The It Girl Quotes

“In books, a bad thing might happen on page 207, that was true. But it would always happen on page 207, no matter what. And when you reread, you could see it coming, watch out for the signs, prepare yourself.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“you’re never alone in a room filled with a thousand books.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“And like my dad always used to say, if work was meant to be fun, people wouldn’t pay you to do it.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“Don’t let yourself get caught up in what-ifs. That way madness lies.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“She feels the silent sympathy of the books. For a moment she has a visceral longing to pick up one of them, an old favorite perhaps, a novel she knows practically by heart—and sink into the pile of beanbags in the children’s section, shutting out the world.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“But posting on Facebook is a false kind of intimacy, and in real life they haven’t seen or spoken to each other for a long time”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“She had the kind of beauty that hurt your eyes if you looked at her for too long, but made it hard to tear your gaze away. It was, Hannah realized, as if a different kind of light were shining on her than on the rest of the room.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“The usual. Soft focus, syrupy memories of April and her potential. Sad-faced pictures of her friends and family pondering all they've lost. Anecdotes about punting and May balls and bright futures. And then some spicy detail, just to add a prurient kick to the piece—a hint of scandal, maybe. A student rivalry. A sniff of drugs, or promiscuity, or some other act of disreputable behavior, to give the reader a frisson of disapproval and the safe knowledge that this would never have happened to them.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“Maybe it wasn’t only John Neville who stole April’s life. Maybe she has done the same.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“What a beautiful view."
"Isn't it? We were so lucky. And we didn't even know it.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“black Dolcis heels her mum had bought her for formal events and interviews just before term started.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“She was being silly. He was probably just a lonely middle-aged man with no talent for taking a graceful brush-off. But one thing was for sure: she had absolutely no intention of asking John Neville for help, ever again.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“paper,”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“You’re not some kind of pregnant Miss Marple.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“It’s like someone has come in and taken over and everything is out of my hands and moving in a direction I don’t want and can’t control.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“Hannah said irritably,”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“must”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“the reassuringly boring minutiae of accountancy courses, house buying, money worries, and all the other mundane clutter of daily existence,”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“They’ll pull your life apart and stick it back together with vomit and shit, but it’ll still be more beautiful than you ever thought possible.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“The usual. Soft focus, syrupy memories of April and her potential.
Sad-faced pictures of h to add a prurient kick to the piece-a hint of scandal, maybe. A student rivalry. A sniff of drugs, or promiscuity, or some other act of disreputable behavior, to give the reader a frisson of disapproval and the safe knowledge that this would never have happened to them.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“she can’t quite force herself out of bed yet. She needs a moment to orient herself, remind herself of what’s real and what’s not.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“But perhaps that is why she loves him so much—the unattainability of him, the rare flashes of vulnerability that he reserves for her alone.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“Behind each door was a different sound. The silence of study; the laughter of friends congregating; the quiet thump of someone’s music,”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“You’ve done enough poking around, this is getting stupid. You’re not some kind of pregnant Miss Marple.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“She tries not to be judgmental about reading—No such thing as a guilty pleasure is Cathy’s motto, and it’s one Hannah largely subscribes to. Jeffrey Archer to Geoffrey Chaucer, Outlander to The Outsider—they all keep the wheels of publishing turning and money coming into the tills, and if they give someone a happy few hours, that’s good enough for her.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“The thought comes unbidden, rushing in like chill sea water racing up a beach to soak you unexpectedly.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“him.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“She has always felt safest surrounded by books.”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl

“I’m glad,” Hannah says again. And then, because the question is niggling at her,”
― Ruth Ware, The It Girl