Quote by Chris Pavone

“People who were too outgoing made her suspicious. She couldn't help but presume that all the loud noise was created to hide quiet lies.”

— Chris Pavone

“Every movement was sure and steady, and she always walked with purpose and seemed alert and ready for anything. I didn’t know if these…

— Maya Bode

“...She looked at the people around her and felt not just that she was surrounded by strangers, but that she herself was strange, somehow,…

— Daphne Kalotay

“He did not suggest that she sit quietly and get to know herself so she could be all the company she needed.”

— Louise Penny

“But even thinking that brought on an incredible isolation, a suspicion she'd always had, she didn't belong anywhere, she was going to outlive everyone…

— Philipp Meyer

“She had spent the night planning and now that it was time, she hardly thought at all. It was as if she were standing…

— Celeste Ng

“For a long time, as I waited for her to return, I believed she knew I was there behind the trees and that this…

— Aminatta Forna

“Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It…

— Alice Sebold

“She wanted to tell them that whatever happened, whatever they chose, one day they would have to come awake, everyone would have to stand…

— Madeleine Thien

“She didn’t want to try to explain that she was always disoriented, that she never, ever felt truly comfortable, even in her own home.…

— Ameera Al Hakawati

“She drove as though a fortune-teller had warned her about the day.”

— Timothy Hallinan

“Tomorrow. Although she knew better than to trust the word, hope like habit was difficult to break.”

— JoDee Neathery