Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
Top 10 Best Quotes
“They say it's good to let your grudges go, but I don't know, I'm quite fond of my grudge. I tend it like a little pet.”
“All conflict can be traced back to someone’s feelings getting hurt, don’t you think?”
“I mean a fat, ugly man can still be funny and lovable and successful,” continued Jane. “But it’s like it’s the most shameful thing for a woman to be.” “But you weren’t, you’re not—” began Madeline. “Yes, OK, but so what if I was!” interrupted Jane. “What if I was! That’s my point. What if I was a bit overweight and not especially pretty? Why is that so terrible? So disgusting? Why is that the end of the world?”
“Every day I think, ‘Gosh, you look a bit tired today,’ and it’s just recently occurred to me that it’s not that I’m tired, it’s that this is the way I look now.”
“It’s because a woman’s entire self-worth rests on her looks,” said Jane. “That’s why. It’s because we live in a beauty-obsessed society where the most important thing a woman can do is make herself attractive to men.”
“Reading a novel was like returning to a once-beloved holiday destination.”
“Those we love don’t go away, they sit beside us every day.”
“Champagne is never a mistake.”
“Everyone wanted to be rich and beautiful, but the truly rich and beautiful had to pretend they were just the same as everyone else.”
“Nothing and nobody could aggravate you the way your child could aggravate you.”
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Book Keywords:
hurt-feelings, conflict, grudges
