Lisa Lutz > Quotes

“Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellmans Strike Again

“I have a weakness for tough guys who read.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one day you'll wake up and realize that you've got things figured out. You never figure it out. Ever." - Isabel Spellman attempting to explain growing up to her sister Rae”
― Lisa Lutz, Curse of the Spellmans

“If you haven't said 'I love you' to someone today, do it. You won't always be happy, but you should try to be. Don't be too afraid of germs. Those people have no fun. Remember to look around sometimes. You might see something you haven't seen before or at the very least avoid being hit by a flying object. Speaking of flying objects, don't spend your life looking for extraterrestrial life, unless you work for NASA. Remember that you always have to cooperate with someone. Life is an endless negotiation. Play fair. Stay out of jail. Don't live in the past. Eat breakfast. It really is the most important meal of the day. Try to make new friends, even when you think you're too old to do that. ...And finally, remember this" 'Yes' is always a better work than 'no'. Unless, of course, someone has just asked you to commit a felony.”
― Lisa Lutz

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“What's her name?"

"None of your business."

"That can't possibly be her name.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, Curse of the Spellmans

“I entered his apartment without being invited, which is perfectly fine if you're not a vampire.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellmans Strike Again

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellmans Strike Again

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans

“I liked finding dirt on people. It made all my trespasses seem trivial.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“....You should keep dental floss on you at all times; when your eyesight goes, quit driving; don't keep too many secrets, eventually they'll eat away at you. 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. And this is what I figured out on my own: Over the course of a lifetime, people change, but not as much as you'd think. Nobody really grows up.”
― Lisa Lutz

“I don't mind losing. Losing is like breathing to me.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“I'm sorry you're angry" is NOT an apology.”
― Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz

“His sense of humor is purely cheap vaudeville, yet everyone falls for it.”
― Lisa Lutz

“She suspects her husband, Jake, might be gay."

"Did you suggest she ask him?"

Mom laughed. "Of course not. Business is slow.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“You can never see anything clearly when you're running.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“I was thinking what everyone is thinking all of the time: How can I make this last just a little bit longer?”
― Lisa Lutz, The Last Word

“You can keep telling girls to be polite, to keep a level head and it’ll all work out in the end. But don’t be surprised when they figure out that you’ve been feeding them lies.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Swallows

“The next week she withheld my paycheck until I signed a document (drafted by David) in which I promised not to marry Connor. Ever. I signed the document, took the check, and had David draft another document forbidding all Spellmans to practice any form of blackmail. David tried to explain to me that a contract in which you promise not to break the law is ultimately redundant, but I didn't care.”
― Lisa Lutz, Revenge of the Spellmans

“No one is going to abduct me, Rae."

"That's what all abductees say.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellmans Strike Again

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Last Word

“I refuse to have a life partner who spends his days pretending to be on a BBC show.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellmans Strike Again

“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.”
― Lisa Lutz, Trail of the Spellmans

“Somebody is always hiding something.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Spellman Files