The Final Case Quotes

“her husband had been the best sort of partner, one who understood what it meant to respect somebody and love them for who they are and not wish for them to be different, or need them to be different, that had been the key to their long and happy life together, but, also, her husband had been natively cheerful and essentially kind, and those things had helped a lot,”
― David Guterson, The Final Case

“made myself a man whose book was like blinders, but listened like a man for whom listening meant survival,”
― David Guterson, The Final Case

“Each was a talisman with magical properties. They were imbued with memory, story, and event, and in the course of time had gone from mere phenomena to sacred vessels of personal history. They were simultaneously a nuisance and completely necessary. My mother had grown old without losing the better part of innocence when it came to keepsakes. “Look,”
― David Guterson, The Final Case

“Is it better for you to have what you have now, this opportunity in another country, or is it better for you to be with the people who will always love you no matter what?”
― David Guterson, The Final Case