Alexandra Andrews > Quotes

“You shouldn’t have to TRY to like things . . . It’s like people who force themselves to finish a book they’re not enjoying. Just close it! Go find another story!”
― Alexandra Andrews, Who Is Maud Dixon?

“She was so hemmed in all the time by timidity and insecurity that every once in a while some self-destructive impulse in her demanded brash action. It was the same impulse that had made her send those photos to Simon. She had no control over it.”
― Alexandra Andrews, Vem är Maud Dixon?

“He had touched her tenderly, accommodatingly, in a way she found slightly revolting.”
― Alexandra Andrews, Who is Maud Dixon?

“I learned early on that you always need a plan. Fate is punishment for the ill prepared.”
― Alexandra Andrews, The Fine Art of Lying: A Novel

“Was it possible to be a bad person and a good mother? She knew she was a bad wife; that was a given, But could she still be a good mother?”
― Alexandra Andrews, The Fine Art of Lying: A Novel

“When you're able to arrange almost every aspect of your life exactly how you want it, the few inconveniences that remain will drive you crazy, in the same way that a single crooked picture frame is often more vexing than a room in total disarray.”
― Alexandra Andrews, The Fine Art of Lying: A Novel

“But gratitude, she was starting to suspect, was not quite the same thing as happiness.”
― Alexandra Andrews, The Fine Art of Lying: A Novel