Darcy O'Brien > Quotes

“The upstairs was hopeless: all her clothes, Dale’s suits, everything belonging to the boys. And everywhere the powerful, sickening smell of ashes and water.”
― Darcy O'Brien, Murder in Little Egypt: The True Story of a Father's Ultimate Betrayal

“He then, again by way of reference to legal precedent and authority, reminded the District Attorney’s Office that it was charged with grave responsibilities which demanded integrity, zeal, and conscientious effort in the gathering and presentation of evidence. He quoted the American Bar Association’s standards for prosecutors: “In making the decision to prosecute, the prosecutor should give no weight to the personal or political advantages or disadvantages which might be involved or to a desire to enhance his or her record of convictions.”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers

“cultural values or art treasures destroyed forever, are a tragic proof of where discrimination and contempt of human dignity can lead, especially if they are animated by perverse theories on a presumed difference in the value of races or on the division of men into men of “high worth,” “worthy of living,” and men who are “worthless,” “unworthy of living.” Before God, all men are of the same value and importance. (Italics added.)”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Changed the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews

“RE 3:20,” a reference to Revelations 3:20, which advises, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” “You know,” Grogan said,”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles

“The antiquarians were correct in this, that Eastern Kentucky has a distinctive voice, one that does derive from Britain and Ireland but whose genius was too hardy to be tamed and has flowered at the Grand Ole Opry.”
― Darcy O'Brien, A Dark and Bloody Ground: A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

“The “evangelical law of love knows no exception. May Christians come to realize this at last and redress their crying injustices. At this moment, when a curse seems to weigh upon the whole human race, it is the urgent duty to which we are called by the memory of Auschwitz.”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Changed the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews

“For as the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” The pope certainly recognized and understood that this wasn’t a randomly chosen expression of optimism.”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hidden Pope: The Untold Story of a Lifelong Friendship That Changed the Relationship Between Catholics and Jews

“room on the third floor of the Glass House. Grogan’s partner for the interview was Sergeant Sherman Oakes.”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles

“For a second, he was a little relieved. He would always rather deal with the murder of a drug addict. Addicts died young anyway.”
― Darcy O'Brien, The Hillside Stranglers: The Inside Story of the Killing Spree That Terrorized Los Angeles