Quotes from Lisa Lutz

Owen had apologized for his harsh words, but the contrition felt hollow, because so were his feelings.

Anna had always lived like a convict, even as a child, perpetually preparing for her next breakout.

He tried to remember, to repeat, to imprint in his brain, Luna's parting words of advice: People don't know what you think they know.

The news of Scarlet's death evoked some feeling in Owen, but there were too many other emotions, all vying for attention, canceling one another out. What remained was an oppressive depression mixed with caffeine withdrawal.

I circled the next puddle and said, "I'm going to let you in on a secret: People don't grow up like you think they do." Rae sighed and said, "What are you talking about?" "The whole grown-up thing is a myth. Whatever is wrong with you now will probably be wrong with you in twenty years.

The problem is, I'm not sure I'm ready for anything. Everything you're supposed to do when you grow up. Move away from home, buy your own food and groceries, get married, have children. Sometimes even the easy part of all that seems impossible to me. And then I wonder what will happen ten, twenty years from now. Will I be a fifty-year-old adolescent, completely alone, still sponging off whatever family I've got left?

Moby-Dick for Nothing

There are two kinds of womanizers. Those who love women too much and those who hate them.

How common is it for someone to be shot in broad daylight without a single witness?" "Not common," Burns said. "But the cemetery wasn't a heavily trafficked area.

If you head too far north, you'll land in some variety of tourist trap, whether it's Lombard Street or Fisherman's Wharf or, if you're really unfortunate, the Marina.

Guilt was a form of debt, and she was always in the red.

Then again, Owen also hadn't thought Irene was the kind of person to have an affair. Or the kind of person who wouldn't remind you that you'd actually

You know, Owen, it's deeply concerning how lightly you take the killing of another human.

I wrote the first draft of 'Plan B' the summer after I turned 21.