“There is no excuse for not trying.”
“Excuse tries to justify.”
“Your father always tries to see the good side of people; to find the excuse. But sometimes there isn't a good side. There isn't an excuse.(Mom - to Lara Lington)”
“We are so afraid of the idea of having to die… that we always try to find excuses for the dead, as if we were asking beforehand to be excused when it is our turn…”
“I tried--I swear I tried. But you didn't want to hear what I was saying, and I used that as an excuse to let it go on.”
“She thanked me for not trying to make what I did seem less by offering a lot of excuses.”