The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear. — Tess Gerritsen Acting Copy Share Image
My father said writing was a nice hobby. He strongly encouraged my brother and me to become doctors. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“The whole world isn't out to hurt you, Jane. - Dean Because I don't let it - Jane” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“We're all violent. Especially when it concerns the ones we love. They're intimately connected, love and hate.” — Tess Gerritsen Love Copy Share Image
“Some people make choices hoping for the best; Korsak had made a choice simply to avoid the worst.” — Tess Gerritsen Choice Copy Share Image
Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?” — Tess Gerritsen Flowers Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the person who could make you happiest is the one who waits patiently in the wings. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I shy away from showing cruelty on the page. A lot of the violence in my books actually happens off stage. The… — Tess Gerritsen 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 Copy Share Image
If I were stranded on a desert island, the one book I would have with me would is the Bible. There are… — Tess Gerritsen Bible Copy Share Image
Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized,… — 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… — Tess Gerritsen Christmas Copy Share Image
The hunting of monsters is not for the faint of heart. Nor is it for those who feel bound by such trivial… — Tess Gerritsen Borders 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 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… — Tess Gerritsen Age Copy Share Image
I think that, for physicians who want to become writers, they have the material, the smarts, they have the logic, they know… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“But human anatomy and human endurance are variable. While the much younger nun had succumbed to her injuries, Ursula's heart kept beating,… — Tess Gerritsen Patience Copy Share Image
Because my dad's Chinese-American, and they're very concrete, he said, 'There's no money to be made in literature.' So he told me… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The best ideas are those that really affect me emotionally - those are the ones you never forget. You think to yourself,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading… — 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… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
I have hidden my race for 22 books. I have hidden behind my married name, which is very Caucasian, because I didn't… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry to say that too often, I haven't a clue why people do things like this. Why they drown their babies… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The heart makes its choices without weighing the consequences. It doesn't look ahead to the lonely nights that follow. — Tess Gerritsen Choices Copy Share Image
She now knew her death was inevitable, and with that acceptance came liberation. The courage of the condemned. — Tess Gerritsen Acceptance Copy Share Image
Death does not discriminate; whether saints or sinners, in the end, all are equal. — Tess Gerritsen Death Copy Share Image
“The greatest challenge in writing your book is maintaining the drive to finish it.” — Tess Gerritsen Book Copy Share Image
The most dangerous enemy in the world is the one you do not recognize. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders. — Tess Gerritsen Defenders Copy Share Image
... he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“THE GIRL WAS TWENTY-THREE POUNDS OF NO! NO, BED! NO, SLEEP! No, no, no!” — Tess Gerritsen Girl 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
“When you shine a bright light, a secret loses all its power.” — Tess Gerritsen Light Copy Share Image
Motherhood didn't make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you. — Tess Gerritsen Death Copy Share Image
“Does he think it's so easy? One smile, one touch and all is forgiven -Dr Maura Isles” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“I believe one has to get one's hand dirty or you're nothing but a hobbyist.” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Be aware every morning that you may not last the day, And every evening that you may not last the night.” — Tess Gerritsen Evening Copy Share Image
“Without ties to our ancestors, we are lonely specks of dust, adrift and floating, attached to nothing and no one.” — Tess Gerritsen Ancestors Copy Share Image
