Top 380 Janet Evanovich Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Any intelligent woman would have made a dignified retreat, but this was New Jersey, where dignity always runs a poor second to the pleasure of getting in someone’s face.”

— Janet Evanovich

52. “His can of pepper spray was bigger than my can of pepper spray.”

— Janet Evanovich

53. “Jesus, Morelli, you sound like you have PMS. You have to learn to lighten up a little. It’s just a car alarm. You should be thanking me. I had it installed with my own money.”

— Janet Evanovich

54. “Lula had Eminem cranked up. He was rapping about trailer park girls and how they go round the outside, and I was wondering what the heck that meant. I’m a white girl from Trenton. I don’t know these things. I need a rap cheat sheet.”

— Janet Evanovich

55. “It wasn’t exactly that Lula was fat. It was more that she was too short for her weight.” – Stephanie Plum.”

— Janet Evanovich

56. “There is no such thing as a good call at 7 AM. It’s been my experience that all calls between the hours of 11 PM and 9 AM are disaster calls.”

— Janet Evanovich

57. “You can’t be mad at me,” Ranger said. “I’m cute. I might even be adorable.”

— Janet Evanovich

58. “Everyone knows you can’t see death cooties. Take my word for it, that couch has the biggest, fattest death cooties that ever existed. That couch has the mother of all death cooties. – Lula.”

— Janet Evanovich

59. “Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category. So sue me.”

— Janet Evanovich

60. “You deserved to get run over. And besides, I barely tapped you. The only reason you broke your leg was because you panicked and tripped over your own feet.”

— Janet Evanovich

61. “I wasn’t sure anymore what made a good marriage. There had to be love, of course, but there were so many different kinds of love. And clearly, some love was more enduring than others.”

— Janet Evanovich

62. “The mother and daughter whose roles had reversed – Grandma gladly relinquishing parental responsibility, my mother grimly accepting the task, struggling to find a place for an old woman who’d suddenly become a strange hybrid of tolerant mother and rebellious daughter. My father, in the living room, not wanting any part of it.”

— Janet Evanovich

63. “I’ve finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want.”

— Janet Evanovich

64. “I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptionall mature.”

— Janet Evanovich

65. “I’d had a less tumultuous transition from childhood to adulthood, but somewhere in my twenties I feel like I got stalled in the process and now I’m drifting, marking time without any great passion to move forward.”

— Janet Evanovich

66. “I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping centers and, you know, I read the newspapers and I talk to the Trenton cops, and I just get a lot of information that comes in that somehow turns into a book.”

— Janet Evanovich

67. “Gravy isn’t a food group.” “Say what?”

— Janet Evanovich

68. “He pulled me toward him, lowered his mouth to mine, and kissed me. The kiss was slow and deep. His hands were firm on my back. I grasped his shirt and leaned into him. And I felt his body respond.”

— Janet Evanovich

69. “I did such a gigantic eye roll I almost fell over.”

— Janet Evanovich

70. “Respect and love your readers. Write for the reader.”

— Janet Evanovich

71. “Make sure your main characters are likeable. They can be flawed, but your readers need to be able to root for them.”

— Janet Evanovich

72. “There’s a difference between having maturity and being mature. I’m not ready to be mature. I don’t want to see the AARP magazine in my mailbox.”

— Janet Evanovich

73. “They got stuff here that I didn’t even know existed. Everything’s spandex and sequins. It’s a retired ho’s dream come true.”

— Janet Evanovich

74. “Einstein famously said if at first an idea is not absurd, there’s no hope for it.”

— Janet Evanovich

75. “God’s a busy guy. He don’t have time to micromanage. What are the chances he heard that? It’s early in the morning. He’s probably having breakfast with Mrs. God.”

— Janet Evanovich

76. “Thank God for small favors.”

— Janet Evanovich

77. “Men drive off bridges and drink too much because of women like you.”

— Janet Evanovich

78. “I rented Ghostbusters, my all-time favorite inspirational movie. I picked up some microwave, popcorn, a KitKat, a bag of bite-sized Reese’s peanut butter cups, and a box of instant hot chocolate with marshmallows. Do I know how to have a good time, or what?”

— Janet Evanovich

79. “Whoever thought a naked beach was a good idea never sat in one.”

— Janet Evanovich

80. “I don’t want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative.”

— Janet Evanovich

81. “Working at Rangeman is a high-stress job, and you’re one of our few sources of comic relief. I give you a car and my men start a pool on how long it will take you to trash it. You’re a line item in my budget under entertainment.”

— Janet Evanovich

82. “I wasn’t dating anyone. I was fornicating with Batman.”

— Janet Evanovich

83. “I’d slept with Ranger! Not sexually, of course. But I’d been in his bed. And then there was the evil shower gel. “It was all because of the shower gel,” I said. Morelli’s eyes narrowed. “Shower gel?” I made a major effort not to sigh. “Long story. You probably don’t want to hear it.”

— Janet Evanovich

84. “I heard about them Rangers on TV,” Grandma said. “I heard they get dogs pregnant.” -Grandma Mazur.”

— Janet Evanovich

85. “Transitions are critically important. I want the reader to turn the page without thinking she’s turning the page. It must flow seamlessly.”

— Janet Evanovich

86. “I’ve been under a lot of stress lately.” “You know what I do when I got stress?” Lula said. “I go shoe shopping.” “I knit,” Connie said. “Get out!” Lula said. “I never knew you knit stuff.” “I don’t knit stuff,” Connie said. “I just knit.”

— Janet Evanovich

87. “I’m done with men. I have a hamster. That’s all I need.”

— Janet Evanovich

88. “You’re a lunatic. You ran me over with a goddamn Buick.”

— Janet Evanovich

89. “I think I got a bruise from landing on you. I hear bacon is real good for healing a bruise.”

— Janet Evanovich

90. “You’d tell me if we were getting married, wouldn’t you? I mean, you wouldn’t just appear on my doorstep one day and say we were due at the church in an hour.”

— Janet Evanovich

91. “Ranger removed my goggles. “Would you like to come home with me?” I stepped away from him. “Thank you for the offer, but no. I’m done with men.” Ranger smiled. “Forever?” “Until I figure some things out.” “And if you don’t figure them out?” “If I can’t figure them out on my own, I’ll ask you to help me.” “Babe, that’s like the blind leading the blind.”

— Janet Evanovich

92. “And when I was in the trunk, I saw Jesus. And the Virgin Mary. And Ozzy Osbourne.”

— Janet Evanovich

93. “Just because i know how to change a guys oil doesn’t mean i want to spend the rest of my life on my back, staring up his undercarriage.”

— Janet Evanovich

94. “Well, sure, but I don’t bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position.”

— Janet Evanovich

95. “Criminy, Emerson. That’s even worse,” Riley said. “Who asks someone he’s just met if she’d like to see his thimbles? That’s serial killer creepy.” Emerson.”

— Janet Evanovich

96. “Morelli grabbed the front of my shirt, pulled me to him, and kissed me. It was a great kiss, but I didn’t know what the heck it meant. It seemed to me a breaking up kiss would have had less tongue.”

— Janet Evanovich

97. “Morelli turned to Ranger. “If anything happens to her, I’m holding you responsible.” “Understood,” Ranger said. “Excuse me?” I said. “I’m an adult. I make my own decisions. And I’m responsible for my well-being. Is that clear?” “No,” both men said in unison.”

— Janet Evanovich

98. “What’s on your bucket list?” I asked. “I got six things so far,” Grandma said. “First off, I want new breasts. These ones I got are a mess.”

— Janet Evanovich

99. “Look at you! You look like Rangeman Barbie. You got a gun and everything. -Lula.”

— Janet Evanovich

100. “Play the role,” Lula said. “That’s what we do. We pick a role and we play it. What role you want to play?” “I want to be smart, and I want to be brave.” “Go for it,” Lula said.”

— Janet Evanovich