Acceptance Quote by Tess Gerritsen

There is honor between bitches

— Tess Gerritsen

“Had she always been so insulated from human contact, like a bloom encased in frost?”

— Tess Gerritsen

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

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

The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

— Tess Gerritsen

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

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