The Last Mrs. Parrish Quotes

“Today she felt especially comforted by the books that climbed the walls. They were a reminder that any knowledge she desired was hers for the asking.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“This was the kind of home that was safely hidden from the eyes of those who could not afford to live this way. That's what wealth does for you, she thought. It gives you the means and the power to remain concealed from the world if you choose - or if you need to.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“There’s nothing like the rush that comes with falling in love.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I was learning that emotional intimidation could be just as unsettling as physical.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“All she'd wanted was the life she deserved. It didn't occur to her that she had gotten it.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Everything had begun with such promise. And then, like a windshield chipped by a tiny pebble, the chip turned into deep cracks that spread until there was nothing left to repair.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“But of course, Amber thought. It seemed the more money you had, the less you had to actually come into contact with the filthy stuff.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Dating as a means to getting to know someone is highly overrated. When your hormones are raging and the attraction is magnetic, your brain takes a vacation. He was everything I never knew I needed.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“She said the most important thing was for a woman to be independent and know what she wanted. Especially before she considers marriage.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“We’re not going to worry about fat or thin anymore—only healthy. God made our bodies very smart, and if we put good things in them and do fun things for exercise, it will all be okay.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Marriage is hard work. If you love someone, you don’t let anything destroy it.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“she felt especially comforted by the books that climbed the walls. They were a reminder that any knowledge she desired was hers for the asking.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I’ve been tracking your cycles. You should be ovulating.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Crazy people have no credibility, and I was now considered crazy.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Amber needed order—disciplined, structured order. And now, finally, she was the master of her world. And of her fate.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“The kind of people who never slowed their expensive cars at a four-way stop because they believed they always had the right-of-way.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“But Amber wasn’t interested in someone with a rich daddy. She wanted the rich daddy himself.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I don't read much. I feel like, why read about someone else's life when you should be out living your own?”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Amber wondered what it would be like to grow up in this kind of world, where you were groomed from infancy to have and enjoy all the good things in life. Where you made friends almost from birth with the right people and were educated in the best schools, and the blinds were tightly drawn against outsiders. She was suddenly overwhelmed with sadness and envy.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“And just like that, my feeling of being known and understood evaporated.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“He leaned closer, put his lips on mine, then bit down hard.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I don’t believe in abortion,” I blurted out. “Do you believe in allowing children to suffer? Are you telling me that if you found out that our baby was going to have some horrible disease, you’d have it anyway?” “It’s not so black-and-white. Who are we to say who deserves life and who doesn’t? I don’t want to make decisions that only God can make.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“God made our bodies very smart, and if we put good things in them and do fun things for exercise, it will all be okay.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I think they’re wrong, though. It’s not too much empathy. It’s misplaced empathy, a misguided attempt to save someone that can’t be saved. All these years later, I know what he saw in me. The question I still wrestle with is, what did I see in him?”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I almost feel sorry for you. I don’t know if you were born this way or if your parents screwed you up, but you’re a miserable son of a bitch. You’re never going to be happy. But the truth is, I can’t even regret being with you. Because if I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have the two most amazing gifts in my life. So I’ll trade those horrible years with you for my children. And I have plenty of love and life left in me.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Interviews with sociopaths have revealed that they’re able to identify a potential victim merely by the way the person walks. Our bodies apparently telegraph our vulnerabilities and sensitivities. Spouses of sociopaths are said to have an overabundance of empathy. I found that bit of information hard to understand. Is there really such a thing as too much empathy? It had a certain poetic irony, though. If sociopaths are said to lack empathy and their victims to have too much, they would seem to make a perfect match. But of course, empathy can’t be divvied up. Here, you take some of mine; I have extra. And sociopaths can’t acquire it anyway—the lack of it is what defines them in the first place. I think they’re wrong, though. It’s not too much empathy. It’s misplaced empathy, a misguided attempt to save someone that can’t be saved. All these years later, I know what he saw in me. The question I still wrestle with is, what did I see in him?”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“glitterati”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I was in love. It was like a fairy tale—I’d won the prince I never even knew existed in real life.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“In the meantime, I did what any good mother would do: I sacrificed my happiness to protect my child.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“She didn’t want to be hidden. She wanted to be very much out in the open, to be Mrs. Jackson Parrish.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish