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Family of Liars

E. Lockhart

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Not all pain is worth it,’ said Tipper. ‘Some pain is just pain.”

“Don’t pretend you would never hurt anybody.”

“Now that I am grown, I think don’t take no for an answer is a lesson we teach boys who would be better off learning that no means no.”

“we need you' means my sisters love me, they rely on me, the admire me.”

“Telling this story will be painful. In fact, I do not know if I can tell it truthfully, though I'll try. I have been a liar all my life, you see. It's not uncommon in our family.”

“Sometimes things are fragile. That's why they're valuable.”

“It’s joy,’ said Tipper. ‘I aim to live a joyful life, Carrie. And I think you should, too. I think maybe you’ve lost track of that, a little.”

“I don't even have my real face anymore, I don't even know who I see in the mirror.”

“No one in this family can see what's right in front of them.”

“I'd think of these images - people dying, a city drowning - instead of thinking about Rosemary, dying, drowning.”

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Book Keywords:

hurt, lies, pain, unreliable-narrator, grief

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