The Perfect Stranger Quotes

“Amazing how something that happened so long ago can feel so fresh. How it could come back to haunt you from nowhere- the innocuous ring of a telephone, the past come to call from the other end.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“We sit in a room together and are told to trust each other. We are taught that good is the default and evil is rare. And then we learn that good was the mask. That we trusted too easily. Now people keep telling us to think for ourselves, look out for ourselves, keep an eye out for one another, and report what we see. But who should we report to? If we’re not sure who to trust? How do we know who wears the mask?”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“All things happen in an instant. Everything could change in a moment”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“Amazing how something that happened so long ago can feel so fresh. How it could come back to haunt you from nowhere - the innocuous ring of a telephone, the past come to call from the other end.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“When you got down to it, everyone was a mystery, just waiting to be unraveled.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“Everything was a game here, and I was coming in late, learning the rules as I went.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“But I knew better than to think that the world was fair, that for every take there would be a give.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“the type of person who got kicked down and didn’t stay there.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“The bad guy, the one we could only imagine in the mask, in the shadows - it was always closer than we liked to imagine.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“All things return with time. But you have to go looking for them. You've got to be ready for them. You've got to be willing to take the risk over and over again.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“the best way to hide is to pretend you never existed in the first place.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“Was surprised how easy it was to sever a four-year unbreakable friendship by just doing nothing.”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger

“against pale skin and bleach-streaked hair. “Are you Bethany’s sister?” she asked. For once, I was”
― Megan Miranda, The Perfect Stranger