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, she said, the fruits are sweeter, the mountains look like Chinese paintings, and the weather is… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“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?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“My name is Mila, and this is my journey. There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Now we sit and wait,” the woman said, and she settled into a chair, the gun on her lap. “What are we waiting for?”… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
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,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
