I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this… — Alissa Nutting Books Copy Share Image
If you're a beautiful Caucasian woman, and you commit a heinous crime, it's like people don't want to acknowledge the reality of… — Alissa Nutting Acknowledge Copy Share Image
Luckily I'm on prescription drugs that prevent me from worrying about anything too much. — Alissa Nutting Drug Copy Share Image
My poor family. I try to protect them from my work. My parents are very religious, and my brother and sister are… — Alissa Nutting Alleys Copy Share Image
“She often pictured her sadness as an IV cart she had to wheel everywhere she went, its bag dripping a heavy fluid… — Alissa Nutting Sadness Copy Share Image
“I smiled as our hands pressed against one another in midair, as though we were pretending to touch through invisible glass. We… — Alissa Nutting Bare skin Copy Share Image
It was just such a complete shock to turn on the news one day and see someone that you know, someone you… — Alissa Nutting Books Copy Share Image
“He seemed to understand that resolution didn’t need to have anything to do with truth, and to choose a sense of harmony… — Alissa Nutting Peace Copy Share Image
Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's… — Alissa Nutting Categories Copy Share Image
I'm a big people pleaser; I had a very awkward adolescence. Part of me is still that person who wants everyone to… — Alissa Nutting Adolescence Copy Share Image
I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far… — Alissa Nutting Drama Copy Share Image
“My attorney rubbed his hand across his mustache and the corners of his lips several times, as though the allegation was a… — Alissa Nutting Piece of cake Copy Share Image
“Why am I always the nerd at the party? I am in my thirties and by now I should at least know… — Alissa Nutting Equality Copy Share Image
“It was nice to hear someone familiar. 'How have you been?' Hazel cleared her throat. 'So I need to start networking a… — Alissa Nutting Getting through life Copy Share Image
“There was something repulsive (and revealing) about talking on a cell phone while handling garbage. Why did anyone pretend human relationships had… — Alissa Nutting Cell phone Copy Share Image
“I take my old seat by the window and start rapidly boozing. The lights change colors in ways that suggest I'm going… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
“IV cart she had to wheel everywhere she went, its bag dripping a heavy fluid that was keeping her sick instead of… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
You know how some people are unlucky in love? I was always unlucky in exercise. I'd get into a relationship with a… — Alissa Nutting Breakup Copy Share Image
“A lot of people who know about the view from the tip-top of a bridge or tall building are dead, because they… — Alissa Nutting Beauty Copy Share Image
“She wanted to tell him everything: that her worst fears had come true, that her husband had managed to place a surveillance… — Alissa Nutting Fear Copy Share Image
“If she’d been smart enough to say, Your money is tempting but wow are you strange; I am too but let me… — Alissa Nutting Money Copy Share Image
exercise will never be my lover. Or even my friend. For me, a workout is more like an annoying coworker I have… — Alissa Nutting Annoying Copy Share Image
“His eyes took in the details of my body with a conflicted gaze that I knew well: even having seen all the… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I've seen men in $5,000 suits urinate in public fountains here. Las Vegas is the best place on earth. — Alissa Nutting Best place Copy Share Image
“I found that sometimes it was a relief to do something unattractive in private, to confirm that I’m deeply flawed when so… — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
