Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.
Laura LippmanI like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.
Laura Lippmanstinginess seemed instinctive to him. Darwinian even. He hadn't gotten to his current size by sharing.
Laura LippmanBut you were a goody-goody, you said.' 'Even goody-goodies think about such things. In fact, I would say that's what defines us. We're always thinking about the things we don't dare do, figuring out where the lines are drawn, so we can go right up to the edge of things, then plead innocence on the ground of a technicality.
Laura LippmanI carry in my datebook a piece of paper that my mother copied out for me, from the 1840 Census. Hardy Callaway Culver of Hancock County, Georgia, had 42 slaves, 31 "employed in agriculture." Culver was my great-great-great grandfather. I carry this piece of paper with me every day because I don't want to forget. I don't know what to do with the information, but I don't want to forget it.
Laura Lippman