--- title: "4 Baltimore Quotes By Laura Lippman" description: "4 Baltimore quotes by Laura Lippman. Plus more from Laura Lippman and more Baltimore sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/laura-lippman-7439_baltimore_baltimore-it-s-imperfect-boy-is-it-imper_229188.jpg" --- > [...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/baltimore-it-s-imperfect-boy-is-it-imperfect-and-there-are-parts-of/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9f/laura-lippman-7439_baltimore_baltimore-it-s-imperfect-boy-is-it-imper_229188.jpg) > [I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/i-think-baltimore-suffers-from-nostalgia-and-it-keeps-us-from-being/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff5/laura-lippman-7439_baltimore_i-think-baltimore-suffers-from-nostalgia_357979.jpg) > [Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/anyone-can-love-a-perfect-place-loving-baltimore-takes-some-resilience/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eae/laura-lippman-7439_baltimore_anyone-can-love-a-perfect-place-loving-b_1275157.jpg) > [“John Updike, in that book you gave me, he said the dead make space. Do you know what I think? Updike doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/john-updike-in-that-book-you-gave-me-he-said-the-dead-make-space-do/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/laura-lippman-7439_baltimore_john-updike-in-that-book-you-gave-me-he_2654798.jpg) ## Other authors on Baltimore - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-john-waters-52475.jpg) John Waters 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/john-waters/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-gervonta-davis-6711.jpg) Gervonta Davis 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/gervonta-davis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-simon-27966.jpg) David Simon 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/david-simon/) - [JPEGMAFIA 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/jpegmafia/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-ed-reed-31307.jpg) Ed Reed 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/ed-reed/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-deray-mckesson-4626.jpg) DeRay Mckesson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/deray-mckesson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-sharpton-10185.jpg) Al Sharpton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/al-sharpton/) ## More by Laura Lippman > [“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/relationships-are-chess-for-women-he-said-they-can-see-the-whole/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [People still struggle with this notion of gifted writers somehow being in touch with a higher power, but it's all about showing up and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/people-still-struggle-with-this-notion-of-gifted-writers-somehow/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [Every person you meet has a story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/every-person-you-meet-has-a-story/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/if-i-waited-to-be-inspired-to-go-to-the-gym-i-d-never-get-there-i/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [“I hate to think how many minutes of my life I've spent on goddamn hold. I want those minutes back. When death comes for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/i-hate-to-think-how-many-minutes-of-my-life-i-ve-spent-on-goddamn/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [I've long believed that the work-out life has lessons for the writing life. I've 'solved' a lot of books while at the gym, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/i-ve-long-believed-that-the-work-out-life-has-lessons-for-the-writing/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble steps and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/baltimore-it-s-imperfect-boy-is-it-imperfect-and-there-are-parts-of/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [“She was furious, with the kind of fury peculiar to the nonpaying client. Those who can't afford private attorneys . . . assumed legal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/she-was-furious-with-the-kind-of-fury-peculiar-to-the-nonpaying/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/we-become-comfortable-saying-that-there-s-nothing-new-and-then/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/my-husband-david-simon-and-i-make-our-livings-using-our-imaginations/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/i-think-baltimore-suffers-from-nostalgia-and-it-keeps-us-from-being/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [Baltimore has been a punchline/punching bag for years - I've landed a few blows, to be fair - but those old jokes are out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/baltimore-has-been-a-punchline-punching-bag-for-years-i-ve-landed-a/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [“Working on the editorial page had sharpened Whitney's mind and coarsened her feelings, so she treated every subject as theoretical and abstract. Devil's advocate?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/working-on-the-editorial-page-had-sharpened-whitney-s-mind-and/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [“There it was again, another strange usage. 'We had words.' Everyone has words...What a useless euphemism. The phrases that people used to make things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/there-it-was-again-another-strange-usage-we-had-words-everyone-has/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) > [I don't know where my phone is half the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-lippman/i-don-t-know-where-my-phone-is-half-the-time/) [Laura Lippman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-lippman/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baltimore/laura-lippman/#itemlist", "name": "4 Baltimore Quotes By Laura Lippman", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble steps and waitresses calling you 'hon,' you know. Racial strife in the sixties, the riots during the Civil War. F. 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