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Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10) QUOTES

Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10) QUOTES

1 " And part of brilliance isn’t just solving a problem; it’s seeing a problem no one else realizes is a problem yet. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

2 " YOU SPEND ENOUGH time chasing a dog to get back a precious black boot, you start to think like a dog. Spend the rest of your time chasing criminals, and you learn to think like a criminal. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

3 " It’s true that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But no one says that strength doesn’t come at a price. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

4 " COURTHOUSES WERE THEIR own special kind of madness. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

5 " You don’t become a teacher without having some level of optimism. And you don’t stay in the field if you don’t believe that everyone, from bitter teens to burnt-out administrators, can change. I "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

6 " Sometimes I think rage is like a furnace, and I’ve been angry for so many years now, I’m perpetually heated from the inside out. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

7 " The academic world is competitive. For ideas, grants, students, funding. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

8 " Good things can be forged from bone-deep fury. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

9 " And what is a marriage except adding A to B and hoping it equals an amount greater than the sum of its parts? Briefly, the promise of a new life almost made the math work. Except A was still A, and B was still B. We could create a new life, but we couldn’t stop being ourselves. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

10 " being a math genius doesn’t necessarily translate to financial gain. Lots of geniuses die poor. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

11 " We all wear masks. And the more we have to hide, the more accomplished the veneer. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

12 " People think they want knowledge. Until they have it, of course. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

13 " We are both women who understand there’s no point to the coulda, woulda, shouldas of life. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

14 " Once upon a time, there was a little girl in a big house who loved her father so much she was sure he would never leave her. But he did. And now this. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

15 " The truth is, genius and depression have always gone hand in hand. Which was why I spent so many afternoons, sitting at the piano, playing and playing, because my father said my music soothed his spirit and allowed him to rest in a way a truly great mind could never completely be at ease. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

16 " I never believed Jacob was human. But sometimes, like a lot of predators, he did a decent impression of one. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

17 " But welcome to the world of being a survivor. You make it out alive, and yet you spend the rest of your life wondering woulda, coulda, shoulda. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

18 " It’s not easy, though, being brilliant. Nor being married to one. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

19 " I wonder if that’s how I look to others; like I’m normal and functional, too, when in fact, I feel completely emptied out. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)

20 " She's such a lovely woman, he'd tell me time and time again. I'd nod, because my mom is such a lovely woman. And charming and smart. Can't argue with any of that. She's also a fucking wack job. "

― Lisa Gardner , Never Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #10)