Out of Reach Quotes

“The funny thing about a lie is that once it has been said and believed, it lives and becomes. It can't be taken back. It sucks all the air from you until you give up and it takes over and you forget how to breathe on your own. It is like those parasitic relationships, but not like the shark and the little remora that politely cleans the shark's skin and sometimes attaches itself to its underbelly. No, it is more like a tapeworm eating someone from the inside out.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“I like mornings because each day is like another chance.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“Safe places exist only where people aren’t.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“The first time my mom told me liars didn't go to heaven was when she tried to get me to confess to hitting my eight-year-old brother. I was seven.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“people usually do something to have someone come after them.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“The truth is? Everyone lies. Every single person.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“Words stick, even when we don't want them to.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“It's impossible to keep someone safe.”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach

“I wondered if there’d ever be a time when the sound of an opening door would be nothing more than that. Is that what it meant to move on, to let go?”
― Carrie Arcos, Out of Reach