The Last Thing She Ever Did Quotes

“Beetles never stop. They gnaw silently and relentlessly. Guilt is like that too.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“Esther always considered her mother catlike, showing up suddenly to sharpen her claws and then leave.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“Her heart was pumping so hard that her rib cage ached. Inside, she felt as lonely as she ever had. Her secret had eaten away at her, and she imagined she was hollow inside.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“She was concerned, and the concern for something other than herself, other than her dire situation, made her feel better. Stronger.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“Before the accident she had judged others who relied on pills to get through the day. They were weak. They weren’t able to cope with the challenges that come with life. Weak people. Sad. Now she was one of them.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“In the dark, she’d taken to moving from the bed to the sofa, then back to the bed, then back to the sofa again. Her movements were the manifestations of her guilt. She knew that. She was a nomad in her own home. An unworthy interloper.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“Whoever that man was, he would never, ever be what he’d once been. Most certainly, he’d never be what he’d wanted to be.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“She put her face in her hands and started to sob. It was guttural. Constricted. The kind of ugly cry that comes from something very deep and broken.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“Mistakes are dominoes, falling on one another in a mechanical, unstoppable progression”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“Silent screams are the most gut-wrenching of all.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“a negative soul who made a point of slicing the joy from any possible moment with her razor of a tongue.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“People born rich don’t try so hard. They know they don’t need to. They already have everything they want, and they never have to break a sweat to show it off. Showing it off is for those at risk of ending up back where they started.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did

“The lie would grow into a disease. Cancer, probably.”
― Gregg Olsen, The Last Thing She Ever Did