The Island Quotes
"Within seconds the numbers under the little heart start climbing as if Jeff Bezos were watching a livestream of his bank balance."
"Influencers are taking over the world. If I hadn’t accidentally made it big, I might be in a little despair over that fact."
"Things got so desperate I even had to send an SOS to my brother in college to call Dad and fight from my corner."
"I’m getting on that island, even if it kills me."
"People listen to someone online they’ve never met more than they do to their parents, teachers, doctors."
"I lean back in my office chair and peel the wrapper off a chocolate."
"When Dad initially said no, I thought I was going to pass out."
"News flash: plenty of serial killers are good-looking and act friendly."
"Ten minutes before midnight, I can’t wait any longer. Opening my door quietly, I slip out and tiptoe along the hallway."
"The lights are turned down low, a soft orange."
"It would be comforting if it wasn’t for the grotesque characters carved into the ceiling staring at me, watching my every move."
"The lobby feels too quiet, particularly when you’re alone with a bunch of medieval weapons."
"This quiet feels like the start of the ghost train…and that doesn’t make me feel any better."
"I’m really good at getting inside my own head and convincing myself that a creak in the night is a murderer sneaking along the floorboards. It’s a gift."
"Someone on Reddit worked out, with some mathematical formula that made my brain hurt, that statistically we will walk past thirty-six murderers in our lifetime."
"Here’s a breadstick to go with your homicide."
"Despite the dark vibe of the resort, this is the first time I’ve actually felt afraid."
"I’m anxious to see Will. I need to know if he was following me to freak me out last night."
"How many did you bring with you?" "Eleven." "Eleven!""
"The park probably has a much different atmosphere after midnight."
"If there was someone out there, I doubt they would hang around."
"It’s quite fascinating in an absolutely frightening way."
"How would he have got through the gate? Unless he climbed the fence…"
"I figure the best way to get him to keep my secret is to explain and plead."
"I’m used to it now. My mom wouldn’t survive with anything less than eight."
"Go for it, Paisley. You’re not going to offend me."
"Intense. Creepy. Like he’s constantly thinking and plotting."
"No one will continue watching your videos or listening to your podcasts if you can’t even do basic research."
"None of us are that hungry after everything, but we have to eat."
"We’re not getting back online unless we can wire it up again."
"These guys spend so much time online. Surely someone will start questioning the radio silence soon."
"I’m going to grab a coffee before we get started. Want one?"
"Whatever you see in here, you need to forget."
"Your whole life can change in an instant. One day you're on track toward college and working your ass off to be an engineer. The next, everything is gone. One mistake, one second, and your world can be turned upside down."
"What you're not seeing, because it's not there, is his staff photo. It should be right here."
"You really think she believes it's him? Maybe she's just scared for him. He might be staying on the island without permission."
"You can stop looking at me like that, Paisley. I'm not going to hurt you."
"It’s a lot to ask of someone you’ve known for a day."
"My brother has gotten into fights before. It would've ruined his life if he was charged for them."
"We need more before we go to them if we want them to be honest and prove that we know something is up."
"Harper doesn’t seem to have much time for emotion. She, like me, just wants to figure this out."
"There will be plenty of time to process later."
"All right. That kind of makes sense, but there’s something that bothers me."
"We can fight a person. We can’t fight an ocean."
"It’s weird how easily they both decided to go."
"Let’s not argue with each other. It’s not going to help."
"Damage control for having a murderer on his fancy island."
"The sun is slowing, making its way up the horizon as if it’s racing to help us out."
"I just want to say on the record that I think leaving this building is a terrible idea."
"Letting me go, he says, 'He doesn’t tell anyone who doesn’t need to know. What happened?'"
"The ocean can change in an instant if you’re not vigilant."
"We weren’t looking. It’ll be a black box, easily mistaken for a speaker."
"He’s gone now, but I definitely saw him too."
"Knowing Reeve isn’t the killer is a massive relief."
"We can’t get wrapped up thinking this could only be a man."
"Our whole conversation is in frantic whispers while we watch the profile of a madman."
"I tug on his sleeve. 'We have to get the others. I can’t stay here.'"
"Gibson doesn’t let go of my hand. I’m holding so tight it’s probably impossible anyway."
"The moment we lost sight of him, I lost my head."
"All my life I thought I would be the one helping people."
"Now I think I could become one of them. I think I could kill."
"It’s kill or be killed, and I don’t plan on dying today."
"This house is about to let ghosts, goblins, and serial killers leap out at us in every room."
"We’re okay now, but we have to get out of here."
"If your escape isn’t working, try something else."
"It’s harder to control an island of hundreds of people. Eleven is much easier."
"I’m so over this, and I get that that sounds way cold, but that’s how it is."
"You never tried to figure out gamer plots? Or whatever you do?"
"If I’m dying, it’s with a belly full of candy and a sugar rush."
"You love all this murder stuff, right? So this is probably just a regular weekend for you."
"We’ve wasted enough time on the jammer. Robert has control of that, but if we set a fire, that’s something we’d have control of. We take away his power."
"It feels like something I might regret, but at least I’ll be alive to have regrets."
"We all did everything we could to help her, but now we need to help ourselves."
"We can’t go running off now. Not when help will be coming soon."
"My mom went from being controlled by her parents to being controlled by her brother. Everything she worked so hard for was worthless."
"He didn’t recognize me when I stepped onto the island. His own nephew."
"Sometimes I could barely stand it. I wanted to walk into your office and put a knife through your eye."
"The only peaceful way to go is in your sleep."
"We’re going to be a modern-day Bonnie and Clyde."