My Sister's Grave Quotes

“Long. Not interesting. Coffee?” “No thanks. I’m trying to cut back.” “I thought coffee was a prerequisite for being a cop.” “That’s donuts. What do lawyers eat?” “Each other.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Sometimes our questions are better left unanswered.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Sleep was like sex. The less you had, the more you craved it,”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“some pain never fully resolved. You just suppressed it beneath a façade of normalcy.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“All I know is, the more I rebuilt, the more I realized that just because things hadn’t worked out as I’d planned didn’t mean things couldn’t work out at all.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“It is better that ten guilty men go free than one innocent man be wrongfully convicted.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Sorry I’m late. Whoever outlawed drinking and driving never drove through Tacoma traffic.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Fall was slipping quietly into winter”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“If the evidence is suspect, so is the result.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“She’d become desensitized in order to deal with very visual depictions of evil manifested in man’s inhumanity to man.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Me and the crickets’ve been here since five, Professor. You know what they say. Early bird catches the worm.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“You have good days and bad days when you get to be my age,” Finn said. “And you never can predict which it’s going to be.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“It’s been twenty years, Lieutenant. I’ve gone through it every day for twenty years. I’ll get through these days the same way I got through those, one bad day at a time.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Coffee?” “No thanks. I’m trying to cut back.” “I thought coffee was a prerequisite for being a cop.” “That’s donuts. What do lawyers eat?” “Each other.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“You didn’t bury her. That’s why we couldn’t”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Too much fast food and too much caffeine, her doctor said. Good advice, but eating well and exercising took time Tracy didn’t have”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“and Rex”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Dan’s smell lingered on the pillow. He’d been a gentle and patient lover, his hands firm but his touch soft, just as she’d imagined. He’d given her time to relax, to free her mind until she was no longer thinking, just reacting to the motion of his body and the touch of his hands. When she’d climaxed, she’d clung to him, not wanting the feeling, or him, to leave her.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Twenty years ago, I saw a shooter, went by the name Kid Crossdraw, I believe, though everyone just called her ‘The Kid.’ ” Tracy stopped. The Banker smiled and continued. “I saw her in Olympia. Best shooter I ever saw, until today. Never saw her again after that, though. She had a father and a sister that were pretty good too. You wouldn’t happen to have heard of her, would you?” “I have,” Tracy said. “But you’re mistaken.” “What about?” “She’s still the best shooter.” The Banker played with an end of his mustache. “I’d love to see it. Do you know where she might be competing next?” “I do,” Tracy said. “But you’re going to have to wait a bit. She’s shooting at higher targets now.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Nothing’s routine when the doctor has to slip that mask over your face and tell you nighty-night.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Sarah bit at a fingernail. “Could we still see each other every day?” Tracy lifted her arm. Sarah slid closer. “Of course we will. You’re my favorite sister, even if you are a brat.” “I’m your only sister.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“giving up caffeine would be like cutting off gasoline from a car engine.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“the walls were down, the only thing I could do was rebuild.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“things hadn’t worked out as I’d planned didn’t mean things couldn’t work out at all. I”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“A smart man learns from his”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“the world doesn’t stop so you can grieve.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Abby Crosswhite walked to the bed. “Sarah, what have I told you about scaring people?” Sarah sat up. “Mom, it was so funny. You should have seen her face.” She made a face that looked like an overexcited chimpanzee. Their mother covered her mouth, trying hard not to laugh. “Mom!” Tracy said. “It’s not funny.” “All right. Sarah, I want you to stop scaring your sister and her friends. What have I told you about the boy who cried wolf?” “One of these times you’re going to hide and no one will ever find you,” Tracy said. “Mom!” “And I won’t even look for you.” “Mom!”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“Ella sabía que parte del dolor no se va nunca; solo cabe aspirar a reprimirlo bajo una fachada de normalidad.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“comfortable silence, she said, “Life”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave

“That’s our job,” Faz said. “Solving murders and helping people find religion.”
― Robert Dugoni, My Sister's Grave