Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening? Lisa Scottoline More Quotes by Lisa Scottoline More Quotes From Lisa Scottoline Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart. Lisa Scottoline smart book people Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. Lisa Scottoline love-is giving Let's talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse? Lisa Scottoline decision littles morning Bad things are like waves. They're going to happen to you, and there's nothing you can do about it. They're part of life, like waves are a part of the ocean. If you're standing on the shoreline, you don't know when the waves are coming. But they'll come. You gotta make sure you get back to the surface, after every wave. That's all. Lisa Scottoline surface wave ocean If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place. Lisa Scottoline determined ends brave I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we're Philly. Lisa Scottoline philadelphia names heart I am really, I think, truly an easygoing, positive, fun person. Lisa Scottoline persons fun thinking People project all sorts of emotions onto their cats, and cats like it that way. Lisa Scottoline cat people way 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. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you're easy to love. Lisa Scottoline true-friend friends love-you I am an open book, literally. I don't mind if people know way too much about me. Lisa Scottoline mind book people Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now. Lisa Scottoline midwinter feet heart But the fact is, I'm not work-identified. I'm not a lawyer or a writer. I'm a mom, and I'm a woman, and that's the kind of people I want to see in books in the starring role. Lisa Scottoline mom book people Even if it's not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy. Lisa Scottoline ifs The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing. Lisa Scottoline writing trying thinking Alafair Burke's first standalone is a must read! You'll lose yourself in this riveting story of Alice Humphrey, a woman whose nightmare begins when she goes to work at her new gallery job, only to find everything gone—and a murdered man on the floor. You can't guess the plot twists that follow, as Alice's whole word turns upside down and she has to question everyone and everything she thought was real. And the ending is a shocker you'll never see coming. Lisa Scottoline real jobs men Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire. Lisa Scottoline truth-is editors skills Even people who counted their blessings never counted them in the morning. For one thing, there wasn't time. Lisa Scottoline blessing morning people And wouldn't we be better off if every New Year's, we thought about the things we did right and we resolved to keep doing them, no matter how wacky they were. Lisa Scottoline new-year matter years We can't control what people do or say, even if it's dumb. Lisa Scottoline dumb ifs people I still think I'm writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage. Lisa Scottoline mortgage writing thinking