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Never Tell
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Lisa Gardner40,957 ratings, 4.11 average rating, 3,087 reviews
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“And part of brilliance isn’t just solving a problem; it’s seeing a problem no one else realizes is a problem yet.”
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“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.”
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“People think trauma is mental,” I say abruptly. “I’m mentally scarred, damaged, take your pick. And with enough therapy, time, my mind will heal and, ta-da, one day I’ll be all better again. But trauma isn’t just mental. It’s physiological. It’s an adrenal system that’s totally burnt out, so that I spend days at a time in fight mode.” I realize as I’m describing this that one of my knees is bouncing uncontrollably. “Followed by crashes where I can barely get out of bed.”
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“It’s true that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. But no one says that strength doesn’t come at a price.”
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“Even the most honest person will tell a lie.”
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“Do you ever feel alone in a crowded room? That when other people laugh, you don't get the joke? That everyone knows something-the secret to life, the true meaning of happiness-that you will forever fail to understand?”
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“And I won’t stand in a corner anymore. I will step up. I will become part of the world I live in, even when it’s scary. Because life is scary, but it still beats the alternative.”
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“Good things can be forged from bone-deep fury.”
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“People think they want knowledge. Until they have it, of course.”
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“Sometimes I think rage is like a furnace, and I’ve been angry for so many years now, I’m perpetually heated from the inside out.”
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“We all wear masks. And the more we have to hide, the more accomplished the veneer.”
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“I wonder if that’s how I look to others; like I’m normal and functional, too, when in fact, I feel completely emptied out.”
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“What is it about returning to my mother’s house that immediately turns me into a five-year-old?”
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“The truth is, genius and depression have always gone hand in hand. Which was why I spent so many afternoons, sitting at the piano, playing and playing, because my father said my music soothed his spirit and allowed him to rest in a way a truly great mind could never completely be at ease. I did my best to music the sadness out of him.”
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“YOU SPEND ENOUGH time chasing a dog to get back a precious black boot, you start to think like a dog. Spend the rest of your time chasing criminals, and you learn to think like a criminal.”
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“It’s not easy, though, being brilliant. Nor being married to one.”
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“The truth is, genius and depression have always gone hand in hand. Which was why I spent so many afternoons, sitting at the piano, playing and playing, because my father said my music soothed his spirit and allowed him to rest in a way a truly great mind could never completely be at ease.”
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“COURTHOUSES WERE THEIR own special kind of madness.”
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“But welcome to the world of being a survivor. You make it out alive, and yet you spend the rest of your life wondering woulda, coulda, shoulda.”
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“I never believed Jacob was human. But sometimes, like a lot of predators, he did a decent impression of one.”
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“Once upon a time, there was a little girl in a big house who loved her father so much she was sure he would never leave her. But he did. And now this.”
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“She's such a lovely woman, he'd tell me time and time again. I'd nod, because my mom is such a lovely woman. And charming and smart. Can't argue with any of that. She's also a fucking wack job.”
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“We are both women who understand there’s no point to the coulda, woulda, shouldas of life.”
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“Because me knowing you couldn't make a difference isn't the same as you believing you couldn't have made a difference.”
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“being a math genius doesn’t necessarily translate to financial gain. Lots of geniuses die poor.”
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“The academic world is competitive. For ideas, grants, students, funding.”
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“You don’t become a teacher without having some level of optimism. And you don’t stay in the field if you don’t believe that everyone, from bitter teens to burnt-out administrators, can change. I”
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“And what is a marriage except adding A to B and hoping it equals an amount greater than the sum of its parts? Briefly, the promise of a new life almost made the math work. Except A was still A, and B was still B. We could create a new life, but we couldn’t stop being ourselves.”
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“Anyway, I grew up with a mom who regularly manipulated reality to best suit her needs. I”
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“the corned”
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