This Is Why We Lied Quotes

“It took an abused woman an average of seven tries to leave her abuser, and that was if he didn’t kill her first.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Sometimes you think you know who you’re dealing with, and you ignore the signs that maybe they’re not the best thing in the world for you.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Well I’ve got even worse news. The phones and internet are back up, so this place is no longer our little slice of Cabot Cove.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“The elevator doors groaned open before she had time to ask the question. More water poured out. Nadine stood on one side of a hospital gurney. Biscuits was on the other. Sara’s gaze found the post-mortem bag. White vinyl, heat-sealed edges, a reinforced zipper with thick plastic teeth. The outline of Mercy’s body was slight, as if she had managed to do in death what people had been trying to do to her for seemingly her entire life: make her disappear.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Faith looked up from her notebook. “Were there candelabras on the table?” He nodded. “And a chef and a bartender and two waiters.” “And Then There Were None.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“I mean—” Faith tried not to get ahead of herself. She had always wanted to work a real-life locked-room mystery. “You’ve got a limited number of suspects trapped in a remote location. That’s some Scooby Doo shit.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“According to their website, the only way into the place was to hike up a mountain, which sounded like a punishment that was meted out to the Von Trapp children before Maria showed up with her guitar.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“What is it you’re always saying? Life makes you pay for your personality?”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Will saw a deer darting across the path. A large clearing was a hundred yards on. Sunlight poured through the gap. Will saw a rainbow arcing across the blue sky. It was like something out of a movie. All that was missing was a singing nun. He felt his heart slow in his chest. A calmness took over. Sara was looking at him again, a huge smile on her face. Will let go of a breath he hadn’t realized he’d been holding.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“He thought about his four fellow guests, wondering what kind of criminals they would hypothetically be. Considering the hefty cost of the lodge, he assumed at least three of them would lean more toward white-collar crimes. Frank would definitely be embroiled in something to do with crypto. Keisha had the sly, competent look of an embezzler. Drew reminded Will of a guy he’d busted for running a Ponzi scheme involving nutritional supplements. That left Monica, who legitimately looked like she was going to murder Frank. Of the group, Will figured she’d be the one most likely to get away with it. She’d have an alibi. She’d have a lawyer. She sure as hell wouldn’t sit for an interview. And he would have a hard time blaming her for the crime.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Will had learned the hard way that telling a woman not to feel something was not the best way to stop her from feeling that thing. In fact, it tended to make her furious on top of feeling that thing.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“There is not a piece of logic, or a sage bit of advice, or a life lesson, or any amount of love, that will turn him around. He lives the way he does because he chooses to. He knows exactly who he is. He embraces it. He won’t change because he doesn’t want to change.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Shitty men were like periods. Once you had your first one, your life was consumed by dread or panic over when it would show up again.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“Strangulation was a giant red flag. At least that was what Mercy had read online. When a man put his hands around a woman’s neck, that woman was six times more likely to suffer serious violence or die by homicide.”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied

“walked”
― Karin Slaughter, This is Why We Lied