Quotes from Robert Dugoni

Regret is so much harder to live with than failure

Hope became something to cling to when there was nothing else but despair.

Then perhaps you should consider that Samuel's presence might very well be a perfect opportunity to put into practice some of the principles to which this school, and this parish, give lip service—to love one another and to display compassion to those who are different.

I've accepted it, Mom. I've accepted who I am. Okay? I'm not a kid who's going to get picked to play kickball, or to be the lead in the school play. I'm not going to be invited to parties or be chosen class valedictorian. I'm not. And I'm okay with that." It sounded convincing, though I wasn't okay with it. It hurt like hell, rejection. And the pain lingered like an open wound that, just as it started healing, was ripped open again.

The miracle of Lourdes is acceptance, Sam. I asked God to help you to understand and to accept yourself.

HELLO DARKNESS, MY OLD FRIEND

Sorry I'm late. Whoever outlawed drinking and driving never drove through Tacoma traffic.

Fall was slipping quietly into winter

I realized Ernie was my guardian angel and had been since that first day on the playground.

She did not come to my dreams and memories as a sweet recollection; she brought back the shame and humiliation I'd felt when I realized, standing in her kitchen, that love can be faked and, therefore, never fully trusted.

There is nothing for us there.

You didn't bury her. That's why we couldn't

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.

Too much fast food and too much caffeine, her doctor said. Good advice, but eating well and exercising took time Tracy didn't have

There come a day in every man's life when he stops looking forward and starts looking back.

The world, it seemed, had been busy playing chess, While I had played checkers . . . and ignored the rest.

Not a problem, friend.

Someone once said that failure is easier to live with than regret, and it pierced my heart like an arrow.

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.

That is some gift you have, Mr. Sloane… what you did to those jurors. I don't know how you did it, how you convinced them. They didn't want to believe you. I saw it when they came back. They had their minds made up." A tear rolled down her cheek; she disregarded it. "Well, consider this, Mr. Sloane. My Emily is dead, and my grandson will never have his mother. That is something you can't change with your words.

If today is your worst day, then tomorrow is going to be a little better, right? And the day after that will also be a little better. Each day will get a little better, Alex, but only if you let me help you. So right now, all you have to do is get through today. That's not too hard, right? Just get through today. You can get through today, right?

It is better that ten guilty men go free than one innocent man be wrongfully convicted.

Never take anything that doesn't belong to you or that you haven't earned," he said, sliding into the car. "You never know who you're stealing from, and what that money means to them.

child, Lord, with the soft mantle of your love. Teach