32 Quotes by Jane Haddam

Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.

I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.

Logic is a wonderful invention. It is so wonderful, people often mistake it for reason. Reason, however, requires sense. Logic requires only consistency.

If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters insteresting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.