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We are not as impervious as we think we are. - Dr Maura Isles

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Tess Gerritsen
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 12
Novelist
Physician
Writer
San Diego
California
Impervious
Isle
Think
Thinking
Isles

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If I were stranded on a desert island, the one book I would have with me would is the Bible. There are enough stories in the Bible to keep you engaged for years.
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With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will once again be together. So I march through the deepening shadows, serene and unafraid, because I know that at the end of my journey they will be waiting for me.
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My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!
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She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned.
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We are all descended from monsters.
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The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.
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Only the forgotten are truly dead.
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Motherhood didn't make you stronger it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.
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Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties still remain. And the most powerful tie of all is written in a child's flesh and blood.
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Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings.
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Everything's a gamble, love most of all.
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I devote most of my day to writing, and try to turn out at least four pages a day. As for what triggers the creative process, it's a mystery to me! Characters often just walk on the page and I wait to see what they do and say while I'm writing them.
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I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.
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We never know until the beast of opportunity is staring us in the face.
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Ha! Kids! You have no idea what you put your parents through, either. Wait till you have your own, you'll see. That's when you'll know what it really feels like. .. What what feels like?...Love, said Angela.
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... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.
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Parenthood is nothing but doubts.
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There is honor between bitches
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Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.
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If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.
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