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

“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