Lisa Gardner Quotes

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• You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

  Lisa Gardner

  Fighting, Parenting, Thinking

  Lisa Gardner (2010). “Live to Tell: A Detective D. D. Warren Novel”, p.87, Bantam

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• If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

  Lisa Gardner

  Expectations, Velvet, Remember

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• The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.

  Lisa Gardner

  Trying, Calm, Twisted

  Lisa Gardner (2004). “The Perfect Husband: An FBI Profiler Novel”, p.154, Bantam

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• Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

  Lisa Gardner

  May Not Be Perfect, Moments, Enough

  "Say Goodbye: An FBI Profiler Novel". Book by Lisa Gardner, 2008.

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• It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will?

  Lisa Gardner

  Children, Sacrifice, Men

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• Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.

  Lisa Gardner

  Gun, Men, Should

  Lisa Gardner (2012). “The Other Daughter”, p.167, Hachette UK

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• Expect nothing and life will be velvet.

  Lisa Gardner

  Inspirational, Velvet, Expect Nothing

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• It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

  Lisa Gardner

  Hurt, People, Stranger

  Lisa Gardner (2013). “Touch & Go”, p.121, Penguin

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• My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.

  Lisa Gardner

  Mother, Father, Perfectly Normal

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• What I learned is that it's arrogant to be certain of anything. The world is a complex place and only idiots or assholes think they know it all.

  Lisa Gardner

  Thinking, Arrogant, World

  Lisa Gardner (2003). “The Survivors Club: A Thriller”, p.160, Bantam

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• You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

  Lisa Gardner

  Thinking, Doctors, Differences

  Lisa Gardner (2004). “The Other Daughter: A Novel”, p.11, Bantam

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• Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

  Lisa Gardner

  Men, Laughing, Complaining

  Lisa Gardner (2004). “The Perfect Husband: An FBI Profiler Novel”, p.10, Bantam

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• I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it.

  Lisa Gardner

  Crush, Kings, Would Be

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• Post-apocalyptic novels tell you that in the future there is some great war. I would tell you that most cops say that it's going on right now.

  Lisa Gardner

  War, Cop, Novel

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• I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

  Lisa Gardner

  Thinking, Suspense, Appeals

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• We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.

  Lisa Gardner

  Thinking, Together, Needs

  "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I'm very intrigued by e-books, the topic du jour in the industry today. As a number one bestselling Kindle author, I love the way e-books make an author's backlist accessible to new readers. Of course, price point remains a source of concern. Personally, I don't have any of the answers, but I'm intrigued by the questions.

  Lisa Gardner

  Book, Numbers, Answers

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• I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.

  Lisa Gardner

  Unique, Phones, Suspense

  "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I still like the relationship part of any story. You don't want your character to figure everything out and then at the end of the day, go home and eat soup from a can by herself.

  Lisa Gardner

  Home, Character, The End Of The Day

  "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

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• What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.

  Lisa Gardner

  Fun, Character, Thinking

  "Cosmo's Book Club: Meet Your Next Must-Read". Interview with Gabrielle Frank, www.cosmopolitan.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.

  Lisa Gardner

  Strong, Character, Thinking

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• Everyone should say what they wanted. It saved time.

  Lisa Gardner

  Should, Wanted, Saved

  Lisa Gardner (2004). “The Perfect Husband: An FBI Profiler Novel”, p.195, Bantam

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• I don't know much about international policing and I would love to learn more. Especially in this day and age when the Internet is rapidly reducing borders and crime can happen on a larger scale than ever before. These things intrigue me.

  Lisa Gardner

  Age, Borders, Internet

  "Lisa Gardner, author of 'Touch & Go'". Interview with Joyce Lamb, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. February 6, 2013.

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• Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.

  Lisa Gardner

  Kids, Needs, Disease

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• Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.

  Lisa Gardner

  Sloppiness, Youth, No Excuses

  Lisa Gardner (2004). “The Perfect Husband: An FBI Profiler Novel”, p.29, Bantam

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