The House Across the Lake Quotes

“there’s no such thing as happily ever after. There’s only happy for a short period of time before everything falls apart.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Do you always do that?” she asks.
“Do what?”
“Make a joke to avoid talking about your true feelings?”
“Only ninety percent of the time,” I say.
“I make jokes because it’s easier to pretend I’m not feeling what I’m feeling than to actually feel it.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Why bother if you’re not going to give it your all?”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“I make jokes,” I say, “because it’s easier to pretend I’m not feeling what I’m feeling than to actually feel it.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“No matter how much you look, something just beneath the surface will always remain hidden. I should know. I’ve been watching.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“After all, following someone on social media is just a more acceptable form of spying.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Maybe I’m not looking for trouble. Maybe I am the trouble.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Memories, though, are a different matter. They’re filled with ghosts.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“The lake is darker than a coffin with the lid shut,” she’d say. “And as deep as the ocean. If you sink under, you’ll never come back up again. You’ll be trapped forever.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Alcoholism is an occupational hazard of being an actor, of being a widow, and of being alone. And I’m all three.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“At night, you can’t see your reflection on the water. Centuries ago, before people knew any better, it was a common belief that reflective surfaces could trap the souls of the dead.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“But I’m not an alcoholic. I can quit at any time. I just don’t want to. To prove it to myself, I set the bourbon down, keeping my hand close to the glass but not touching it. Then I wait, seeing how long I last before taking a sip. The seconds tick by, me counting each one in my head the same way I did when I was a girl and Marnie wanted me to time how long she could stay underwater before coming up for air. One Mississippi. Two Mississippi. Three Mississippi. I make it to exactly forty-six Mississippis before sighing, grabbing the glass, and taking a gulp. As I swallow, I’m struck by a thought. One of those insights I usually drink to avoid. Maybe I’m not looking for trouble. Maybe I am the trouble.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“I think he did it, but I just can’t prove it. —Taylor Swift, “No Body, No Crime”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“I avoid all forms of social media, which are basically hazardous waste sites with varying levels of toxicity.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“When the land and water and sky conspire to take your breath away.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“What is marriage but a series of mutual deceptions?”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“The only differences here are that Boone isn’t a local, my heart’s too shattered to melt, and there’s no such thing as happily ever after. There’s only happy for a short period of time before everything falls apart.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“On the surface, it was a bright day.
Just below, the night waited”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“It’s got a surreal Little Mermaid vibe to it. Like I’m a prince transfixed by a siren I’ve just plucked from the sea.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“No matter how much you look, something just beneath the surface will always remain hidden.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“You know the lake is haunted, right? No, Marnie, it isn’t. Memories, though, are a different matter. They’re filled with ghosts.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“I’m not an alcoholic. I can quit at any time. I just don’t want to.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“My heart’s too shattered to melt, and there’s no such thing as happily ever after. There’s only happy for a short period of time before everything falls apart.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“It must have happened right after I left for work. She either tripped or lost her balance. A freak accident.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“avoid all forms of social media, which are basically hazardous waste sites with varying levels of toxicity. I have enough”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“And new friends aren’t easy to come by once you hit your thirties.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“The husband pretending to like the sofa his wife picked out. The wife who watches her husband’s favorite show even though she quietly despises it.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Make a joke to avoid talking about your true feelings?”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“Recently, we’ve come to believe they’re all victims of the same person. Someone who’s been in the area on a regular basis for at least two years.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake

“This is wrong, I think as I continue to stare. So very wrong.”
― Riley Sager, The House Across the Lake