The Lost Man Quotes

“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Life out here is hard. We all try to get through the best way we can. But trust me, there's not a single person here who isn't lying to themselves about something.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Sometimes things turn out for the best. And when you end up in the right place, it's not always helpful to go digging up the road that got you there.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“They lived in a land of extremes in more ways than one. People were either completely fine, or very not.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“It was funny how high and bright the red flags flew in hindsight,”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“His edges had been gently rounded by nuanced debate and foreign coffee and morning news.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Those in great pain cause others great pain.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“At night when the sky felt even bigger, he could almost imagine it was a million years ago and he was walking on the bottom of the sea.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“thinking”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Nathan, people pretend to themselves that they are fine all the time. Every day, and for years on end.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“I've given you a power over me that you do not deserve.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Outside, the light was dazzling as he opened the door and went to join his family.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“the”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man

“Going through someone’s stuff after they’re gone. All these things that were important to Uncle Cam, and now someone else has to get rid of it all, or whatever.”
― Jane Harper, The Lost Man