One by One Quotes

“In Topher's world, people are hard, polished shells, their shiny exteriors hiding the inadequacies and anxieties inside.

But Topher made a mistake. He didn't understand that some people are the other way around. But Eva . . . I think Eva did understand that. And perhaps it's what killed her in the end.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“It’s not just the snow; it’s a hundredweight of unwelcome memories bearing down on me.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“I stop, thinking of Topher and his cushioned, monied existence--the way he has had everything handed to him on a plate, the way he's never had to scrap for anything, never had to swallow a snub from a boss, or pick up a stranger's dirty underwear, or do any of the myriad demeaning, boring jobs the rest of us take for granted.

They are arrogant, that's what I realize--maybe not Liz and Carl quite so much, but all of them to some degree. They are protected by the magic of their shares and their status and their IP. They think that life can't touch them--just like I used to do.

Only now it has. Now life has them by the throat. And it won't let go.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“found that I couldn’t stand to be there with the people still walking in that perpetual golden sun while I lived in a place that was black with guilt and grief.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“That was other people, other families. I was golden, slipping through life on a charm, insulated by the security of my family, my own good looks, and the luck of having found Will’s love. Because yes, that was luck. All of it. And I knew it. But it was also how it was supposed to be, because I was supposed to be lucky. And now suddenly that luck had turned. And after it did, I found that I couldn’t stand to be there with the people still walking in that perpetual golden sun while I lived in a place that was black with guilt and grief. I couldn’t stand to see the pity in their eyes.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“But it’s not just her body language that sets her apart—it’s everything. She’s the only one wearing clothes that look more H&M than D&G, and though she’s not the only one wearing glasses, the others look like they’re wearing props provided by a Hollywood studio.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“Happy?” Topher rounds on him. “Happy? At this rate we’ll be lucky to come out of it with everyone alive.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“And for a killer, that’s a kind of superpower.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“I keep my earbuds shoved into my ears on the minibus from Geneva Airport.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“In Topher’s world, people are hard, polished shells, their shiny exteriors hiding the inadequacies and anxieties inside. But Topher made a mistake. He didn’t understand that some people are the other way around. But Eva… I think Eva did understand that. And perhaps it’s what killed her in the end.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“In Topher’s world, people are hard, polished shells, their shiny exteriors hiding the inadequacies and anxieties inside.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“keep my earbuds shoved into my ears on”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“Behind him is a girl with fluffy yellow hair that cannot possibly be her real shade. It’s the color of buttercups and the texture of dandelion fluff.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“My breath in the kitchen was a cloud of white. Upstairs must be subzero. “Maybe… should we sleep down here?” I ask. “I—I guess. Yes. I suppose it makes sense.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One

“Буває, страх пробуджує в нас непомітні досі відвагу та зухвалість.”
― Ruth Ware, One by One