Every Secret Thing Quotes

“She liked what she saw, although she knew being a not-beautiful woman was supposed to be a tragedy.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“Nancy began again, and she knew she was going to off-load to Infante the anger she had caught from the kid. Life was just a long game of emotional tag, one bad mood passing from person to person.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“Cynthia didn’t mind Confederate flags. She’d like to see a law that required every white trash hillbilly to have one tattooed on his or her forehead. You would see them coming that way.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“Isn't that supposed to be the scariest sentence in the world?" Infante asked. "We're from the government and we're here to help you.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“People who quoted other people were showoffs, plain and simple.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“the only thing worse than failing to do what was demanded of her was actually doing it.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“Ask questions. Keep an open mind. Listen to the other person. Focus on finding common ground, areas of agreement. Anger is one letter away from danger,”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“They could not love Rosalind as much as they loved Olivia because they knew she could be taken from them.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing

“The product might not be any better, but choosing to pay extra was a way of saying you deserved a little luxury in this world and that mind-set could make it so.”
― Laura Lippman, Every Secret Thing