Lisa Scottoline > Quotes

“I’ve read that one out of twenty-four people is a sociopath, and if you ask me, the other twenty-three of you should be worried.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“I'm a sociopath. I look normal, but I'm not. I'm smarter, better, and freer, because I'm not bound by rules, law, emotion or regard for you.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“I can't stand just sitting here not doing anything. You can't solve a problem by remote control.”
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“I don't really like you, but I'm so good at acting as if I do that it's basically the same thing.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“How do you tell the psychiatrists from the patients in the hospital?
The patients get better and leave.”
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“Nah. I'm a tough cookie. Except for the cancer, I'm fine.”
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“They never see me coming.
Know why?
Because I’m already there.”
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“They don't realize evil lives on their streets”
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“I fool you. I fool everyone.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“You need somebody to stand up for you. You're the little guy, you just don't realize it yet. The Commonwealth has all the aces, and you don't even know you're playing cards.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“I wonder if whoever invented World of Warcraft realizes it’s practice for sociopaths.”
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“Your typical suburban mom worries all the time, but she worries about the wrong things”
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“1. I am superior to others.
Circle one: Doesn't apply to me. Partially applies to me. Fully applies to me.
And:
I would not feel sorry if someone were blamed for something I did.
Circle one: Doesn't apply to me. Partially applies to me. Fully applies to me.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“Ask me if I care.”
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“I’m neither your friend nor your frenemy, unless you have what I want.”
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“Because the thing about love is that we can't control whether we get it, but we can control whether we give it.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

“You should be more paranoid”
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“If you think I’m handsome, there’s obviously nothing wrong with your vision.”
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“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.”
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“I fool everybody!”
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“We're here and we prey on you”
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“I don't need my head examined, but where were you when I married my second husband. Sheesh.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“Dr. Fortunato," Kristine shot back at Laurie, her resentment undisguised. "You don't know how we do things in Wright. Dr. Parrish doesn't care about hospital hierarchy. He's very accessible and he'd never let his ego get in the way of patient care. Maybe you do things differently where you work-”
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“Listen carefully, I’m going to say three words.”
“I love you?”
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“Women shouldn't iron, ever. It's our wrinkles that make us interesting.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Why My Third Husband Will Be a Dog: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

“Do you know what they call people who hoard books? Smart.”
― Lisa Scottoline, My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space: The Amazing Adventures of an Ordinary Woman

“I’m neither your friend nor your frenemy, unless you have what I want.
In that case, I’m not only your enemy, I’m your nightmare.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“Eric approached the octagonal nurses’ station, and a blonde nurse
looked up from her computer monitor, smiled, and pointed to
examining room  D. Everybody recognized the hospital shrinks
from the bright red W on their lanyard IDs. The W stood for
Wright, the wing that contained the locked psych unit, but the
staff teased that W stood for Wackos. He’d heard all the jokes—
How do you tell the psychiatrists from the patients in the hospital?
The patients get better and leave. Eric told the best psychiatrist
jokes, though he never told the ones about psychiatrist’s kids. He
didn’t think those were funny. He lived those.”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes

“The look he was going for was Friendly Suburban Dad, because that’s what he was, but he suspected he’d achieved only
Cialis Guy.”
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“Eric had asked administration not to pipe the music into his unit but they said it would cost too much to alter the system. He told them to take it out of his budget but they said no...He knew it was part of the larger problem, that mental illness wasn't taken seriously as physical illness...”
― Lisa Scottoline, Every Fifteen Minutes