The Last Party Quotes

“There was something very dangerous about a woman with nothing to lose.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Sometimes it’s not the people that change. It’s the mask that falls off.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“people don’t change; sometimes their mask slips off and you see the real person they are.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Your feelings are never stupid. Actually, our feelings can be a very accurate compass to follow. Human intuition is a very powerful thing.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“The hope was what got you through the agony.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“The truth of the matter was, a future with Leewood was a fantasy that couldn’t happen—not with Grant and Sophie in the picture. I stepped off the machine and grabbed my towel from the hook, my heart racing as I wiped down my face and neck.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Wanting someone to die and killing them are two different things. We can’t help our emotions, but we can control our actions.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“I cared because I didn’t have much to look forward to, and I learned a while ago that anticipation and hope were half of the enjoyment of life.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Sometimes it’s not the people who change. It’s the mask that falls off.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“It’s a theory I have. That people don’t change; sometimes their mask slips off and you see the real person they are.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“If you waited for life to give you something, you’d never get half of what you deserved. If”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“mature beyond her years and extremely intelligent. She probably had to have been, the lack of parenting requiring her to fend for herself from an early age.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“It’s a theory I have. That people don’t change; sometimes their mask slips off and you see the real person they are.” He tapped on the mug shot. “The monster behind the mask.” Sometimes it’s not the people that change. It’s the mask that falls off. “This is your personal theory?” I asked. He shrugged. “Not exactly. It’s something they say about narcissists. It can also be applied to violent individuals.” Sometimes it’s not the people that change. It’s the mask that falls off. “So”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“field”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“wasn’t a surprise. If anyone knew the power of an adult’s dominance”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“I had some great details. I had Sophie and her piles of preteen friends. I even had her birthday, coming up in a few months. Her twelfth. Too many conveniences for it not to be fate.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“She would need to lose her meekness if she was ever going to succeed in life. That was one thing I’d never been. At birth, I’d come out swinging.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Mortui vivos docent. The dead teach the living.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“If there’s something you want in life, you need to put yourself in a position to take it,”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“It was like falling down a well of hell, one where no one could reach you, no one could hear you screaming, no one understood. That’s what I would go through if you passed.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“I think anyone could kill someone if they’re put in the right situation,”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“and I’m smart enough to realize that I should keep that knowledge to myself.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“As if I’d known she would survive.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“And we all have biases on our perspectives. Most of the time we can’t even see our own biases. Some of them were built decades ago. Some of them were created more recently, as a result of trauma or circumstance.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Our scars are never ugly. They are proof of what we’ve been through. Truth be told, they can be the most beautiful parts of us, if we learn to love them.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“can see how much she enjoys acting—but it’s not really acting. Like Dad says, it’s lying. She lies and I like to lie too, so why not get paid for it and become famous and marry a movie star while you’re at it?”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Grant was very, very sweet. But “sweet” had never gotten anyone’s panties wet.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“There was only one Leewood Folcrum. Even if I wasn’t the monster they thought I was.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Maybe we’re all just psychopaths waiting for our trigger. Or maybe you killed earlier in life and no one ever caught you.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“Too many conveniences for it not to be fate.”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party