Quotes by Lisa Unger

About Lisa Unger:

Lisa Unger is an American author of contemporary fiction. Her novels have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, have sold more than 2 million copies and have been translated into twenty-six languages.
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No man would ever want a girl who roams nude in a bar and drenches herself in bear on a slumber party.

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Indeed, love is beautiful, yet at the same time, it is a cruel punishment, starker than death.

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But the funny thing is, love makes you want more of it. It makes you strive for it even when there’s nothing left to begin with, when you’re long gone. It makes you stand up and pull yourself together; understand all of those little things about ...

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For it is love, that even after knocking you down on your knees, holds up your chin and makes you rise again, to become yet another better version of yourself.

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Uselessness, she thought, was the permanent condition of parenthood.

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For a second, Hardyy felt sorry for her. She really was messed up. 'Nobody is perfect Cheyenne. We can all do better, but do it for yourself, not for me. Not for anyone else.

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When you start to really know someone, all his physical characteristics start to disappear. You begin to dwell in his energy, recognize the scent of his skin. You see only the essence of the person, not the shell. That's why you can't fall in love wi...

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...in the end it's not just the big and small events that make you who you are, make your life what it is, it's how you choose to react to them-that's where you have control over your life.

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The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.

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It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.

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The business of writing a novel is a long, meandering road into the self, into the imagination. And it's a road the writer travels alone.

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Parenthood wasn’t about blood or biology, he found; it was about a joyful willingness to give yourself over, to subordinate your own needs for someone else’s. When you loved your kids, you’d give up everything to keep them safe and make them ha...

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When you’re young it's easy to confuse passion for love.

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Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.

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I think most people are just trying to be happy, and that most of their actions, however misguided, are in line with that goal. Most people just want to feel they belong somewhere, want to be loved, and want to feel they're important to someone. If y...

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Others of us are lost. We're forever seeking. We torture ourselves with philosophies and ache to see the world. We question everything, even our own existence. We ask a lifetime of questions and are never satisfied with the answers because we don't r...

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Depression is not dramatic, but it is total. It’s sneaky - you almost don’t notice it at first. Like a cat burglar, it comes in through an open window while you’re sleeping. It takes little things at first; your appetite, your desire to return ...

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I live for the blank page.

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If I weren't a writer, I'd be a psychiatrist.

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I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

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Author Bio

  • NameLisa Unger
  • DescriptionAmerican author
  • AliasesLisa Miscione
  • BornApril 26, 1970
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAuthor; Novelist