The Only One Left Quotes

“You're never alone when there's a book,' she used to say. 'Never ever.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Even a prison becomes comforting if it’s the only thing you know.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“But that’s not what you’re most curious about, is it? You want to know if I’m as evil as everyone says I am. The answer is no. And yes.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“You’re never alone when there’s a book nearby”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“But I knew that looks could be deceiving. And that even prisons could appear lovely if lit the right way.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“She’s capable of so little yet accused of so much, and I remain torn between wanting to protect her and the urge to suspect her.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“It's possible to love someone while hating something they've done.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“I’d also like to take a moment to salute the many caregivers out there working in hospitals, nursing homes, and in patients’ houses. These often-unsung heroes heal the sick and comfort the suffering on a daily basis, going about their work with diligence, dignity, and pride. You care. Thank you.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Lenora, the only one left, claimed to have had nothing to do with it.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“At seventeen, Lenora Hope I wonder if I should be scared. Hung her sister with a rope Because I am. Stabbed her father with a knife Even though there’s no reason to be scared. Took her mother’s happy life”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Men like him gobbled up all they could, leaving nothing for everyone else.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Yesterday, Mrs. Baker told me Hope’s End was a place where young women are given the benefit of the doubt. That’s not true everywhere. It’s true hardly anywhere.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Never show fear, Kit-Kat,” he whispered. “They can tell if you’re scared—and that’s when they sting.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Here, we give young women accused of terrible deeds the benefit of the doubt.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“It’s our lot in life, Kit-Kat,” he told me. “People like us toil. The rich bastards running everything make sure of that.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“By the front door is a table normally used for mail and car keys. On it sits a single sheet of paper bearing six typed lines. Holding my breath, I pick it up and begin to read. At sixty-nine, Virginia Hope Wrote her nurse this little note Thank you, dear, for saving me Now it’s time to let you be I take my leave, walking tall Knowing that I fooled them all”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“to himself. He claimed otherwise, of course. A peculiar trait among most self-important men is the need to try to hide their self-importance”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Ladies shouldn’t play pool,” she once told me. “Lucky for me I’m not a lady,” I replied.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“That by reading, whole worlds could be explored without ever leaving home. My father, on the other hand, warned me to get used to it. “It’s our lot in life, Kit-Kat,” he told me. “People like us toil. The rich bastards running everything make sure of that.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“It sounds like a floorboard, emitting the faintest of creaks. I sit up and scan the room, looking for—well, I don’t know what to expect. An intruder? A burglar? The mansion beginning its inevitable slide into the Atlantic? But there’s nothing to see.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Mr. Gurlain chose me because Lenora Hope is the one patient nobody—not even the police—will mind if I kill.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“My mother assured me not to worry. That by reading, whole worlds could be explored without ever leaving home.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“You want to know if I’m as evil as everyone says I am. The answer is no. And yes.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“I don’t even think you’re aware you’re doing it. But it’s obvious what’s happening. Your mother took her own life. How big of a role you played in that is still up for debate.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Wealthy we were. Happy? Not so much. And the house, though opulent, reflected that. It’s a cold place. An unwelcoming place. I know you can feel it. There’s little comfort to be found here. And all I wanted to do was meet”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Second, I’m not writing this so you’ll feel sorry for me. I neither want nor need your pity. I’m also not doing it to prove my innocence. That’s for others to decide, if and when I ever finish this.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“I honestly have no idea how to respond. Do I feel relaxed after being suspended without pay six months ago? Is it refreshing being forced to sleep in my childhood bedroom and tiptoe around my silent, seething father, whose disappointment colors our every interaction?”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“On the TV is a clip of President Reagan giving a speech about the economy”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Go to bed. Get a good night’s sleep. It will all make sense in the morning. Usually, she was right. Even when things still didn’t completely make sense, I often felt better in the morning.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left

“Então me preparo para uma noite em claro. Abastecida de café ruim e um bom livro, fico sem dormir por horas a fio.”
― Riley Sager, The Only One Left