Quotes by Tess Gerritsen

The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesnt look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.

I’m a dinosaur, he thought, lumbering through a world where truthtellersare despised.

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.

God, its like realitys 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 cant decide what to do, which move to make. All the things I counted on arent there for me anymore.

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.

Her technique was not perfect. Here and there he heard an off-pitch note, and her run of sixteenths was uneven. But her attack was fierce, her bow digging into the strings with such confidence that even her mistakes sounded intentional, every note played without apology.

Only by the shuddering of the bed did Toby realize the girl was sobbing. Molly herself made no sound; it was as though her grief was trapped in a jar, her cries inaudible to anyone but her.

But something-luck, fate, conspiracy, whatever you want to call it-has thrown us together. He leaned forward, his gaze never leaving her face. Of all the crazy places in the world, here we are, at the same table, in the same dirty Vietnamese cafe. And... He paused, his brown eyes warm, his crooked smile a fleeting glimmer in his seriousness. Im beginning to think its time we gave in and followed this crazy script. Time we followed our instincts.

Evil doesnt die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because weve been touched by it once, it doesnt mean were immune to ever being hurt again. Lightning can strike twice.

Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, youll see. Thats when youll know what it really feels like. .. What what feels like?...Love, said Angela.

He looked at her, and she couldnt contradict him. Nor could she offer any false reassurance. Silence, at least, was honest.

Some people just couldnt commit to their own health. Instead they wasted their energy worrying about things they could do nothing about.

Its just something Ill have to live with... The possibility of getting sick. Not knowing if Ill live another two years or forty years. I keep telling myself, I could walk outside and get hit by a bus. Thats the way life is. Just surviving another day comes with its own risk.

No matter how much you try to maintain order in your life, no matter how careful you are to guard against mistakes, against imperfections, there is always some smudge, some flaw, lurking out of sight. Waiting to surprise you.

When you shine a bright light, a secret loses all its power.

The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.

Only the forgotten are truly dead.

You know that movie, where the little boy says I see dead people?The Sixth Sense.Well, I see them all the time, and Im getting tired of it. Thats whats ruined my mood. Here it is, almost Christmas, and I didnt even think about putting up a tree, because Im still seeing the autopsy lab in my head. Im still smelling it on my hands. I come home on a day like this, after two postmortems, and I cant think about cooking dinner. I cant even look at a piece of meat without thinking of muscle fibers. All I can deal with is a cocktail. And then I pour the drink and smell the alcohol, and suddenly there I am, back in the lab. Alcohol, formalin, they both have that same sharp smell.

I am a bad mother. Every Christmas, this is what I think because the holiday season fills me with such anxiety. Im sure that other mothers are happily baking cookies, decorating trees, and finding perfect gifts for everyone.

One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk.