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 More Quotes by Lisa Gardner More Quotes From Lisa Gardner 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 parenting fighting thinking Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough. Lisa Gardner may-not-be-perfect moments enough 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 arrogant world thinking If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet. Lisa Gardner velvet expectations remember 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 Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth. Lisa Gardner gun should men Expect nothing and life will be velvet. Lisa Gardner expect-nothing velvet inspirational 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 cop novel war 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 internet borders age 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 disease kids needs Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh. Lisa Gardner complaining laughing men 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 stranger hurt people I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present. Lisa Gardner strong clever believe 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 All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel, I have to talk to people who know things. And what keeps me in suspense is that I am a crime aficionado. Lisa Gardner suspense-novels writing people When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times. Lisa Gardner chocolate book needs 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 the-end-of-the-day home character My secret vice is Sudoku puzzles. Can't stop playing them. My parents are accountants. I blame them entirely. Lisa Gardner parent vices secret It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women. Lisa Gardner difficult female men Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother. Lisa Gardner my-daughter daughter mother
