part of my life for so long, and now I’m lucky to see them thirty days a year. I marvel at their intelligence, their outlook, their honesty and maturity, and I’m humbled to think I played a part in creating them. Around”
― Scott Pratt, Injustice For All

“get a kick out of some of the genre fiction. Especially cop stuff.” “Do you have a favorite writer?” “Dozens of them. Did you come over here to ask me about my tastes in literature?”
― Scott Pratt, Injustice For All

“on the outskirts of Johnson”
― Scott Pratt, An Innocent Client

“I’d just bought a pistol and a silencer without even having to tell the guy my name. What a damned country.”
― Scott Pratt, Justice Burning

“thought about the capacity people have to forgive, and how powerful a force love can be if people will just let it into their lives.”
― Scott Pratt, Conflict of Interest