Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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There was no protection, no quota system when it came to luck. It was like that moment in math when a child learns that the odds of heads or tails is always one-in-two, no matter how many times one has flipped the coin and gotten heads. Every flip, the odds are the same. Every day, you could be unlucky all over again.

Laura Lippman's Popular Quotes

It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.

- Laura Lippman

The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, holding us up, a foundation f…

- Laura Lippman

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

- Laura Lippman

I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be per…

- Laura Lippman

I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.

- Laura Lippman

In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

- Laura Lippman

Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.

- Laura Lippman

There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.

- Laura Lippman

As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the great female vocalists, and I …

- Laura Lippman