The Stranger In The Mirror Quotes
"I’d like to think I’m a good person, but I have no way of knowing for sure."
"The only thing I have is here and now, and even that feels tenuous."
"Looking inward is too painful when there’s nothing much to see."
"How can you truly know someone when their entire past is a mystery?"
"You’re a lovely woman—kind and caring. Not to mention that you’re also smart and beautiful."
"You didn’t deliberately choose to forget everything."
"I’m not sure I understand," he said. "You have no idea who you are?"
"It’s hard, though. There are times I feel overwhelmed, like I’m all alone in the world, connected to nothing."
"I know you’re a good person. I can just tell."
"Once you consider the flashes that come at unexpected times to be memories, then I have a few—blood-spattered faces, flesh torn away from bones."
"I can't lose you either, I think, but I know it's too late. He's already lost."
"All he could do now was go home and gather the evidence to show her and the people around her that she belonged with him."
"It was a time for careful planning, not a time to act rashly."
"You are not going to morph into a stranger. You are you now."
"You must love her enough to let her decide what's best for her."
"You’ve suffered from depression for as long as I’ve known you, but the medication kept it in check."
"I want so much for things to go back to the way they were that I forget how tough it is for you as well."
"What mattered, though, is that when I finished, Valentina’s sweet face had a smile on it, and she wiggled closer to me."
"I feel like the luckiest woman in the world."
"I am struck by its beauty—a magnificently faceted emerald flanked on either side by brilliant diamonds."
"I'm watching you, and through the thin material of my dress I feel the warmth of his hand on my back."
"I’m grateful, though, to have a short reprieve before I discover things that I suspect will be very difficult to handle."
"Maybe if Julian tells me, it will trigger the memory, and then I can deal with it and move on."
"Whatever they are, something tells me that they have the power to destroy me."
"You see, I had a patient whose daughter was kidnapped and murdered after a stalker saw her picture on social media."
"You must forgive me for staying away so long."
"I’m sorry, darling Cassandra. It’s going to be a good one."
"It’s just I’m so bored. I need to get out of this house."
"You're finally catching on," he sneers, gathering the pills in his hand. With one hand gripping my chin and pulling down my lower jaw, he shoves the pills into my mouth and orders me to swallow.
"Julian, please, let me go," I beg as he tightens his grip. Then I ram my knee into his groin with all I've got.
"I know you hate me, and I don’t blame you. I never meant to hurt you. I thought we could be happy. I was only doing what I thought was best."
"My therapist will testify that I’m stable. I’ll work with the courts for as long as I have to until she’s legally mine."
"I’ve instructed my attorney to transfer most of my assets to you."
"I want you to have it for Valentina’s education and care. I’m never getting out of here—what do I need it for?"
"For the first time in my life, I felt that someone might be watching over me, as if the universe was in some small way making up for the kind of father I never had and the daughter Ed lost."