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Laura Lippman quotes: Sometimes you have to destroy things, even people, in order to save them. (7)

Sometimes you have to destroy things, even people, in order to save them. (7)

Laura Lippman quotes: There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

Laura Lippman quotes: I'm a morning person, which is a hideous thing to be. No one likes morning people, not even other morning people.

I'm a morning person, which is a hideous thing to be. No one likes morning people, not even other morning people.

Laura Lippman quotes: There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

Laura Lippman quotes: McCafferty's was a Mount Washington steak house, sort of the Palm Lite, with caricatures of Baltimore celebrities hanging

McCafferty's was a Mount Washington steak house, sort of the Palm Lite, with caricatures of Baltimore celebrities hanging

Laura Lippman quotes: Going to college don't make you from somewhere, any more than a cat born in an over can call itself a biscuit.

Going to college don't make you from somewhere, any more than a cat born in an over can call itself a biscuit.

Laura Lippman quotes: Tess's Uncle Donald winced when he entered the Kibbitz Room at Attman's Delicatessen. The pained expression

Tess's Uncle Donald winced when he entered the Kibbitz Room at Attman's Delicatessen. The pained expression

Laura Lippman quotes: Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

Laura Lippman quotes: Literally. Unlike most people, even allegedly educated ones, he used

Literally. Unlike most people, even allegedly educated ones, he used

Laura Lippman quotes: Bad taste never dies. It just keeps evolving.

Bad taste never dies. It just keeps evolving.

Laura Lippman quotes: My family is really, really Southern - I had two uncle Bubbas, and grandparents that we called Big Mama and Big Daddy.

My family is really, really Southern - I had two uncle Bubbas, and grandparents that we called Big Mama and Big Daddy.

Laura Lippman quotes: In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

Laura Lippman quotes: Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.

Laura Lippman quotes: I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.

Laura Lippman quotes: Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.

Whatever you want, at any moment, someone else is getting it. Whatever you have, someone else is longing for.

Laura Lippman quotes: Everyone thinks everything's a waste of time when it's not the thing that leads to an answer.

Everyone thinks everything's a waste of time when it's not the thing that leads to an answer.

Laura Lippman quotes: Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.

Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.

Laura Lippman quotes: She was a polite person, and politeness meant making others feel better even if it made you feel like shit.

She was a polite person, and politeness meant making others feel better even if it made you feel like shit.

Laura Lippman quotes: Coitus interruptus by SWAT team. At last a form of birth control that was one hundred percent reliable.

Coitus interruptus by SWAT team. At last a form of birth control that was one hundred percent reliable.

Laura Lippman quotes: I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.

I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.

Laura Lippman quotes: Hate how swiftly the world moves now, how glib everyone has become. We need to think more, not more quickly.

Hate how swiftly the world moves now, how glib everyone has become. We need to think more, not more quickly.

Laura Lippman quotes: How magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?

How magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?

Laura Lippman quotes: I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.

I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.

Laura Lippman quotes: You can rewrite life all you want, Sandy thought,. It's still a play where everyone dies in the end.

You can rewrite life all you want, Sandy thought,. It's still a play where everyone dies in the end.

Laura Lippman quotes: Everyone cared what others thought, even those who were defiantly different. They cared more than anyone.

Everyone cared what others thought, even those who were defiantly different. They cared more than anyone.

Laura Lippman quotes: Bring wine," she hissed into the phone. "And Matthew's pizza. Those lima beans with feta cheese from Mezze. Sopa-pillas from Golden West. Hurry!

Bring wine," she hissed into the phone. "And Matthew's pizza. Those lima beans with feta cheese from Mezze. Sopa-pillas from Golden West. Hurry!

Laura Lippman quotes: Reporting is pretty vital to me. It keeps me connected to the world. A 40-hour-per-week day job may be less feasible as time goes on.

Reporting is pretty vital to me. It keeps me connected to the world. A 40-hour-per-week day job may be less feasible as time goes on.

Laura Lippman quotes: It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.

It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.

Laura Lippman quotes: It's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.

It's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.

Laura Lippman quotes: Stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

Stinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.

Laura Lippman quotes: I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.

I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.

Laura Lippman quotes: When destiny wants to fuck with you, it can afford to be patient. Destiny has all the time in the world.

When destiny wants to fuck with you, it can afford to be patient. Destiny has all the time in the world.

Laura Lippman quotes: Just because you worked hard on something didn't make it worth doing.

Just because you worked hard on something didn't make it worth doing.

Laura Lippman quotes: and a Dr. Brown's celery soda.

and a Dr. Brown's celery soda.

Laura Lippman quotes: I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.

I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.

Laura Lippman quotes: Listen, you know? Girls. They don't listen. They're in too much

Listen, you know? Girls. They don't listen. They're in too much

Laura Lippman quotes: Fenwick, sitting down to

Fenwick, sitting down to

Laura Lippman quotes: Feeding her raw oysters at Charleston, or sharing the gingerbread with lemon chiffon sauce at Bicycle.

Feeding her raw oysters at Charleston, or sharing the gingerbread with lemon chiffon sauce at Bicycle.

Laura Lippman quotes: Cain - and the password, "Indemnity." Given how rapidly management changed at the Beacon-Light, it was entirely plausible that this familiar

Cain - and the password, "Indemnity." Given how rapidly management changed at the Beacon-Light, it was entirely plausible that this familiar

Laura Lippman quotes: There are, of course, an infinite number of places where one is not, yet only one place where one actually is.

There are, of course, an infinite number of places where one is not, yet only one place where one actually is.

Laura Lippman quotes: She liked what she saw, although she knew being a not-beautiful woman was supposed to be a tragedy.

She liked what she saw, although she knew being a not-beautiful woman was supposed to be a tragedy.

Laura Lippman quotes: he began, over dinner at Cantler's, a much beloved but out-of-the-way restaurant near

he began, over dinner at Cantler's, a much beloved but out-of-the-way restaurant near

Laura Lippman quotes: sound silly, but I figured out that being happy made me happier than being unhappy ever did." Tess replayed these words in

sound silly, but I figured out that being happy made me happier than being unhappy ever did." Tess replayed these words in

Laura Lippman quotes: All life is hindsight, really, stories informed by their endings.

All life is hindsight, really, stories informed by their endings.

Laura Lippman quotes: No one in the world loved you quite the way a younger sibling did.

No one in the world loved you quite the way a younger sibling did.

Laura Lippman quotes: Doing nothing," Inez said, "is a choice in its own way. When you do nothing, you still do something.

Doing nothing," Inez said, "is a choice in its own way. When you do nothing, you still do something.

Laura Lippman quotes: What was the point of giving children freedom to experiment and fail, if one then turned it all into a tiresome object lesson?

What was the point of giving children freedom to experiment and fail, if one then turned it all into a tiresome object lesson?

Laura Lippman quotes: They were, as a family, constantly on the verge of being dangerously, enviably cute.

They were, as a family, constantly on the verge of being dangerously, enviably cute.

Laura Lippman quotes: I begin each book with a challenge to myself.

I begin each book with a challenge to myself.

Laura Lippman quotes: Satisfactory husband that he was, he was a man and not one inclined to wax poetic about a day of cupcakes and movies.

Satisfactory husband that he was, he was a man and not one inclined to wax poetic about a day of cupcakes and movies.

Laura Lippman quotes: Her dilemma - the eternal human dilemma - is that she wants a chance to revisit her choices with full knowledge of the future.

Her dilemma - the eternal human dilemma - is that she wants a chance to revisit her choices with full knowledge of the future.