The Girl from Widow Hills Quotes

“The truest type of story is the kind you tell all alone, to yourself”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“This was what people wanted: They wanted it all. They wanted to fit you in a box. Hold you in the palm of one hand. Sum you up in one sentence. The shorter, the better. So they could understand who you were and the role you were intended to play for their benefit.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“The truest type of story is the kind you tell all alone, to yourself.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“How many of us were outrunning something?”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“This was another truth I discovered back then: A story about you doesn't necessarily belong to you. It belongs to the writer. To the witness. To the teller.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“You become the stories you tell—I’d learned that much from my mother. The truest type of story is the kind you tell all alone, to yourself.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“It was so easy to let someone care for you.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“There was a fine line between envy and hatred, between intimidation and aggression, a line you can slide across so easily - from omissions to lies.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“Everyone wants to be a part of the story. Sell your words, your friends, your soul.
Watch what happens.
Be careful. There's no going back.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“Everyone wanted the story, and oh, this was a good one. Proof of the dark side of humanity. Of hidden pasts. Of the mysteries buried at the heart of other people.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“Everyone wanted to save their own ass, present the perfect image. At the end of the day, we were all products to be consumed by the public, at their will.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“But people were like that - often you only got to see the shell. The surface calm. The charm.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“Looking back after so much time, Arden Maynor felt like a role I'd played once. A character I'd read about - her backstory in a book. Describe her in three words: brave; capable; survivor. Play the role until you believe it. Until you become it.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“People tended to fill in the blanks however they wanted. It was not my job to correct them.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“This was what people wanted: They wanted it all. They wanted to fit you in a box. Hold you in the palm of one hand. So they could understand who you were and the role you were intended to play for their benefit.”
― Megan Miranda , The Girl from Widow Hills

“Dr. Calvin Royce was someone who knew exactly what he looked like. He had probably perfected the angle and smile in the mirror. Slept with a teeth-whitening tray, or an eye mask, at the very least. When he crossed his leg over his knee, the bottom of his pants rose up to reveal a quirky neon green sock with dog bones, probably designed for disarming. A conversation starting point. A way in. I decided point-blank he was a sociopath.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“. . . sometimes, despite our best intentions, accidents happen anyway”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“When I moved away, every time the phone rang, it suggested that something had happened to her. I’d realized I couldn’t save her. None of us could. The only people we could save were ourselves.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills

“Or maybe it was just how she moved through her world—like everyone was an ally, a friend—how casually and easily she could make a connection. Sometimes, watching her, I got a flash of nostalgia for something that didn’t even exist.”
― Megan Miranda, The Girl from Widow Hills