The Stranger in Her House Quotes

“And frankly, I don’t give a shit.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“I’ve learned the hard way that you can never trust a good-looking man who knows the power of his own appearance.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“The essence of lying is in deception, not words.’ —John Ruskin”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“I shake my head until the memories of old me disperse like dandelion heads in the breeze.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Unfortunately, bad things have a habit of happening to good people.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“you can never trust a good-looking man who knows the power of his own appearance.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“You’ll never meet a rich carer.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Please help me,’ I shout, ‘I’m locked in the toilet and someone is trying to get to me.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“And he sent it to you and that’s what got him killed. It’s why Paul cut his tongue out.’ I hesitate before I ask my next question, unsure if I want to know the answer. ‘Krisha, did he die before or after it was removed?”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“He looked like the kind of man you’d want to take home to show off to your mother. You’d just want to keep him away from Nana.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Has the world become so damn woke that people are too scared to stand up and say what’s right and wrong?”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“but then pride always comes before a fall and I’ve had so many of those, I should have bought my own crash mat.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“I open my eyes and I realise I’ve got them wrapped around his nose.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“It’s not in a woman’s nature to change, Rachel, only to find new ways to lie.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“In another life, we could have been friends, or at least equals. But not in this one. Because in this one, I have won and she can burn in hell like the flames igniting our picture.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Then something inside it grabs my attention – it’s another piece of paper. It’s been rolled up and placed inside a hole in the base. I unroll it. It’s dated three years earlier and has a crest at the top, and underneath, the words ‘Appraisal Certificate’. It describes the cat’s appearance, dimensions, its Chinese origins, and finally, its valuation. I have just destroyed something worth £50,000.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“I know that if I don’t eventually find a way through this, I’m heading for a lifetime of bitterness.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“Perhaps a better person would be encouraging her and Paul’s May-December friendship, and not allow trivial jealousies to breed resentment. Clearly, I’m not a better person.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“witnessing a journey through dementia is almost as awful for the spectator as it is the victim.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“prickles”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“witnessing a journey through dementia is almost as awful for the spectator as it is the victim. I wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy,”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House

“I don’t react. He’s trying to make me feel uncomfortable because he’s desperate. He is powerless and he knows it. That’s what weak men do in the last throes of an argument. All they have left is their sex to dominate when they’re coming undone.”
― John Marrs, The Stranger in Her House