13 Quotes & Sayings By Lisa Scottoline

Lisa Scottoline is a prolific author having written more than 40 novels, with at least three of them being New York Times bestsellers. She has been nominated for both the Pulitzer Prize and the Edgar Award for her work. Her novels have been made into feature films, with a TV movie of her most recent novel, "The Other Woman," airing September 2014. A native of the Chicago area, Scottoline attended Northwestern University and received a law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1979 Read more

Scottoline passed the bar in Illinois and Florida and practiced law for nine years in Florida before moving to New York to pursue literary work with a focus on nonfiction.

It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.
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It's the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance. Lisa Scottoline
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Writing had always helped her, before. It always clarified her feelings and her thoughts, and she never felt like she could understand something fully until the very minute that she'd written about it, as if each story was one she told herself and her readers, at the same time. Lisa Scottoline
If you can't be brave, be determined. And you'll end...
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If you can't be brave, be determined. And you'll end up in the same place. Lisa Scottoline
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I learned that protecting someone by keeping him away from me doesn't shelter either of us. I learned that feeling other people's feelings for them doesn't bring us closer, it only separates me from myself and my needs. I always thought being codependent meant being too emotionally glued to someone; I didn't realize the way I was doing it was setting me adrift. Lisa Scottoline
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Jake thanked God he had a son to put to bed when he knew somewhere there was a family, right now, waiting for someone who would never come home. Lisa Scottoline
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Listen carefully, I’m going to say three words.”“ I love you? Lisa Scottoline
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We're here and we prey on you. We target you. We groom you. Lisa Scottoline
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How do you tell the psychiatrists from the patients in the hospital? The patients get better and leave. Lisa Scottoline
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I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths. Lisa Scottoline
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Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine. Lisa Scottoline
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What I'm doing is writing stories about women who care about justice. They are women who think about the difference between right and wrong, what's legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral. Lisa Scottoline
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Truly I never thought of myself as writing legal thrillers, and I still don't think I do. I write stories about women. Lisa Scottoline