Her Final Breath Quotes

“When it comes to psychopaths, there is no medication. There is no treatment. There is no cure. There are only prisons.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“Tracy assessed Shirley Berkman to be midfifties trying to look midthirties.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“That’s like complaining you’re getting a gut, so you go on an all-Twinkie diet.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“Shaving your head—the balding man’s solution to hair loss,”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“was like trying to find an honest man in Congress.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“Don’t know. Like I said, she wouldn’t say much. He was her Prince Charming.” “Sounds more like the toad,” Kins said. “That’s an insult to toads.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“When ninety-five percent of your life is good, don’t sweat the other five percent.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“you can make all kinds of plans for your future and then stumble ass-backward into what you were meant to do.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“There’s a can of cat food and a spoon on the floor somewhere. Take it out back and bang on it. My cat’s still out there.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“A disorganized killer is much more impulsive and haphazard. Disorganized killers make mistakes, leave fingerprints, fail to keep from being seen. Organized killers consider murder to be an art that they are trying to perfect. They don’t make mistakes.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“We try too hard to figure out why these guys kill when it’s really not possible to identify all of the factors that cause an individual to become a serial murderer. Think of the billions of things that have gone into developing who you are. I’m not just talking genetics and upbringing—think of all the things you’ve experienced every day of your life that have shaped who you are. That’s why there’s no template for these guys.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“while an arrest of the Cowboy might bring the families of his victims justice, it would never bring them closure. Tracy”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“success was when opportunity met preparation.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“success was when opportunity met preparation. To succeed you had to be prepared”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.” “Ditto,”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“To every man and woman who wears a uniform, carries a badge, and spends their days and nights working in the criminal justice system to keep the rest of us safe. We are often too quick to criticize and too slow to say thank you.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“The thing is, you can make all kinds of plans for your future and then stumble ass-backward into what you were meant to do.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“It’s like anything you do; if you want to do it well, you have to work at it.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“You’re a woman, Katie. You don’t need any other reason for them to think you’re incompetent.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“When it comes to psychopaths, there is no medication. There is no treatment. There is no cure. There are only prisons. —JENI GREGORY, PHD, LICSW, CCM, CCTP”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“We keep trying to get Tracy to make it official and come down here full-time to train the newbies. What do you say, Tracy?” “Same as always, Lazar. I’ll come when people stop killing each other.” “Right, and when farts stop smelling.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“It’s like anything you do; if you want to do it well, you have to work at it. The main thing is a lot of repetition and developing good habits.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“None of us is getting out of here alive. But it doesn't have to be today.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“Feed him [her cat] and you'll have a friend for life...

That means he's Italian.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“How's the head?...

They say I'll need a couple of stitches. Who knows, could be an improvement.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“That one's my ticket to heaven. . . . If I can keep him out of trouble, I might make sainthood.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“Williams adjusted a black knit driving cap that had become a fixture since he’d conceded the inevitable and shaved his head.”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath

“Tienes buena memoria. —Solo para la buena gente, los buenos amantes y el buen vino.”
― Robert Dugoni, Su último suspiro

“black ballistic vest, blue jeans, and a Seattle Mariners baseball cap. “Detective Crosswhite?” Tracy shook the woman’s hand and noticed that it felt small and soft. “Just Tracy. You’re Officer Pryor.” “Katie. I really appreciate this. I’m sorry to take up”
― Robert Dugoni, Her Final Breath