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> [The dead do not hurt you; only the living do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/the-dead-do-not-hurt-you-only-the-living-do/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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## More by Tess Gerritsen

> [There is honor between bitches](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/there-is-honor-between-bitches/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/had-she-always-been-so-insulated-from-human-contact-like-a-bloom/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration from everywhere.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/fans-are-always-asking-me-where-i-get-my-ideas-from-the-answer-is/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [After twelve years of living in Hawaii, I'd gotten a serious case of 'rock fever.' I just couldn't live on an island any longer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/after-twelve-years-of-living-in-hawaii-i-d-gotten-a-serious-case-of/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/the-best-heroes-in-the-world-are-the-reluctant-ones-courage-isn-t/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [“If you don't love him, if you don't even care about him, then seeing him now shouldn't be all that painful. Should it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/if-you-don-t-love-him-if-you-don-t-even-care-about-him-then-seeing/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [“My name is Mila, and this is my journey. There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/my-name-is-mila-and-this-is-my-journey-there-are-so-many-places-where/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [“Now we sit and wait,” the woman said, and she settled into a chair, the gun on her lap. “What are we waiting for?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/now-we-sit-and-wait-the-woman-said-and-she-settled-into-a-chair-the/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/the-christmas-tree-twinkling-with-lights-had-a-mountain-of-gifts/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [Because I never plan anything out ahead of time, I'm always in the process of learning about my characters. Without a biographical sketch to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/because-i-never-plan-anything-out-ahead-of-time-i-m-always-in-the/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/when-you-re-a-fifty-year-old-woman-no-one-really-bothers-to-look-at/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [Mom and I often talked about the trip we'd someday take together to the 'city of eternal spring' where she was born. In Kunming,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/mom-and-i-often-talked-about-the-trip-we-d-someday-take-together-to/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [“But human anatomy and human endurance are variable. While the much younger nun had succumbed to her injuries, Ursula's heart kept beating, her body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/but-human-anatomy-and-human-endurance-are-variable-while-the-much/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/where-we-go-depends-on-what-we-know-and-what-we-know-depends-on-where/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

> [“Some people make choices hoping for the best; Korsak had made a choice simply to avoid the worst.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-gerritsen/some-people-make-choices-hoping-for-the-best-korsak-had-made-a-choice/)

[Tess Gerritsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-gerritsen/)

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