All The Beautiful Lies Quotes
"It’s important to remember what we have, and not what we’ve lost."
"If you can meet with triumph and disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same."
"Despite her aloofness, boys occasionally flirted with her."
"All that crushing, grey water that had never changed and never would."
"Words and sentences filled his brain—he felt as though he was constantly narrating his own life."
"It was a relief to sit, to hear the murmur of people behind him."
"The truth was that Alice hated Kennewick High School and the students who went there."
"Alice felt almost nothing when she thought about Edith."
"He’d felt alone, the world emptied of his family."
"She didn’t really need friends, even though Gina and she remained somewhat close throughout all of high school."
"That was what Edith was. Dry rot that was never going to get better."
"She didn’t want to watch anymore, but she couldn’t take her eyes away."
"The air had that unmistakable tang of salt water and tidal mud."
"I just wanted to move to the coast of Maine."
"It was clear that Alice was not in the mood to talk about serious matters."
"I’m not interested in living up here in Maine, with Alice, for the rest of my life."
"I have nothing to hide and no one to protect."
"The world is chaos, and then a detective comes along and restores order."
"He was a married man. It's possible that I'm the reason he's dead."
"I'm exhausted and going to try and get some sleep."
"I know you're going to freak out, C, but I'm in Maine."
"I buried the lead: Can I come stay with you?"
"I'm deeply skeptical of any book that doesn't begin with a corpse."
"I'd like to go to the police in the morning and tell them EVERYTHING."
"I thought he was selfless, at first, but I changed my mind."
"I can try and explain it if you like, but the truth is, I don't know if I can."
"I'm just telling you what the detective told me that Vivienne has been saying."
"It’s not real kissing, you know, if you don’t use the tongue. I can show you if you like?"
"Don’t grow old, Jake. That’s my advice to you."
"Your youth is worth more than all his money."
"That’s what it’s supposed to do, sweetheart."
"I’ll teach you everything you need to know to be a man. Would you like that?"
"You can’t tell anyone about us. Anyone at all."
"I thought I knew my father better than anyone, and now I find out that he was having at least two affairs behind his wife’s back."
"I was wondering if you could do me a favor, Jake."
"I’m cutting you a huge break and I suggest you take it."
"I’ll never get divorced, but I’m done with him."
"I have no idea where I’ll go. It’s not like I have somewhere to return to."
"You should leave right now. I think you’re in danger."
"Life was restarts, one after another, and some were good and some weren't."
"Her indifference gave her the upper hand, a fact she decided to file away."
"It was quiet in the apartment, and she liked it."
"Alice had invited her in, listened to her rant, and, as she always did, attempted to be civil."
"She made simple meals, and watched television, and on the weekends she’d go swimming at the Y."
"The boat tipped hard to one side, and Alice gripped the edge as the bodybuilding weight slid off the middle seat and into the water."
"Her mind was rapidly flipping between shock at what was happening and a calculation of her odds."
"She desperately pawed at the water with her free right hand, then grabbed out at Mrs. Bergeron as though she could help her stay afloat."
"Together, they went under the surface, holding on to each other, almost hugging, as they sank."
"And when she could hold out no longer, she opened her mouth and tried to breathe. It was seawater, cold and final, that filled her lungs."