A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. Or until she kills the bastard. Auteur: John Grisham Copy Quote More from John Grisham “Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent ma…” “It wouldn't pay to get fresh with a missionary.” “When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.” “Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.”