Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsenis an American novelist and retired physician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 June 1953
CountryUnited States of America
hurt mean names
Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by it once, it doesn't mean we're immune to ever being hurt again. Lightning can strike twice.
monsters
We are all descended from monsters.
sleep men choices
The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.
powerful children divorce
Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties still remain. And the most powerful tie of all is written in a child's flesh and blood.
wings waiting sometimes
Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.
thinking drs isle
We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles
doubt parenthood
Parenthood is nothing but doubts.
doe saint ends
Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal.
moving reality thinking
God, it's like reality's completely shifted on me. I used to think I was standing on such solid ground. If I wanted something badly enough, I just worked like hell for it. Now I can't decide what to do, which move to make. All the things I counted on aren't there for me anymore.
hell go-to-hell dies
You don't have to die to go to hell.
stars fighting guarantees
Sometimes, the stars line up, the gods smile, and love gets a fighting chance. Just a chance. That's all it can really hope for. No guarantees, no certainties
liberty want defenders
If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.
honor
There is honor between bitches
falling-in-love oxytocin insanity
That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.