One of Us Is Back Quotes

“I’m going to marry you, Bronwyn Rojas. Just so you know.” She puts her hands on either side of my face and pulls me close enough to kiss. But first, she says, “Oh, I know.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“What is Bayview best known for? Revenge.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“It doesn’t matter how many times she smiles at me like that; I still forget how to breathe for at least a few seconds.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Luis shoots her a look that’s half admiration, half alarm. “Sometimes I don’t know whether to be turned on or terrified by you,” he says. Maeve smiles serenely. “Both is fine.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Do you have any idea how much I love you?” he asks roughly. “I do,” she says, her voice softening. “I love you too.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“There has to be a whole other level of pain when your soul gets ripped in half.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“It's unreal how fast the inner voice you thought was gone can jump back into your head to tell you how much you suck.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“I don’t understand how you can look at someone who’s obviously hurting and think, You know what this person needs? More time in their own head.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“I don't mind being single -- I've come to love it, in a lot of ways -- but I want it to be by choice.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“why would I have a snow scraper when we live in Southern California,”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Lately, that bonding mostly consists of coming up with grandmother names that won’t make her sound old. Current leader: Gigi, because Mom refuses to consider my suggestion of Insta Gram.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Nonny offered to give him a down payment for a new car—apparently, she bought a lot of Apple stock in the nineties”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“You know is code for cover for me.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Sometimes I don’t know whether to be turned on or terrified by you,”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“There’s nothing scarier than letting people see the parts of yourself that you wish weren’t there.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“the potential budding sociopath”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Most people aren’t malicious; they’re afraid. There’s nothing scarier than letting people see the parts of yourself that you wish weren’t there.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“Bronwyn, I know you have a five-year plan and a ten year plan and so do I. I have a fifty year plan, and you're in it. It revolves around you mostly. Because I've been in love with you since the fifth grade, and thats never going to change.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“If Jake Riordan touches a single hair on Bronwyn's head, it'll be the last thing he ever does. I'll kill him.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“fucking”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back

“What. The. Hell,”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Back