“...Jane remained in her chair thinking about justice, about how the dead never benefited from it. For them it always comes too… — Tess Gerritsen Justice Copy Share Image
If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders. — Tess Gerritsen Defenders Copy Share Image
My father was second-generation Chinese-American, born in 1923 in California. My mother emigrated to the States from China when she was in… — Tess Gerritsen Born Copy Share Image
Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need… — Tess Gerritsen Another Copy Share Image
“She siged, a sound of regret for childhood transgressions, for all the lessons learned too late.” — Tess Gerritsen Children Copy Share Image
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also… — Tess Gerritsen Ancient Copy Share Image
Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by… — Tess Gerritsen Being hurt Copy Share Image
“She met his gaze, and what she saw in his eyes scared her, because at that instant she saw both possibility and… — Tess Gerritsen Love Copy Share Image
“THE GIRL WAS TWENTY-THREE POUNDS OF NO! NO, BED! NO, SLEEP! No, no, no!” — Tess Gerritsen Sleep Copy Share Image
“I’m a dinosaur, he thought, lumbering through a world where truthtellers are despised.” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
'I am a bad mother.' Every Christmas, this is what I think because the holiday season fills me with such anxiety. I'm… — Tess Gerritsen Am Copy Share Image
“She had never paid much attention to the heart beating in her own chest. As she watched the pattern traced by Korsak's,… — Tess Gerritsen Heart beating Copy Share Image
My most successful books, the ones that I feel the strongest about, are the ones that started with a premise that for… — Tess Gerritsen About Copy Share Image
I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons… — Tess Gerritsen Believe Copy Share Image
“And like a drowning woman who chooses the black sea instead of rescue, she did not take it.” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“muscles burned and her knees ached, but she did not stop. She owed that much to him and would not abandon him… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I organise jam sessions every month. We have an open session, so everyone knows about it, and we can get as many… — Tess Gerritsen About Copy Share Image
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of… — Tess Gerritsen Detectives Copy Share Image
One of the best Christmas presents I ever got was the globe that I now keep right beside my desk. — Tess Gerritsen Beside Copy Share Image
Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the… — Tess Gerritsen Backgrounds Copy Share Image
Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal. — Tess Gerritsen Death Copy Share Image
I think what medical training does is it gives you the language, the tools to look up facts. I think medical training… — Tess Gerritsen Approach Copy Share Image
