Best 37 quotes of Lisa Scottoline on MyQuotes

Alafair Burke's first standalone is a must read! You'll lose yourself in this riveting story of Alice Humphrey, a woman whose nightmare begins when she goes to work at her new gallery job, only to find everything gone—and a murdered man on the floor. You can't guess the plot twists that follow, as Alice's whole word turns upside down and she has to question everyone and everything she thought was real. And the ending is a shocker you'll never see coming.

And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She's cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I'd be happy to be there at 86.

And wouldn't we be better off if every New Year's, we thought about the things we did right and we resolved to keep doing them, no matter how wacky they were.

Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now.

But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role.

don't argue what you don't believe in. Rule number one, in law and in life.

Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.

Ellen had long ago stopped being embarrassed by temper tantrums. She flipped it and wore it like a badge of honor. A temper tantrum was a sign that a mom said no when it counted.

Even people who counted their blessings never counted them in the morning. For one thing, there wasn't time.

Everybody hates lawyers, but they don't realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.

I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me.

If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place.

I like terrific writing, but I also like a terrific story. My favorite books have both, and they're by contemporary, commercial American writers.

I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. We've always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.

I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.

I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly.

I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.

I was a lawyer and I loved it, but my Francesca was born, and a divorce followed way too soon after.

Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?

Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you're easy to love.

Nobody was ever replaced in life, no hole completely filled or loss totally healed. You didn't need a medical degree to know that the human body really wasn't stronger in the broken places. Like any bone, the cracks would always show if you looked hard enough.

There was no known cure for a Catholic education.

The thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn't know if it's loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women.

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.

We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb.

Women shouldn't iron, ever. It's our wrinkles that make us interesting.

You can really help support a character if you understand the setting. So for that reason I generally write about Philadelphia.

If you can't be brave, be determined. And you'll end up in the same place.

I learned that protecting someone by keeping him away from me doesn't shelter either of us. I learned that feeling other people's feelings for them doesn't bring us closer, it only separates me from myself and my needs. I always thought being codependent meant being too emotionally glued to someone; I didn't realize the way I was doing it was setting me adrift.

I'm always interested in products that claim to be aphrodisiacs, when we all know that the one and only aphrodisiac is a man volunteering to build you some bookshelves.

I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths.

Mary had been raised in a family where blood was as thick as tomato sauce.

Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine.

Writing had always helped her, before. It always clarified her feelings and her thoughts, and she never felt like she could understand something fully until the very minute that she'd written about it, as if each story was one she told herself and her readers, at the same time.