Riley Sager > Quotes

“Just like car
repairs, my life doesn’t have room for romantic entanglements.”
― Riley Sager

“No one tells women that none of it is their fault. That the blame falls squarely on the awful men who do terrible things and the fucked-up society that raises them, molds them, makes excuses for them.”
― Riley Sager, Survive the Night

“It’s not stupid to want to believe the best in people.”
― Riley Sager, Survive the Night

“Your flight departs on the first of February. It is my dearest hope that both of you will be on it. Until we meet again!”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“They need answers. Just as much as I need to be relieved of the guilt that’s weighed me down for more than a year.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Only later did I realize all men were alike. It didn’t matter if they were rich or poor, fat or thin, old or young. Their needs were so basic it was laughable.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“can’t help but judge him as I peek into the trash can and see boxes that once held microwave Mexican and Lean Cuisines. Even at my drunkest and laziest, I would never resort to frozen burritos.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, he used to say.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“Why does she have to just be the glue? Can’t she also help build the house?”
― Riley Sager, Middle of the Night

“That’s why I kept her tied up in the basement instead of killing her outright. Lucky for me, your husband had a lot of interesting things to say about that.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Every so often, life offers you a reset button. When it does, you need to press it as hard as you can.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“never needed to,” I admitted. “And that’s your problem,” Ricky said. “You and your family sit around all day letting the rest of us do the real work. If the shoe was on the other foot, I bet none of you would last a day.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“My sister and I were forbidden from socializing with the staff and vice versa, but that had done nothing to stop me and Archie from becoming best friends.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“There was something endearing about his eagerness to please. He reminded me of a golden retriever, soft and loyal and safe. Even though I didn’t yet know his name, I clasped his hand. I haven’t really let go of it since.”
― Riley Sager, Final Girls

“Mary’s suicide note. That’s what it said. ‘I’m sorry. I’m not the person you thought I was.’ Found neatly folded in the pocket of her uniform. The paper sustained heavy water damage, but it was still readable. Now, give me one reason not to hang up right now.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Have you seen the price of oranges?” I say.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“That’s the question that sticks in my head like a Taylor Swift song. Not knowing his end game makes me unwilling”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“You only think you do. Because to truly understand my actions, you’ll need to confront all the things about me that you overlooked or ignored because you were too busy nursing wounds from your own shitty childhood. But you weren’t abandoned by your whore mother. You didn’t have a father who beat you. You didn’t grow up getting passed around foster homes like an unwanted mutt.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“He’s rich. His wife’s a supermodel. They could go anywhere. Hell, they could probably buy their own private island. Yet they always chose here, the backwoods of Vermont, where it’s quiet and he’s less likely to be disturbed. Then there’s the fact that I always got a weird vibe from him. He seems so . . .”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“At least three months’ salary, the experts say. I would love to backhand whoever came up with that number. They clearly never had a job with take-home pay that barely covers rent, food, and utilities.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“She says it with benevolent pomp, as if she’s bestowing upon me one of life’s greatest honors. Yet I detect another emotion lurking in the back of her throat—loneliness.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“As he tallies their scores and sees he’s won his first game ever against Billy,”
― Riley Sager, Middle of the Night

“I drove us home in silence, feeling stupid for never considering how the reality of owning Baneberry Hall would be far different than the fantasy I'd created in my head.”
― Riley Sager, Home Before Dark

“The only trace of the girls anyone ever found was a sweatshirt.”
― Riley Sager, The Last Time I Lied

“His name is Ethan Marsh. He is ten. And this is the last carefree moment he’ll have for the next thirty years.”
― Riley Sager, Middle of the Night

“Darling Erica,
Such a pleasure! Your youthfulness gives me life!
Best wishes,
Greta Manville”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“You're right," I say, trying to sound appropriately contrite. "I'm sorry."
"I don't need you to be sorry," she says. " I need you to get better.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“It's like it was destined or something. That, no matter how far I ran, this place insisted on dragging me back here.”
― Riley Sager, Middle of the Night

“Sure, people might own the apartments, but they’re rarely in them. And it shows. Walk into some of them and you feel like you’re in a museum. Or, worse, a church. Then there’s security to think about.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“...life doesn't always grant you your greatest wish, but happiness can still sneak in.”
― Riley Sager