Lisa Lutz Quotes

#1. It's not like I didn't think I had any demons. I did, but I could name them- and even provide an address and telephone number for each. As far as I was concerned, those demons could go to therapy instead of me.

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#2. I'm sorry you're angry" is NOT an apology.

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#3. I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.

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#4. What's her name?" "None of your business." "That can't possibly be her name.

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#5. I have a weakness for tough guys who read.

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#6. There was a time I used to cry, but that was another lifetime ago. My heart was broken just once. But completely. As

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#7. We provide proof of a question for which the answer is already known.

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#8. What was she like in the end?
The way most people are at the end. Scared and full of regret. The way you are all of the time.

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#9. I knew immediately that this was not going to work out. Hunter is the kind of guy who dates women who wear high heels and a cocktail dress on a first date. I can't even walk in heels, and I generally believe that someone has to earn the right to see my legs.

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#10. Mrs. Chandler shouted after us, And I hope that was all-natural food coloring you put on my dog!

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#11. You're a terrible cook, Daniel."
"I know," he replied, "But it's the effort that counts."
"I hope that's not the slogan for your dental practice.

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#12. The problem isn't reading Ayn Rand, it's liking her.

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#13. The best way to hide in plain sight was to get fat.

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#14. My father insisted that the boys in my life were directly responsible for my juvenile-delinquent tendencies.
My mother, more accurately, assumed that I was the bad influence.

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#15. No one is going to abduct me, Rae." "That's what all abductees say.

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#16. Kate ranked the sunset against a few others and it came up short, but sunsets were like pizza, she though; they were all pretty good.

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#17. But Vivien wasn't being given the chance to sow her wild oats. Speaking from a point of authority, it's best to get that shit out of the way when you are young.

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#18. But the most valuable lesson he taught me was this: Every day we get older, and some of us get wiser, but there's no end to our evolution. We are all a mess of contradictions; some of our traits work for us, some against us.

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#19. I entered his apartment without being invited, which is perfectly fine if you're not a vampire.

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#20. Sometimes fear and dread are superior to tedium.

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#21. Somebody is always hiding something.

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#22. You can never see anything clearly when you're running.

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#23. We knew we were doomed. The kiss was a warm acceptance of years of bickering, years of me consuming foods that I found barely edible and Henry tidying up after someone who already thought she had tidied up. When I kissed Henry I wasn't imagining Ex-boyfriend #13; I was picturing Husband #1.

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#24. His sense of humor is purely cheap vaudeville, yet everyone falls for it.

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#25. She suspects her husband, Jake, might be gay."
"Did you suggest she ask him?"
Mom laughed. "Of course not. Business is slow.

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#26. I tried not to think of Uncle Ray as being gone forever. I just liked to imagine him on one really long Lost Weekend.

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#27. I don't have any kids, so I'm not as worried about my heirs as the rest of you, but still: I think the youth of tomorrow might be better off if they knew the physical sensation of cracking a spine and turning the page.

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#28. I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.

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#29. Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

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#30. David Spellman was born perfect. Eight pounds even, with a full head of hair and unblemished skin, he cried for a brief moment right after his birth (to let the doctor know he was breathing), then stopped abruptly, probably out of politeness.

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#31. Stop looking at me like that."
Sorry, I just wanted to savor the moment," Mom replied.
What moment?" I asked.
You're in first place," she said, and then began washing the windows.

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#32. Mitch had a particular way with women - a formula of giving and withholding that almost always managed to hook them. Getting them to talk about themselves was the first step; remaining enigmatic was the second. There were other steps, but he used only the first two during that encounter.

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#33. Because that's what you do, you keep trying even when you know the effort is in vain. As

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#34. I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.

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#35. Milo refreshed Rae's drink and said, Talk to her. You need to get it off your chest." Then Milo turned to me and said, "Why don't you try a more subtle approach."
"I demand you tell me your troubles," I said to my sister.
"You're not as funny as you think you are," Rae replied.

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#36. I was thinking what everyone is thinking all of the time: How can I make this last just a little bit longer?

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#37. She asked how I liked my tea and I told her with cream and sugar (but really, I like my tea to be coffee),

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#38. Your father and I haven't had this much quality time since our honeymoon."
"So what?"
"So, what if we can't stand each other?

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#39. If you have enough unanswered questions, you have a certifiable mystery, and those are impossible to resist.

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#40. I'm staying," Henry said, annoyed.
"Why?"
"Because, if I leave, it would be like abandoning two mentally challenged people in a nuclear waste dump.

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#41. David, I just broke into your home. Clearly I don't respect boundaries. Do you really think a verbal request is going to put a dent in any of my plans?

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#42. While he bore no real resemblance to anyone in my family, his features were a collection of my mother's and father's best attributes, with a few of Gregory Peck's thrown in.

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#43. ISABEL: Sorry I missed my session Monday.
DR. RUSH: Would you like to tell me why?
ISABEL: I was depressed.
DR. RUSH: That's a good reason to come to therapy.

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#44. Finally, I'd like to thank my readers for staying with me all these years. I especially want to thank the ones who understand that the world isn't made up of happy endings, but messy, complicated, and untidy ones.

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