Before She Knew Him Quotes

“I am a happy person, always have been. But that’s just my personality, which has nothing to do with this broken brain that periodically and very convincingly tells me that I’m a worthless person who doesn’t deserve to live.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“They had a secret, the two of them, and there was no better way to start a friendship than with a secret.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“If you gave a man just the smallest amount of power—a handsome face, the ability to sing, a little money—the first thing he’d do is destroy a woman, or two if he could.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“I am a happy person, always have been. But that's just my personality, which has nothing to do with this broken brain that periodically and very convincingly tells me that I'm a worthless person who doesn't deserve to live.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“Matthew, who’d already texted Mira to tell her he was running a little late, leaned back behind his desk and did one of the things he was very good at doing. He listened to a woman.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“she was often interested only in people who’d suffered in some way.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“L’espace d’un instant, Hen eut une frayeur et crut s’évanouir. Sa vision se troubla, ses jambes semblèrent emportées par un torrent. Elle se ressaisit. Ce n’est sûrement qu’une coïncidence, se dit-elle en s’avançant pour lire l’inscription sur la base du trophée : TROISIÈME PLACE ÉPÉE, puis en plus petites lettres, quelque chose comme OLYMPIADES JUNIOR, suivi d’une date qu’elle n’arrivait pas à déchiffrer. Hen n’osait pas s’approcher. Se retournant, elle demanda à Matthew, d’une voix qu’elle espérait normale :

— Vous faites de l’escrime ?

— Grands dieux, non, répondit-il. Le trophée m’a plu, tout simplement. Je l’ai acheté dans un vide-grenier.

— Ça va, Hen ? demanda Lloyd en lui lançant un regard inquiet. Tu es un peu pâle.

— Oui, oui, ça va. Je crois que je suis simplement fatiguée.

Les deux couples se retrouvèrent de nouveau dans le vestibule pour se dire au revoir. Hen sentit le sang refluer à son visage. C’était juste un trophée d’escrime… comme il doit y en avoir des milliers, songeait-elle tout en les félicitant pour le dîner et en les remerciant pour la visite. Lloyd, la main sur la poignée de la porte, attendait de pouvoir s’échapper. Mira se glissa entre eux et embrassa Hen sur la joue pendant que, derrière elle, Matthew les saluait en souriant. Hen s’imaginait peut-être des choses, mais il lui sembla qu’il ne la quittait pas des yeux.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“It was a habit of Hen’s, and not one she was proud of, that she was often interested only in people who’d suffered in some way.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“I am a happy person, always have been. But that’s just my personality, which has nothing to do with this broken brain that periodically and very convincingly”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“I’m saying that they were going to spread unhappiness—that they were going to make life miserable for people. By subtracting them from the world, I’ve added to the world’s happiness.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“I am a happy person, always have been. But that’s just my personality, which has nothing to do with this broken brain that periodically and very convincingly tells me I’m a worthless person who doesn’t deserve to live.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him

“Strangers are just friends we haven’t met yet.”
― Peter Swanson, Before She Knew Him