Quote by Laura Lippman Download Open image ““Sometimes you have to destroy things, even people, in order to save them. (7)”” — Laura Lippman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But it is easier to destroy than to create, and there are those whose nature it is to love destruction.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Destruction is easy. But creating something that lasts is a challenge.” — Christie Golden Copy Share Image
“I don't want to destroy anything. But I want to know what I can destroy.” — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“You can only destroy something that I have but you can't destroy something that I am.” — GK Dutta Copy Share Image
“There are times when creation can be achieved only through destruction. The urge to destroy is then a creative urge.” — Bakunin Copy Share Image
“And I understand, for the first time, that I have the power to destroy everything.” — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the events meant to destroy you are the conditions that bring you to life.” — Joshua Viola Copy Share Image
“Anything tries to destroy them, they'll burn the world to take it down with them.” — Dot Hutchison Copy Share Image
“Respect all living things, and never take what you cannot give back, or destroy what you cannot create.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, I try not to destroy people unless I am at least 90% sure that they deserve it.” — Rahul Kanakia Copy Share Image
“Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
People still struggle with this notion of gifted writers somehow being in touch with a higher power, but it's all about showing up and… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“I hate to think how many minutes of my life I've spent on goddamn hold. I want those minutes back. When death comes for… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I've long believed that the work-out life has lessons for the writing life. I've 'solved' a lot of books while at the gym, in… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
...Baltimore. It's imperfect. Boy, is it imperfect. And there are parts of its past that make you wince. It's not all marble steps and… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
“She was furious, with the kind of fury peculiar to the nonpaying client. Those who can't afford private attorneys . . . assumed legal… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar,… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
My husband, David Simon, and I make our livings using our imaginations. — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
Baltimore has been a punchline/punching bag for years - I've landed a few blows, to be fair - but those old jokes are out… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
