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Tess Gerritsen Biography

Tess Gerritsen (born June 12, 1953) is an American novelist and retired physician.

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. . . he knew that the cruelest of blows too often came with a smile.

Blow, Blows, Came, Cruelest, Smile

No man easily admits that he is afraid.

Admits, Afraid, Easily, Man, Men

With every year that I grow older, I also draw closer to (my loved ones) to the day when we will once again be together. So I march through the deepening shadows, serene and unafraid, because I know that at the end of my journey they will be waiting for me.

Journey, Ones, Unafraid, Waiting, Years

The dead do not hurt you; only the living do.

Hurt, Dead, Living

We dream our dreams, and sometimes they take us to places we never anticipate. But they are our dreams, and we go where they lead.

Anticipate, Dream, Dreams, Places, Sometimes

If you want to remain at liberty, I suggest you not antagonize your defenders.

Defenders, Liberty, Remain, Want

The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.

Beneath, Christmas, Gifts, Light, Mountain, Offering

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

Death, Make, Motherhood, Stronger, Vulnerable

My childhood was spent in my local library in a San Diego suburb. It's where I became a writer - by 1st becoming a reader!

Childhood, Diego, Library, San Diego

Even divorce, she thought, cannot erase all the bonds forged by years of marriage. Long after the papers are signed, decrees notarized, the ties still remain. And the most powerful tie of all is written in a child's flesh and blood.

Bonds, Children, Divorce, Powerful, Thought, Ties

That's what falling in love really amounted to, your brain on drugs. Adrenaline and dopamine, oxytocin and serotonin. Chemical insanity, celebrated by poets.

Amounted, Chemical, Falling In Love, Insanity, Oxytocin

Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the best background because we see so much of human behavior, such a range of human emotions.

Background, Medicine, Probably, Stories, Thinking

When you're a fifty-year-old woman, no one really bothers to look at you anymore, much less value your opinion. It's hard on the old ego. But damn, it does make it easy to get away with a lot.

Age, Away, Ego, Opinion, Woman, Years

Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of child-rearing and the respect for education and knowledge.

Children, Chinese, Education, Maturity, Philosophy

I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.

Believe, Capable, Evil, Human, Needs

Where we go depends on what we know, and what we know depends on where we go.

Depends, Know, Knows

She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of sexual harassment, countercharges of unrelenting bitchiness.

Detectives, Harassment, Problem, Problems, Unit, Unrelenting

The most dangerous enemy in the world is the one you do not recognize.

Dangerous, Enemy, Recognize, World

There is honor between bitches

Bitches, Honor

The one man you most want to sleep with may be the worst choice of all.

Choice, Choices, Man, Men, Sleep, Worst

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