One Perfect Couple Quotes

“men. I knew that was ridiculous, that abusers often went for the trophy girlfriend, and then ground them down. Perhaps half the triumph was in slashing down the tallest poppy.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“And I don’t know much about reality TV, but it seems to me that what Baz was attempting, it’s kind of just an extension of what they all do, isn’t it? They pick volatile people, people who’re going to perform for the cameras, they wind them up as tight as they can, they engineer a bunch of high-stress situations that are practically guaranteed to make someone lose their shit, throw in some alcohol—and then they sit back and let the cameras roll and the tweets pour in.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“even post-Covid”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“the human brain is bad at evaluating risk, and worse at assessing the true dangers all around us—and I was no exception to that. The scientist in me couldn’t override the little atavistic pulse of adrenaline I experienced as I watched the snake disappear into the bush.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“You’re ten times more likely to die from a mosquito than a snake, a stat I had trotted out many times over the course of my career.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“Help me understand, because at the moment, all I’m seeing is some animals are more equal than others.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“Nico wasn’t really the best telly-watching companion since he had a pathological inability to pay attention for more than five minutes, so I spent more time explaining the plot than watching myself.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“To truly love someone, you have to know them through and through, flaws and all.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“Coucou, chéris” came from down the steps, and we turned to see Angel making her way through the trees in a diaphanous, ankle-length white dress, the lace trim just trailing on the forest floor in spite of her height.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“There was no real information at all—just smoke and mirrors—and it was completely antithetical to the way I was used to working.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“...He'll have some incredibly shitty take and he'll be like 'well, now, I'm not endorsing Andrew Tate, obviously, but I am interested in his point of view on...' and the end result is that you find you've sat through twenty minutes of some men's rights nut not being challenged about his view, because he's just quote, unquote 'asking questions.”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“I blinked. Where had this sudden, inconvenient attack of self-analysis come from?”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple

“Santana”
― Ruth Ware, One Perfect Couple