The Dead Guy Next Door Quotes

“Life is an adventure to be lived, not a series of repetitive days to survive.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Just goes to show you can say anything you want, but that don’t make you a different person than what you are down deep.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“She’d saved his life, then saved him a taco. If this wasn’t love, he knew jack shit about romance.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Was it weird that she was terrified and turned on at the same time? Could Nick fight off an intruder if most of his blood was in his pants?”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“I don’t want you anywhere near that shithole,” he insisted. “That’s what she said,” she shot back. “Not funny.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Getting shot sucks almost as much as running.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“You seem to carry an unusually large burden of hate and disappointment for such a small person,” he observed. “Have you tried meditation?”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“But no. She’d made one stupid mistake, one seemingly innocent decision, and now she was going to end up in the Susquehanna River in a stolen truck full of weirdos.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“The best gifts are the ones you don’t ask for. Maybe you should stop trying to return it. Unwrap it. Open it up. Try it on.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“People defraud. People do bad things to advance their own agendas, and they take advantage of other people.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Think of it as an adventure,” he advised. “And if you’re a good girl, I’ll buy you dinner and snacks.” “I do like snacks,” she mused.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Up close, her eyes were the color of bourbon.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“The marketing department had cheaped out. Sure, they looked okay on the outside, and they mostly did the job you’d expect. But each pen had between thirty-five and forty-two clicks in it before the spring mechanism exploded. One of their more nervous sales reps had nearly lost an eye in the middle of a big pitch.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Another reason why she liked him. He was nicer to her family than she was.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Little Amps was a hip coffee shop that roasted its own beans and attracted the kinds of people who enjoyed the inconvenience of not going through a chain drive-thru. The coffee was excellent. But the parking was stupid.”
― Lucy Score, Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door

“Life is an adventure to be lived”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“He wasn’t looking for “something,” and Riley Thorn was a “something” kind of girl. She was the kind of girl who deserved dinner dates who showed up on time and someone who remembered birthdays and anniversaries. Someone who’d be home by 5:30 every night and volunteer to coach T-ball.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“«Qualcuno ha appena cagato una puzzola?», chiese la signora Penny.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“«Gli esseri umani trovano sempre qualcosa di sbagliato nel qui e ora.»”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“Succedevano cose brutte quando le persone si aprivano. La gente non voleva davvero che tu fossi reale e vulnerabile. Voleva che stessi zitta e facessi quello che dovevi fare.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“«È qui che le nostre convinzioni divergono, Riley», disse lui. «La vita è un’avventura da vivere, non una serie di giorni tutti uguali».”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“«Non puoi proteggere gli altri da loro stessi. Non va mai a finire come vorresti».”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“E tu non puoi rinunciare a farti valere e aspettarti che la tua vita migliori.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“Il tuo cervello deve essere un posto molto faticoso in cui vivere.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“Il pavimento le pareva un bel posto per raggomitolarsi e morire.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“A volte il karma se la prende comoda.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“Puoi dire tutto quello che ti pare, ma ciò non ti rende una persona diversa da quella che sei nel profondo.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“Your brain must be an exhausting place to be,” he predicted. “You have no idea,” she said.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“She walked until she got hungry—about half a mile—”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door

“I don’t give a rat’s ass about some fake boyfriend,” Roger shouted for Riley’s benefit. “This is all your mother.” “You do too care, Roger,” Blossom shot back. “She’s just doing this so someone can help me move the couch again,” Roger yelled. Blossom was infamous for inviting guests to dinner with ulterior motives. She’d once invited their gastroenterologist neighbor over for cocktails and proceeded to grill the woman about acid reflux.”
― Lucy Score, The Dead Guy Next Door