“Would they have a life together anymore, after tonight? Or was this it? The end?” — Chris Pavone Life Copy Share Image
“She knew what he was thinking: if she was asking questions like these, she was trying to understand. Trying to forgive him.… — Chris Pavone Asking questions Copy Share Image
“As they’d agreed the night before on their cold balcony, scripting out this dialog, there would be three large lies in this… — Chris Pavone Communication Copy Share Image
There are plenty of paths to becoming a writer, but I think the most reliable ones involve total commitment: writing for magazines… — Chris Pavone Books 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
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
“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 hoped that a day would come when she wouldn’t be suspicious of everyone who walked by.” — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“They are permanent tourists, in Paris. Their life is a certain type of dream come true.” — Chris Pavone Dream come true Copy Share Image
“The dozen options on her oven’s dial included the likes of ober-unterhitze, intesivbacken, and schnellaufheizen. She loved the sound of insivbacken, so… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“A waiter visited to find out if everything was okay. A preposterous question.” — Chris Pavone 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
The best hiding spots are not the most hidden; they're merely the least searched. — Chris Pavone Hiding Copy Share Image
As an unpublished, nonprofessional writer working on my first novel, I nevertheless had access to extremely talented people who would help make… — Chris Pavone Better Copy Share Image
“There was a guy with extra millions in the bank. And he spent all his free time, all his energy, spending his… — Chris Pavone Business Copy Share Image
Although I did admire David Foster Wallace's final unfinished novel about boredom, I'm no DFW, and I want my books to be… — Chris Pavone Admire Copy Share Image
I had been very dismissive of popular fiction - in fact, I'd refused to read it. And then I started working on… — Chris Pavone Books Copy Share Image
“She was picking a fight because it was Thanksgiving, and she was not thankful.” — Chris Pavone Thankful Copy Share Image
“You're going to make a lot of money? In Luxembourg?" "Yes." "How?" "They have a shortage of great-looking men. So they're going… — Chris Pavone Money Copy Share Image
“That was not her husband; she knew him, and that was not him. But of course she didn’t really know him.” — Chris Pavone Marriage Copy Share Image
“Maybe he was wondering if they could make it, such liars, together. A marriage based on so many things that were not… — Chris Pavone Life 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
“She spent so much of her new life wanting to get a break from the kids, then the rest of her time… — Chris Pavone Life Copy Share Image
And everyone's in the same situation, basically: we're all finding our separate ways, together. — Chris Pavone Findings Copy Share Image
