What I Never Told You Quotes

“And just like that we are talking about fictional problems in fictional worlds, where there is usually a happy ending and narrative growth for the protagonist; not sadness, solitude and more of the same as far as the eye can see”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You

“It is hard for me to see myself if those who are supposed to love me the most don't see me either. But now it is time I do start acknowledging my strengths and recognising my weaknesses not as failure, but as potential. It is time to stop doing everything I can to get them to notice me and start doing everything I can to notice myself”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You

“This was turning out to be one hell of a day. A helluva few weeks. Not too long ago, she had been content living her less than extraordinary life with her dull husband and disconnected family. Now it felt like she had been shoved off course. Everything was tilting and she couldn't make sense of anything anymore. She couldn't work out who was a hero and who was a villain. - And what was she?”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You

“But it would seem out of sight was not out of mind after all and some men didn't like to be told no. They didn't like to have their cake taken away from them when they were still hungry. They were like toddlers in that respect”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You

“He is such a hypocrite, sitting there, spooning scrambled eggs into his tight mouth. His lips are so used to being pursed, I'm surprised he can get the fork in”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You

“These were the people who should know her best. Her daughter, her stepchildren, her husband. But of course they only knew what she had chosen to let them see. And Helen was not a huge fan of the truth”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You

“Nothing good had ever happened to her here. And yet, she couldn't pull herself away. It was her home. As simple and as complicated as that”
― Dawn Goodwin, What I Never Told You