The best hiding spots are not the most hidden; they're merely the least searched. — Chris Pavone Hiding Copy Share Image
I live in Greenwich Village in New York City, but I rarely write at home, where there's too much else to do. — Chris Pavone City Copy Share Image
“She began to sacrifice that old identity to live in her new one. It was the new life, after all, that everyone… — Chris Pavone Life Copy Share Image
“I don’t want you to explain. I want you to convince me I’m wrong. Or admit I’m right.” — Chris Pavone Convince Copy Share Image
“People who were too outgoing made her suspicious. She couldn't help but presume that all the loud noise was created to hide… — Chris Pavone Heart Copy Share Image
“Back before her life had begun to unravel. Or before she knew it was unraveling.” — Chris Pavone Heart Copy Share Image
“I was young, and I was damaged, and I couldn’t imagine being not young, and not damaged.” — Chris Pavone Damaged Copy Share Image
“But Kate was wide awake, chased by the same demon that haunted her regularly, especially when she was trying to forget it.” — Chris Pavone Haunted Copy Share Image
“You can’t have the money.” Kate says. The dark red wine has already spread through the cloth, tendrils reaching out through the… — Chris Pavone Money Copy Share Image
At home, I tend to read print, and most of the time, that means recently released hardcover novels. I enjoy the feel… — Chris Pavone Back Copy Share Image
“Once you see some things, you can never forget them. If you don't want to have to see them for the rest… — Chris Pavone First place Copy Share Image
After years of working on books, I eventually took a more business-oriented job, for the same sorts of reasons that most people… — Chris Pavone Books Copy Share Image
“So she forgave him. And instead she berated herself for her suspicion, for her snooping. For the things she promised herself she… — Chris Pavone Heart Copy Share Image
“A liar doesn't want to think that other people are liars, because then the other people should suspect her of lying too,… — Chris Pavone Liar Copy Share Image
I use an e-reader when I'm traveling: I love carrying dozens of books on a small lightweight device, and I'm still amazed… — Chris Pavone Books Copy Share Image
“The new man was again staring at her, staring at him, challenging her, knowing that she was considering him, wanting her to… — Chris Pavone Staring Copy Share Image
Having 'The Expats' not be 'wholesale-y' rejected by the world made it possible for me to write the second book and have… — Chris Pavone Accident Copy Share Image
“Kate had always known that she herself was a strong woman. But it never occured to her that there were strong women… — Chris Pavone Children Copy Share Image
“You talking about computer weaknesses?" "Yes. But also human weaknesses." "Meaning what?" "Meaning the types of weaknesses that make humans let down… — Chris Pavone Computers Copy Share Image
“This was a bizarre moment: this crossing-over from a hypothetical plan to a concrete caper, giving in to what may turn out… — Chris Pavone Reasonable doubt Copy Share Image
Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2. — Chris Pavone Book Copy Share Image
“So my sister, she slipped through the cracks of the disaster of our family. She became her own disaster.” — Chris Pavone Family Copy Share Image
“On the semi-frozen river below, a duck quacked insistently, sounding like a grumpy old man agruing with a cashier.” — Chris Pavone Duck Copy Share Image
I try to construct each of my novels around one central theme - core tensions shared by the characters. — Chris Pavone Around Copy Share Image
“The embarrassment that you weren't independent, your decisions not your own to make.” — Chris Pavone Embarrassment Copy Share Image
“What she did know, unfortunately, was that she had to reconsider everything she'd ever willed herself to believe about her husband.” — Chris Pavone Marriage Copy Share Image
“Even if they'd known that an attack had just been struck by one of their parents, they'd also have known that it… — Chris Pavone Attack Copy Share Image
Every book that doesn't first have to get past a gatekeeper or two, or 10, before being put in front of the… — Chris Pavone Being Copy Share Image
“She understood that he had to work, and he had to travel. But what he didn't have to do was be absent… — Chris Pavone Absent Copy Share Image
Everyone has secrets, and I think some people flee from home - far from home - to try to keep those secrets. — Chris Pavone Home Copy Share Image
“A waiter visited to find out if everything was okay. A preposterous question.” — Chris Pavone Preposterous Copy Share Image
“It was impossible to understand how brief it is. It seemed like youth would last so long; it would last forever. But… — Chris Pavone Blink Copy Share Image
“But quitting didn't change what she'd already done. The piece of her past that she'd never be able to outrun.” — Chris Pavone Change Copy Share Image
“She stared at this first bit of positive proof, the entrance to the rabbit hole from which she might never reemerge.” — Chris Pavone Heart Copy Share Image
“This he thinks is the secret to New York City’s vast productivity: everyone works all the time to avoid facing their loneliness.” — Chris Pavone Loneliness Copy Share Image
“After all, she herself had done the very worst thing imaginable. And she was a good person. Wasn’t she?” — Chris Pavone Good person Copy Share Image
“Whatever her husband had done, it couldn't be as bad as what she herself had done.” — Chris Pavone Heart Copy Share Image
“For the first time in memory, the silence between them wasn’t filled with layers upon layers of lies.” — Chris Pavone First time Copy Share Image
Expats are a self-selecting group of outgoing, confident people - if you're not those things, you probably don't choose this adventure -… — Chris Pavone Adventure Copy Share Image
“She knows that one of the most dangerous, self-destructive indulgences is to go around proving how smart you are. It’s the type… — Chris Pavone Dangerous Copy Share Image
