Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsenis an American novelist and retired physician...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 June 1953
CountryUnited States of America
acceptance inevitable liberation
She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.
beautiful giving false-hope
What Rizzoli thought, staring at her own image, was that she hated Elizabeth Hurley for giving women false hope. The brutal truth was, there are some women who will never be beautiful, and Rizzoli was one of them.
liberty want defenders
If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.
courage hero acting
The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.
enemy world dangerous
The most dangerous enemy in the world is the one you do not recognize.
years ego age
When you're a fifty-year-old woman, no one really bothers to look at you anymore, much less value your opinion. It's hard on the old ego. But damn, it does make it easy to get away with a lot.
motherhood stronger vulnerable
Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.
doubt parenthood
Parenthood is nothing but doubts.
sleep men choices
The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.
moving reality thinking
God, it's like reality's 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 can't decide what to do, which move to make. All the things I counted on aren't there for me anymore.
hell go-to-hell dies
You don't have to die to go to hell.
blow
... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.
knows depends
Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.
falling-in-love oxytocin insanity
That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.