Top 40 Lisa Jackson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Every bone in her body felt as if it were broken, her muscles and skin bruised, agony throbbing through her joints. Gritting.”

— Lisa Jackson

2. “It was funny how tangled lives could become, how so many lives could brush against you only to disappear with the dawn.”

— Lisa Jackson

3. “Good. Slowly, nerves as tight as bowstrings, she swept the weakening beam across the floor. Heart racing, ready to bolt, she tried to convince herself there was no one in the vault, no one but her and her own pounding pulse. She was wrong. A skeleton lay stretched upon a slab – a woman, she guessed, from its small size and the rotting nightgown and dark clumps of hair. “Oh, dear God.” The corpse had been here a while – teeth.”

— Lisa Jackson

4. “It’s the sheriff,” he said solemnly, the corners of his mouth twisting downward. “He didn’t make it.” “What?” Pescoli exploded. “What the hell are you talking about?”

— Lisa Jackson

5. “I can’t accept a man who insists on dominating and pampering me.”

— Lisa Jackson

6. “His seventy-six-year-old heart almost quit on him as his gaze, as good as it ever was, focused on a solitary pine tree and the naked woman lashed to the trunk. “Holy.”

— Lisa Jackson

7. “Maybe it was the flu. It was certainly that time of year, and a grade school was a great breeding ground for all things contagious.”

— Lisa Jackson

8. “Let’s just say that on my way down here, I embraced my inner klutz.”

— Lisa Jackson

9. “Then why not slow down a little? What happened? You’ve got Viagra with an expiration date or something?”

— Lisa Jackson

10. “No more moping around grieving! No more letting others push you around! No more playing the damned victim! Toughen up, Ava. And if the past bothers you so much, then figure it out.”

— Lisa Jackson

11. “Father, be with me. Give me strength. Let me never fall into temptation again. Please, Father of all, lead me. Give me strength. I pray for this and all things in Jesus’s name. Amen.”

— Lisa Jackson

12. “It just didn’t make a helluva lot of sense.”

— Lisa Jackson

13. “He thought of the man he’d seen seconds.”

— Lisa Jackson

14. “Everyone thinks that. That’s the reason people cheat on their spouses, because this new relationship is just so exciting and new.”

— Lisa Jackson

15. “That’s what families are for, don’t ya know? To love each other to death, all the while ripping their hearts out.”

— Lisa Jackson

16. “Her headache pounded painfully, the demons inside hitting their sharp fists against her skull, demanding to be set free.”

— Lisa Jackson

17. “The pain remained. And the fear. That she was so different. A monster.”

— Lisa Jackson

18. “Shep started through the intersection when he noticed Nevada Smith’s rig driving past the bank, heading toward the center of town. Nevada was at the wheel, his dog on the.”

— Lisa Jackson

19. “The Cinderella story just never came true.”

— Lisa Jackson

20. “Regan Pescoli, will you marry me?” “I can’t wait,” she whispered, her heart soaring as the weight of the decision lifted, all of her doubts scattering to the four winds. “And, let me tell you this, Santana. I’m serious about this, okay? This time it’s forever. So don’t even think about backing out of the marriage. Otherwise I might just have to shoot you.”

— Lisa Jackson

21. “All that nonsense about keeping Christmas out of the schools and public places is hooey. As for the other religions, they can celebrate their holidays, too! Bring out the menorah for Hanukkah, for pity’s sake! And... and... whatever the Buddhists or Hindus do, they can do it as well. Of course they can. The whole point is to celebrate. Whatever God you believe in. I just happen to be a major fan of Jesus Christ, but we can be nondenominational. Sure!”

— Lisa Jackson

22. “Except Detective Reed did show up today. You.”

— Lisa Jackson

23. “She’d be frantic. Realize that she was about to die in.”

— Lisa Jackson

24. “The Teflon woman. No one sticks to her.”

— Lisa Jackson

25. “Khloe’s mother – a.”

— Lisa Jackson

26. “In the kitchen, Ava found the coffeepot.”

— Lisa Jackson

27. “He’d moved out once before and it hadn’t worked out; he was still paying off bills from that fiasco, but he didn’t seem to realize that it wasn’t her goal in life to support him indefinitely.”

— Lisa Jackson

28. “You?” Nadia sounded disbelieving.”

— Lisa Jackson

29. “Teenagers,” he said into the silence, his smile knowing. “Can’t live with ’em, can’t shoot ’em.” “But you can ground them, if they still live with you,” she said, and silently added, Even when they’re in their twenties.”

— Lisa Jackson

30. “Jeremy was the spitting image of his father, Joe Strand, while Bianca was a miniature Luke.”

— Lisa Jackson

31. “Oh, God, please.”

— Lisa Jackson

32. “Calming himself, he drew in a long breath and reminded.”

— Lisa Jackson

33. “His only lead was Ginny Slade, aka Virginia Watson Slade, and he’d have to track her down, but it wouldn’t be easy. It would take time and money. Lots and lots of Danvers money.”

— Lisa Jackson

34. “Fury would be her downfall, she’d been told... Fury would push her over the edge of sanity.”

— Lisa Jackson

35. “To be exact, there are twenty-three pairs of chromosomes in the human body, and each chromosome is packed with genes, and each gene holds myriad genetic information,” Catherine explained. “My family.”

— Lisa Jackson

36. “Give Blackwater a chance,” Jeremy suggested, opening the refrigerator door and hanging on it again, as if somehow the contents within had changed in the last five minutes.”

— Lisa Jackson

37. “Today, he carefully stepped through McPherson’s house, where a single half-drunk glass of wine and a plate of sliced cheese sat on the kitchen counter. The knife she’d used to cut the cheese had been left near the remains of a wedge. “Snack for one,” he observed. “Maybe dinner.” When he arched a brow, she said, “I’m a single woman. I recognize a meal when I see one.” “If.”

— Lisa Jackson

38. “His Blazer shot forward, sliding just a little. “I’ll be.”

— Lisa Jackson

39. “Her eyes filled with a dark fury that sliced right to his soul.”

— Lisa Jackson

40. “The keel scraped the sharp rocks. Shrieking as if in pain, the keel split open and the sea swarmed over the decks, flooding into the lower part of the boat, bringing it down, the craft pitching and bobbing even as it sank into the hurtling depths.”

— Lisa Jackson