The Stranger Quotes

“Tough times change people in the worst ways.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“It’s what always happens. The price I pay for ridding the world of men like him. I’ll spend the rest of my life hearing about how amazing they were. In death, everyone becomes a hero. Otherworldly. The dead become something of myths and legends, even when everyone knows the truth.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“I’m a strong, capable, independent woman, and I can open creepy closets all on my own, thank you.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“Fair enough. I’d rather be happy and trusting than bitter and jaded.” She scowls. “Because you’ve been allowed to be. For women, for me, it’s better to be bitter, jaded, and alive than too trusting and dead.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“You’re too happy. Too trusting.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“It’s a superpower, in a way. Looking innocent when you’re anything but.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“Do I really look dangerous to you?” He shoves both hands out to his sides dramatically. I cut a quick glance his way without really looking at him. “You’re a white male in your thirties, so if you’ve watched the news, like, literally”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“Sometimes, I think that’s our best weapon. Let them think we’re weak until we have to prove otherwise.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“He thinks I’m just a woman—a helpless, defenseless woman.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“In death, everyone becomes a hero. Otherworldly. The dead become something of myths and legends, even when everyone knows the truth.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger