Top 140 Lisa Scottoline Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I always win in the end.”

— Lisa Scottoline

2. “I love the dignity in the name Philadelphia, but at heart, we’re Philly.”

— Lisa Scottoline

3. “Nah. I’m a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I’m fine.”

— Lisa Scottoline

4. “Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.”

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5. “If it weren’t for book tours, I would never leave my house.”

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6. “My theory is that you find out who your true friends are when something good happens to you, not when something bad happens to you. Everybody loves you when something bad happens to you. Then you’re easy to love.”

— Lisa Scottoline

7. “The thing about love is that we can’t control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it. And each feels as good as the other. Your heart doesn’t know if it’s loving a man, a book, or a puppy. If your heart were that smart, it would be your brain.”

— Lisa Scottoline

8. “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. – Sigmund Freud.”

— Lisa Scottoline

9. “I am an open book, literally. I don’t mind if people know way too much about me.”

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10. “I don’t need my head examined, but where were you when I married my second husband. Sheesh.”

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11. “Nobody was ever replaced in life, no hole completely filled or loss totally healed. You didn’t need a medical degree to know that the human body really wasn’t stronger in the broken places. Like any bone, the cracks would always show if you looked hard enough.”

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12. “I’ve learned that you don’t stop loving someone just because they die. And you don’t stop loving someone who’s dead just because you start loving someone else. I know this violates the natural law that two things can’t occupy the same place at the same time, but that’s never been true of the human heart anyway.”

— Lisa Scottoline

13. “You proceeded irregardless.”

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14. “Even if it’s not what you planned, you can make a life for yourself on your own and be happy.”

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15. “Normal was the simple wish of everyone with a mental illness. Normal was what everyone else, the worried well, took for granted.”

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16. “If I stopped talking after I made my point, I’d never say anything.”

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17. “If you think I’m handsome, there’s obviously nothing wrong with your vision.”

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18. “People project all sorts of emotions onto their cats, and cats like it that way.”

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19. “Ask me if I care.”

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20. “We may not be perfect, but we’re good, and good people can’t imagine evil. It catches us by surprise, and it always will. We don’t know the first thing about the kind of evil that would sacrifice a child.”

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21. “I love everything about Philadelphia, and its food is like the city itself: real-deal, hearty, and without pretension. Weve always had an underdog vibe as a city, but that just makes us try harder, and I love our scrappiness and scruffiness.”

— Lisa Scottoline

22. “It’s the Snickers bars. Snickers equal romance.”

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23. “Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?”

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24. “And when I look at my mother, I reflect on her strength and endurance. She’s cranky sometimes, but she is lovable and loving. I’d be happy to be there at 86.”

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25. “War was eternal, but so was peace. Death was eternal, but so was life. Darkness was eternal, but so was light. Hate was eternal, but above all, so was love.”

— Lisa Scottoline

26. “Ellen had long ago stopped being embarrassed by temper tantrums. She flipped it and wore it like a badge of honor. A temper tantrum was a sign that a mom said no when it counted.”

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27. “He made eye contact but he kept it like casual observation, not a fixed stare. He held his arms at his sides, not only because it was less threatening, but they’d be able to fend off a blow. He cleared the doorway so he’d have an escape route.”

— Lisa Scottoline

28. “You’re my best friend. I understand you and appreciate you, and can make you happy the rest of your life, I promise you that.”

— Lisa Scottoline

29. “I’m neither your friend nor your frenemy, unless you have what I want.”

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30. “Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it’s actually like my feet are wooden now.”

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31. “Let’s talk about a decision that women have to make every morning- Big purse or little purse?”

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32. “She always tried to be professional, but she’d been so professional that she’d almost killed someone.”

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33. “She’s the Girl Who Dresses Too Hot For Work. Every rotation has one, probably every job.”

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34. “Night came early to this neighborhood, the sun fleeing the sky, leaving heaven black and blue.”

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35. “She’s only human. Don’t judge her. Just love her.”

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36. “I don’t really like you, but I’m so good at acting as if I do that it’s basically the same thing.”

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37. “Everybody hates lawyers, but they don’t realize judges are just lawyers with a promotion. Think about it.”

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38. “I read, therefore, I matter.”

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39. “I still think I’m writing Nancy Drew with a mortgage.”

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40. “Psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health workers in hospitals had an assault rate of 60 percent, six times higher than other healthcare professionals.”

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41. “I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.”

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42. “Just choose the people you love wisely. They have to deserve you.”

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43. “Here are a few of the sources I used, and I heartily recommend them: Simon Baron-Cohen, The Science of Evil; Judith Beck, Cognitive Behavior Therapy; Louis Cozolino, The Making of a Therapist; Kevin Dutton, The Wisdom of Psychopaths; James Fallon, The Psychopath Inside; Peter and Ginger Ross Breggin, Talking Back to Prozac; Robert D.”

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44. “One out of twenty-three is a sociopath and that’s 4 percent of the population, that’s a lot of sociopaths. Anorexic’s are 3 percent and everybody talks about them.”

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45. “If you cant be brave then be determined. And you will end up in the same place.”

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46. “Because the thing about love is that we can’t control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.”

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47. “He picked up the pace. He didn’t know if he was walking away from something or toward something else, but he kept going.”

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48. “Lou had to believe he’d find something on Winchester if he just took it methodical. Half a mil. Lou thought about knocking again, then lowered his arm and stood there like a stupid ass. Couldn’t even decide whether to knock. Half of him wanted to know what was going on; the other half would just as soon let it lie. The neighbors had IDed.”

— Lisa Scottoline

49. “Judy was raised without a religion, which is why she has so much faith.”

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50. “I fool you. I fool everyone.”

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