Riley Sager > Quotes

“The newspaper,” Chloe says. “Your picture’s on the front page.” I groan. “How bad do I look?” “Like the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“... I spend my nights roaming Baneberry Hall, thinking about all that has happened within these walls.”
― Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

“Don't tell a soul about last night.”
― Riley Sager, Middle of the Night

“You’re never alone when there’s a book nearby,”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“It helps to talk about things. Makes it easier to deal with.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“It’s possible to love someone while hating something they’ve done.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Por meio dos livros, é possível desbravar mundos inteiros sem nunca sair de casa.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“My sister knew I was in love. Sisters can tell such things. Even ones who never get along, which certainly was the case for the two of us.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“I’ll care about the World Series when the Red Sox are in it. Which will be never.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Finally, a third emotion, one that eclipses my shock and despair. Those fade to background noise as the hatred takes over. But it’s a wounded sort of hate. Raw and burning. Like I’m the one who’s just been stabbed.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“[heartbroken and trying to find a new job] I'd settle for that kind of worry. I'd embrace it.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“nonstop primping and objectification. No one cared about what I said. Or thought. Or felt. It got real old, real quick. Don’t get me wrong, the money was great. Like, insanely great. And the clothes were amazing. So beautiful. Works of art, all of them. But it felt wrong. People are suffering. Children are starving. Women are being victimized. And there I was walking the runway in dresses that cost more than what most families make in a year. It was ghoulish.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Creation rising from destruction. Life rising from death.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“You’ll die if you stay here.” A waste of time, words, and breath. She already knows this. “I had my time away from this place. Now it’s Virginia’s turn.” Lenora touches my hand and gives me a sad smile. “She’s waited long enough. Take good care of her, Kit.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Shouldn’t the wealthy, by virtue of their superior breeding, be less susceptible than people who have nothing, come from nothing, are nothing”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“That’s when it hits me: I get to live here. In the goddamn Bartholomew, of all places. In an apartment beyond my wildest dreams. Even better, I’ll be getting paid to do it.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“What wasn’t in that folder was advice on what to do with all that sudden free time.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“I’m less concerned about the size than the price.” “You think it’s too high?” “I think it’s too low,” I said. “A place like this? There’s got to be a reason its listed so low, plus the furniture”
― Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

“The worst part about drinking too much—other than, you know, drinking too much”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Casey?” A pause. “Are you there?”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“My concern about Katherine, my suspicion of both Tom and Boone, my loneliness and guilt and grief. I want all of it gone, never to return. And if that requires drinking myself into oblivion, so be it.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“My father cited the diverse neighborhood, its cleanliness and quiet, its excellent schools and low crime rate, what happened to Billy notwithstanding. Situated a stone’s throw from Princeton and halfway between New York and Philadelphia, its location made it one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the country.”
― Riley Sager, Middle of the Night

“Go to bed. Get a good night’s sleep. It will all make sense in the morning. Usually, she was right. Even when things still didn’t completely make sense, I often felt better in the morning.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Mrs. Boyd resembled a house roughed up by too many storms.”
― Riley Sager

“A peculiar trait among most self-important men is the need to try to hide their self-importance.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Think back to when you were younger. Think about your tastes and behavior and habits. You’ve changed since then. Evolved. We all do. Which means there are aspects of that younger version of yourself that you’d probably detest now.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“moved back in following my divorce. I was aimless and bitter and suddenly had a lot of time on my hands. I decided to fill it by writing what I wished my life to be like.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“But I no longer had any patience left. I hated her. I hated my sister. I hated my father for bringing Peter into this house. At that moment, the only member of my family I didn’t despise was my mother. Her I pitied.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Years later, when his attention began to wane, my mother--like any flower removed from the light--withered.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Stabbed her father with a knife Took her mother’s happy life “She is very much alive,” Mr. Gurlain says.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left