The Girl from Widow Hills
Megan Miranda
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The truest type of story is the kind you tell all alone, to yourself”
“The truest type of story is the kind you tell all alone, to yourself.”
“This was what people wanted: They wanted it all. They wanted to fit you in a box. Hold you in the palm of one hand. Sum you up in one sentence. The shorter, the better. So they could understand who you were and the role you were intended to play for their benefit.”
“You become the stories you tell—I’d learned that much from my mother. The truest type of story is the kind you tell all alone, to yourself.”
“When I moved away, every time the phone rang, it suggested that something had happened to her. I’d realized I couldn’t save her. None of us could. The only people we could save were ourselves.”
“This was what people wanted: They wanted it all. They wanted to fit you in a box. Hold you in the palm of one hand. So they could understand who you were and the role you were intended to play for their benefit.”
“Or maybe it was just how she moved through her world—like everyone was an ally, a friend—how casually and easily she could make a connection. Sometimes, watching her, I got a flash of nostalgia for something that didn’t even exist.”
“It was so easy to let someone care for you.”
“Dr. Calvin Royce was someone who knew exactly what he looked like. He had probably perfected the angle and smile in the mirror. Slept with a teeth-whitening tray, or an eye mask, at the very least. When he crossed his leg over his knee, the bottom of his pants rose up to reveal a quirky neon green sock with dog bones, probably designed for disarming. A conversation starting point. A way in. I decided point-blank he was a sociopath.”
“. . . sometimes, despite our best intentions, accidents happen anyway”
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Book Keywords:
love, care, accidents, caring, life, intentions, someone
