Laura Lippman Quotes

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

Laura Lippman book What the Dead Know

Source: What the Dead Know

“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

“She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.”

Laura Lippman

Source: By a Spider's Thread

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

Laura Lippman

Source: The Most Dangerous Thing

“There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end up picking up the book next to the one you were looking for, and it's that book that changes your life.”

Laura Lippman

Source: Hardly Knew Her