Kill Joy Quotes

“Pip found that—most of the time—other people only slowed you down. That was why she despised group projects.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“And it had been good, right up until the end. The whole world outside this house had disappeared; it had been just Pip and her mind and a problem to solve. Exactly the way she liked it. Exactly when she was most herself. But she’d been wrong. Pip hated being wrong.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“Celia Bourne, you are NOT the murderer.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“Cara’s dad is giving you a lift back. If you get home before Mum and I are back from the cinema, will you let the dog out for a wee?”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“It wasn’t me,” Ant said. “I didn’t break into that safe and I didn’t destroy that will.” “Mm-hmm,” Cara added. “Sounds exactly like what a murderer would say.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him.
'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said.
'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“it had been just Pip and her mind and a problem to solve. Exactly the way she liked it. Exactly when she was most herself. But she’d been wrong. Pip hated being wrong.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“Yes, yep.” He shook his head. “Sorry, kids, just thought I saw…someone. Got distracted. Very sorry.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“Smallpox,' ' Zach read aloud when the page was passed to him.
'It was eradicated by the nineteen eighties,' Pip said.
'Oi, no time travel.' Jamie whacked her on the head with his master booklet.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy (German edition): A Good Girl's Guide to Murder 4

“Pip found that-most of the time-other people only slowed you down. That was why she despised group projects.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“maybe it was safe to look up now. no one was watching her, but she felt watched anyway somehow, hairs prickling at the back of her neck.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy

“refusing to glance up in case anyone was watching her and somehow read the secret across her face. stole it from her head out through her eyes. stupid, she knew, but still, she didn't look.”
― Holly Jackson, Kill Joy