Books Quote by Alissa Nutting

I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where…

— Alissa Nutting

If you're a beautiful Caucasian woman, and you commit a heinous crime, it's like people don't want to acknowledge the reality of your actions.

— Alissa Nutting

Luckily I'm on prescription drugs that prevent me from worrying about anything too much.

— Alissa Nutting

My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are very normal.…

— Alissa Nutting

“She often pictured her sadness as an IV cart she had to wheel everywhere she went, its bag dripping a heavy fluid that was…

— Alissa Nutting

“I smiled as our hands pressed against one another in midair, as though we were pretending to touch through invisible glass. We managed a…

— Alissa Nutting

“He seemed to understand that resolution didn’t need to have anything to do with truth, and to choose a sense of harmony over insight…

— Alissa Nutting

Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's definitely bled…

— Alissa Nutting

I'm a big people pleaser; I had a very awkward adolescence. Part of me is still that person who wants everyone to like me.

— Alissa Nutting

I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes,…

— Alissa Nutting

“My attorney rubbed his hand across his mustache and the corners of his lips several times, as though the allegation was a piece of…

— Alissa Nutting

“Why am I always the nerd at the party? I am in my thirties and by now I should at least know how to…

— Alissa Nutting