Tess Gerritsen (born June 12, 1953) is an American novelist and retired physician.
No man easily admits that he is afraid.
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.
I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.
If I were stranded on a desert island, the one book I would have with me would is the Bible. There are enough stories in the Bible to keep you engaged for years.
The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.
With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will once again be together. So I march through the deepening shadows, serene and unafraid, because I know that at the end of my journey they will be waiting for me.
There is honor between bitches
When you're a fifty-year-old woman, no one really bothers to look at you anymore, much less value your opinion. It's hard on the old ego. But damn, it does make it easy to get away with a lot.
The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.
She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.
What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth was, there are some women who will never be beautiful, and Rizzoli was one of them.
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.
My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!
The dead do not hurt you; only the living do.
We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles
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.
Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.
If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.
We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go where they lead.
Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal.