Quote by Tess Gerritsen Download Open image ““I believe one has to get one's hand dirty or you're nothing but a hobbyist.”” — Tess Gerritsen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“I honestly can't believe how people can think they can do dirt and not get dirty. And for those slinging mud ...take a look… — Karen E. Quinones Miller Copy Share Image
“There is simply no way to get something clean without getting something else dirty.” — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
“No dirt can touch me, like an ocean, everything that comes to me becomes clean.” — Debasish Mridha Copy Share Image
“I put gloves on before I put gloves on, so I don’t get my gloves dirty.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Anyone can find the dirt on someone, but very few can wipe it from their own shoes.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“To attempt to make myself clean is only to become dirtier in the cleaning.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“You are that kind of person. The kind of person who has to do everything with your own hands.” — Kyung-Sook Shin Copy Share Image
“You'll never get anything done by sitting on your hands or by wringing them. Try getting them dirty for a change and you'll be… — Belva Rae Staples Copy Share Image
“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Fans are always asking me where I get my ideas from. The answer is that I'm very curious, and I get inspiration from everywhere.… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
After twelve years of living in Hawaii, I'd gotten a serious case of 'rock fever.' I just couldn't live on an island any longer. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear. — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“If you don't love him, if you don't even care about him, then seeing him now shouldn't be all that painful. Should it?” — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“My name is Mila, and this is my journey. There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“Now we sit and wait,” the woman said, and she settled into a chair, the gun on her lap. “What are we waiting for?”… — 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 excess. — 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 sketch to… — 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 the old… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
Mom and I often talked about the trip we'd someday take together to the 'city of eternal spring' where she was born. In Kunming,… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image