Stranger in the Woods Quotes

“It’s too hard, this life. Too hard. Things hit you out of nowhere, and then what are you supposed to do? Just start again in the new direction that life has set you in? How many times can you do that?”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“Sometimes, bad things happen in families and everyone rushes to cover it up. You know how it is. They just keep patching up the broken bucket, so it can keep carrying water.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“People just take pieces of you without a second thought, if they think they can get away with it.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“In my eyes, you’re every age you’ve ever been. All at the same time. And always perfect.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“Life was a series of missed chances. You thought your life consisted of options, but it didn’t. There were only ever chances, and you had to grab them while they lasted.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“I’d hate to think that I was like an ill wind blowing through this town.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“My mum always tells me that if you have to draw a line because of someone’s bad behaviour, then draw the line around them, not yourself. That means that it’s up to the other person to improve and you shouldn’t restrict yourself because of their behaviour.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“Then, yes. Always date the girl wearing a Star Wars T-shirt.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“had to make a decision, one way or another. Doing nothing was a decision as much as any other.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“But nothing ever comes out into the open. Sometimes bad things happen in families and everyone rushes to cover it up. You know how it is. They just keep patching up the broken bucket so it can keep carrying water,”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“Everyone was fighting their own battles.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“Heading into the Scottish fog felt like an adventure.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods

“Small barely described the size of the village. The main strip consisted of five buildings—a tiny café, a post office, a grocery store, a butcher and a pub. And only two of those were open—the café and the pub.”
― Anni Taylor, Stranger in the Woods