129 Quotes by Sara Paretsky

There is no frigate like a book and no harbor like a library, where those who love books but can't afford their own complete collections, or those who need a computer, or kids who need a safe place to read after school, or moms with toddlers who want their babies to learn to read, can all come together and share in a great community resource.

When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.

I’m lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

Never underestimate a man’s ability to underestimate a woman.

Rule number something or other – never tell anybody anything unless you’re going to get something better in return.

Ship,” he said absently. “A boat is something you haul aboard a ship.

Heart surgeons do not have the world’s smallest egos: when you ask them to name the world’s three leading practitioners, they never can remember the names of the other two.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.

It’s always struck me as the ultimate insult to pay to park at hospitals; they incarcerate your friends and relations in rooms that cost six or seven hundred dollars a day, then put a little sting in by charging a few extra bucks to visit them.