“Emily looked into his eyes. They were blank, unreadable. That was the worst kind of person, the scariest—the one who’d learned to… — Lisa Unger Destroyers Copy Share Image
“But did you know that eyewitness testimony is often totally unreliable? The human memory only records events through the filter of its… — Lisa Unger Memory Copy Share Image
I've always had this in a kind of worst-case dark imagination. I want to know what the dark form in the window… — Lisa Unger Always Copy Share Image
We can't hold on to anyone or anything, you know. We lose everything except that which we carry within us. — Lisa Unger Knows Copy Share Image
A child who's been injured by a parent waits her whole life for some acknowledgment of the wrong that's been done, some… — Lisa Unger Acknowledge Copy Share Image
“Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood.” — Lisa Unger Parenting Copy Share Image
“All she could think of was how pure and unblemished, how soft and pink his baby skin had been. How his wonderful… — Lisa Unger Big deal Copy Share Image
Judgment is such a useful shield, isn't it? We can hide behind it, rise above others on its crest, keep ourselves safe… — Lisa Unger Behinds Copy Share Image
The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the… — Lisa Unger Alone Copy Share Image
I don't remember a time when I didn't define myself as a writer. — Lisa Unger Define Copy Share Image
They don't find peace. It's pure bullshit. When something unspeakable happens, or when you do something unspeakable, it changes you. It takes… — Lisa Unger Bullshit Copy Share Image
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it. — Lisa Unger Believe Copy Share Image
When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize… — Lisa Unger Body Copy Share Image
“She wanted to take those words back. But they were out, shattering in the air all around them, slicing them both.” — Lisa Unger Words have power Copy Share Image
Publishing is a business of relationships. The relationships you make at one house can carry over to another. — Lisa Unger Another Copy Share Image
“I thought about my brother. I hated him. Hated him like a child hates a fallen hero. I hated him for his… — Lisa Unger Children Copy Share Image
“We had a great friendship, good sex, a shared passion for the dinosaur room at the Museum of Natural History and Haagen-Daz… — Lisa Unger Friendship Copy Share Image
The universe conspires to reveal the truth and to make your path easy if you have the courage to follow the signs. — Lisa Unger Courage Copy Share Image
“It’s never one thing that leads to a tragic accident, she was sure she’d read once—though she couldn’t say where. It’s usually… — Lisa Unger Failure Copy Share Image
Hope is good. Without it, well, you do the math. But hope has to be like a prayer. Putting it out there… — Lisa Unger Hope Copy Share Image
