Who are we but the stories we tell about ourselves, particularly if we accept them?

As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system-the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges-would take care of that; they didn't need his help.

That led me to say that when push comes to shove, I'm against capital punishment.

At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.

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

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

I am a law student in my first year at the law, and there are many moments when I am simply a mess.