“The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Deves prestar sempre atenção aos teus sonhos, ensinara-lhe a mãe. São vozes que te dizem o que já sabes, sussurrando-te conselhos que ainda não seguiste.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“I believe one has to get one's hand dirty or you're nothing but a hobbyist.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Always pay attention to your dreams, her mother had taught her. They’re voices telling you what you already know, whispering advice you haven’t yet heeded.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Kalpler,sonuçlarını pek değerlendirmeden seçimlerini yapar.Seçimini yaptıktan sonra da kendisini bekleyen yalnız geceleri düşünmez.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Gin and cheese, she thought as she refilled her drink. All the necessary food groups for a melancholy woman.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“Sometimes, thought Jane, the person who could make you happiest is the one you overlook, the one who waits patiently in the wings.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“That was the day she learned she was the daughter of a lioness.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“We could show them the most exquisite Ming vase, or a carved ivory screen from Persia, and they’d turn their backs and go straight for the human remains.”
― Tess Gerritsen, quote from The Keepsake
“She wasn’t born for this kind of life. You have to be born for this like you have to be born a butcher or a barber, I guess. Wouldn’t anybody be either of them just for money or fun.”
― William Faulkner, quote from Sanctuary
“It’s an odd term, 'girlfriend,' particularly for grown persons. And in practice it provides an even odder concept. Generally speaking, in adults it described a woman, not a girl, who was willing to provide sex, not friendship. In fact, from what I had observed it was quite possible for one to actively dislike one’s girlfriend, although of course true hatred is reserved for marriage.”
― Jeff Lindsay, quote from Dearly Devoted Dexter
“It was not so much a modification of the darkness, as a sigh of relief, a slight relaxing of tension, so that one felt, rather than saw, that the night had suddenly lost a shade of its density... ah! yes; there! between these two shoulders of the hills she is bleeding to death.”
― Hope Mirrlees, quote from Lud-in-the-Mist
“Imagine a guy. He’s a little taller than you, with perfect skin, skin that just screams “touch me!” and dark hair and gorgeous blue eyes and he looks so sweet and he is sweet. And then have him blush a little.”
― Elizabeth Scott, quote from The Unwritten Rule
“She had chosen me and it was as simple as that.”
― Charles Bukowski, quote from The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories
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