Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something. — Lisa Unger Absence Copy Share Image
I love the village in my computer. There's little validation in the day-to-day life of a writer; sometimes we ache for a… — Lisa Unger Aches 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 Copy Share Image
I think that's the moment when we all grow up, when we stop blaming our parents for the messes we've made out… — Lisa Unger Action Copy Share Image
“What we think of as our “gut instincts” are really a very complex mosaic of past experiences, deep-seated hopes, fears, desires.” — Lisa Unger Desire Copy Share Image
The truth has not so much set us free as it has ripped away a carefully constructed facade, leaving us naked to… — Lisa Unger Begin again Copy Share Image
“When our actions and choices are based on fear and denial ... Well, nothing good can come of that. Ever.” — Lisa Unger Denial Copy Share Image
You can cut the ties that bind but not without losing a part of yourself. You can walk away and hide from… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“You were never so acutely aware of your own flaws as you were in the presence of your child. Why was that?” — Lisa Unger Children Copy Share Image
“Honestly, it’s the most you can ask of men sometimes. They’re so wound up, so buried beneath layers of “boys don’t cry,”… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“Didn’t it seem like really thin, gorgeous people were always so mean? Where did they get that aura of entitlement? And didn’t… — Lisa Unger 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 couldn't leave there without carrying some of her sadness and loneliness with me like a cloak. There was a smell that… — Lisa Unger Life Copy Share Image
Writers are first and foremost observers. We lose ourselves in the watching and then the telling of the world we find. Often… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“Maybe that’s all life was, this impossibly complicated helix of choice and accident, things you could control and couldn’t. And when the… — Lisa Unger Life Copy Share Image
“IF YOU REALLY let life take you, if you release control and stop clinging to sameness, you can’t imagine the places you’ll… — Lisa Unger Life Copy Share Image
My uncle Max was a mountain, a shooting star, a big bear of a man, a piggyback ride waiting to happen, his… — Lisa Unger Age Copy Share Image
It's a little known fact, but parents are like superheroes. With just a few magic words they can make you feel ten… — Lisa Unger Adults Copy Share Image
And we stood like that. The joining of hands is highly underrated in the acts of intimacy. You kiss acquaintances or colleagues,… — Lisa Unger Acquaintance Copy Share Image
Maybe I have this fascination with the dark side because I live in the light. I don't have any dysfunction, and I've… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“Admittedly, the modern teenager was a bit of a mystery to Jones. But he did know one thing: they were wired together… — Lisa Unger Growing pains Copy Share Image
I'm a 'bound book' kind of girl. I have a Kindle, and I enjoy it for some things, like convenience or instant… — Lisa Unger Book Copy Share Image
There's a village in my computer - friends, fans, readers, and colleagues. It's a populous, sometimes chaotic little burg always bustling with… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“Who you marry, what you choose as your profession, how you were raised—yes, that is the big picture. But, as they say,… — Lisa Unger Big picture 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 Copy Share Image
In the end, I cared about him so much that I just thought he deserved someone who loved him more than I… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I dont believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it. — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
I read 'Rebecca' when I was a teenager and was swept away by the powerful voice, the gut wrenching suspense and the… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“Shock is the stepsister of denial. It cushions the blow to your psyche when really fucked up things happen.” — Lisa Unger Denial 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 Copy Share Image
Once you've started down that road to self-discovery, no matter how treacherous the path before you, you can't turn back. The universe… — Lisa Unger Discovery Copy Share Image
“...in the end it's not just the big and small events that make you who you are, make your life what it… — Lisa Unger Control Copy Share Image
It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions… — Lisa Unger Action Copy Share Image
People who stay in the same town with the same friends for their entire lives never get a chance to find out… — Lisa Unger Chance Copy Share Image
We may say we're looking for love, following dreams, chasing the dollar, but aren't we just looking for a place where we… — Lisa Unger 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
“...little girls are raised on fairy tales. No one ever tells you that sad things stay sad, some people die angry and… — Lisa Unger Fairy Copy Share Image
I loved him so much. It didn't change all the reasons we couldn't be together, but it kept me returning to his… — Lisa Unger Body Copy Share Image
