Cate Holahan > Quotes

“The faithful often find themselves blindsided. They don't suspect anything because they can't imagine doing something so awful themselves.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“The past is always hiding behind the present, threatening to peek out and drag everything down.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“Investigating rule of thumb: people grumbled about work at home and about home at work.”
― Cate Holahan, The Widower's Wife

“Sex is never about getting off. It's a physical form of communication, stripped of the linguistic armor inside of which people cloak their true feelings. A person cannot have a sarcastic orgasm.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“Laughter is the only vaccine for crying. You shed a few tears instead of a thousand.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“behind him. “Any”
― Cate Holahan, The Widower's Wife

“But what is truth in a world where computer programs pen the news off press releases and online commentary? Where we can’t tell if a picture is real or if a video is a deepfake?”
― Cate Holahan, The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold

“I don't invent my characters. I steal them from my surroundings. To be a writer is to be a life thief. Every day, I rob myself blind.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“His irises seemed to melt into his pupils, two black holes rimmed with dying stars, sucking the light from the room, pulling her into darkness.”
― Cate Holahan, One Little Secret

“Unfettered, unregulated technological advances are chipping away at our collective purpose.”
― Cate Holahan, The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold

“My main characters are more extensions of my social circle than figments of my imagination. Each is fleshed out with characteristics of myself or my loved ones, endowed with unwritten parts stitched together from my own experiences and the secrets of those closest to me. These embezzled backstories dictate my characters' actions as much as my own personal history decides my emotional responses. I don't invent my characters. I steal them from my surroundings. To be a writer is to be a life thief. Every day, I rob myself blind.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“be careful about the news. Look for the facts between the “analysis.” Heroes and villains get the engagement; social media algorithms spread the stories people interact with most. Nuance takes mental energy. It’s not an easy click.”
― Cate Holahan, The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold

“once did he call, despite my messages dangling the prospect of good news from Sergeant Perez and apologizing for our argument. He could have”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“Expect the worst and you won't be surprised”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told

“I’m doing this because we shouldn’t let Zelos’s AI drop bombs on targets with some sort of equation for acceptable collateral damage. There should be people making those decisions. People who will have to live with themselves afterward.”
― Cate Holahan, The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold

“Geniuses often earn their titles because their brains work spectacularly well in specific areas, not because they do everything better than average.”
― Cate Holahan, The Kidnapping of Alice Ingold

“I may still be background furniture, but now I have a decorative pillow.”
― Cate Holahan, Lies She Told