Quotes from Lisa Scottoline

life wouldn't be as much fun if we knew where its treasures were hidden. Sometimes you had to search for them. Sometimes you had to fight for them. And sometimes, they were at your feet. Either way, they were waiting. For you.

Please, detective, you were saying.

I don't care what anyone thinks. I only care about the law. I only care about the constitution.

See the child, not the cancer. Then you'll be happy when you visit, not sad.

She's the Girl Who Dresses Too Hot For Work. Every rotation has one, probably every job.

He's an odd duck but he's a good kid, with a good heart.

My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you.

We never lose the people we love.

The locals tell me that alcoholism and crime increases in fracking areas. Also traffic accidents, because of the heavy machinery using roads not meant to carry the loads and noise.

Yes, there what we would consider 'emergent circumstances.

I'm a professional worrier. It comes with the ovaries.

I don't want to be less than, so some guy can feel more than. Capisce?

If I stopped talking after I made my point, I'd never say anything.

reading was the cornerstone of self-esteem, success, and even a simple pleasure that was lifelong. She

Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. —Sigmund Freud

she wondered if justice was possible in a world full of profoundly evil and damaged human beings, in a veritable universe of damage.

I'm always interested in products that claim to be aphrodisiacs, when we all know that the one and only aphrodisiac is a man volunteering to build you some bookshelves.

Tears came to my eyes and grief ambushed me, as if it had been lying in wait all along.

È facile saper vivere. Grande saper morire. It is easy to know how to live. Heroic to know how to die. —Arrigo Paladini

What got you into rowing?" Declan covered

She was too exhausted to live.

Psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health workers in hospitals had an assault rate of 60 percent, six times higher than other healthcare professionals.

Can you imagine what it's like to be a legal malpractice lawyer? The clients are the worst! They're all lawyers!

Lou had to believe he'd find something on Winchester if he just took it methodical. Half a mil. Lou thought about knocking again, then lowered his arm and stood there like a stupid ass. Couldn't even decide whether to knock. Half of him wanted to know what was going on; the other half would just as soon let it lie. The neighbors had IDed