Quotes from The Spellman Files

“I have a weakness for tough guys who read.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“My father insisted that the boys in my life were directly responsible for my juvenile-delinquent tendencies.
My mother, more accurately, assumed that I was the bad influence.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“What's her name?"

"None of your business."

"That can't possibly be her name.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“You're a terrible cook, Daniel."

"I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts."

"I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“I knew immediately that this was not going to work out. Hunter is the kind of guy who dates women who wear high heels and a cocktail dress on a first date. I can't even walk in heels, and I generally believe that someone has to earn the right to see my legs.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“She suspects her husband, Jake, might be gay."

"Did you suggest she ask him?"

Mom laughed. "Of course not. Business is slow.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“No one is going to abduct me, Rae."

"That's what all abductees say.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“While he bore no real resemblance to anyone in my family, his features were a collection of my mother's and father's best attributes, with a few of Gregory Peck's thrown in.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“She asked how I liked my tea and I told her with cream and sugar (but really, I like my tea to be coffee),”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“David Spellman was born perfect. Eight pounds even, with a full head of hair and unblemished skin, he cried for a brief moment right after his birth (to let the doctor know he was breathing), then stopped abruptly, probably out of politeness.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“We provide proof of a question for which the answer is already known.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

“Everyone should know what it’s like to get a C.”
― Lisa Lutz, quote from The Spellman Files

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