The Passenger Quotes

“You can never see anything clearly when you're running.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“Sometimes fear and dread are superior to tedium.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“the best way to hide in plain sight was to get fat.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“What was she like in the end?
The way most people are at the end. Scared and full of regret. The way you are all of the time.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“Men are so easily drawn to fake things.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“I ordered a beer, opened the newspaper, and realized the light was all wrong for reading. Still, if you're a woman sitting alone in a bar, it's always best to look occupied, even if you're faking it. Most men think they're doing you a favor, keeping you company, curing you of the shame of being alone in public. It didn't take long for a fellow traveler to take a seat next to mine. I tensed my shoulders and raised the newspaper in a defensive posture. Some men would have read my body language for what it was - an indisputable DO NOT DISTURB sign. But some men can only read their internal weather report and have no concept that another human might not want the same things they want.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“I want you to write one page on what you want to be when you grow up, and then one page on what you want to be if that first thing doesn’t work out, because sometimes things don’t work out the way we’d like them to. Then another page on what you’d do if the first two things you’d like to be don’t work out. Then two pages on the one thing you definitely don’t want to be no matter what. It’s really important not to let the bottom drop out of your life.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“It’s always good to go home.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“But some men can only read their internal weather report and have no concept that another human might not want the same things they want.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“Look around,” said Sean. “Everyone in this bar was born here. Most had plans to leave at one time or another, but then at some point they got caught in a snare, and like an animal, lacked the cunning to undo the clamp.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“because that’s what you do, you keep trying even when you know the effort is in vain. As”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“He smiled at what I imagined was the shadow of me”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“those ornate metal deals. The initials JP were inscribed on the back. I gave Billy a look that informed him I knew I was handling stolen goods. I gave him a follow-up look indicating that I wouldn’t rat him out. I’m not a rat, which some people might consider an asset, but I’m fairly certain it is my fatal flaw.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“What are we drinking to?” I asked. “To escape plans?” “Whose?” “Anyone with the guts,” said Sean.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“Many young girls make that mistake at one time or another—they lose themselves in a boy.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“I could always feel a cactus resting softly on my neck when he looked my way.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“I had just taken over the identity of a felon, with the murder weapon sitting right in my glove compartment.”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger

“There was a time I used to cry, but that was another lifetime ago. My heart was broken just once. But completely. As”
― Lisa Lutz, The Passenger