203 Quotes by Tess Gerritsen

Friendships are broken all the time. So are hearts.

There’s nothing as boring as perfection.

Only animals should have to pee in the woods.

Always pay attention to your dreams, her mother had taught her. They’re voices telling you what you already know, whispering advice you haven’t yet heeded.

Prey animals such as zebras and antelope have eyes at the sides of their heads, but a predator’s eyes face forward. Always show the cat your face. Let her see where your eyes are, and she’ll know you’re a predator, too. She’ll think twice before attacking.

She needed so badly to sleep, but could not quiet the chaos in her head.

Motherhood didn’t make you stronger; it made you vulnerable and afraid of what death could steal from you.

Life is a series of complications. We have to deal with each one as it comes.

But death wouldn’t deter her killer. It would whet his appetite. He’d look at her corpse and see only an object of desire. Someone he can control. She doesn’t resist him. She is cool, passive flesh, yielding to any and all indignities. She is the perfect lover. The.