The Lies We Hide Quotes

“Motivations are mysterious things; what we do and why.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“Half of him wants to save it until he finds the perfect moment, but the other half knows that waiting for the perfect moment is a dangerous, dangerous game.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“He sees now that she stifles laughter almost every time she speaks, as if the gravity of her workplace has her teetering on a brink between hilarity and madness. She is, he realises, quite possibly as shy as he”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“marvel at his capacity for drink. He is, let’s face it, a functioning alcoholic in medical terms,”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“But actually, it occurs to him, he’s not done anything he regrets. His regrets come from all that he did not do, all that he did not say.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“What she did, what she gave, every day of her life, formed me every bit as much as my education did. I did not know that then, growing”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“Once we glimpse the possibility of change, we come alive to all that we cannot bear in our current situation.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“In families, we assume roles without even knowing we’re doing it. We fill in the blanks.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“Men have always murdered, baited each other in packs. From Shakespeare to the latest gritty TV drama – gangs, senseless rivalries, war.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“Not that she isn’t grateful; just that she wonders if gratitude is ever free from shame, since the two seem much the same to her now. She fights off this shame as best she can.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“Sound has nothing to sink into, smell has nowhere to dissipate.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide

“In Blackpool, that midsummer’s night, with Ted Watson, a man I ceased to call father a long time ago.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Lies We Hide