Lisa M. Matlin > Quotes

“Maybe it's Maybelline.
Or maybe it's murder.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“I don't like sleeping alone, but God, it's better than the crushing loneliness of sleeping next to someone who doesn't want you night after night.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“You repeat what you don't repair.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“That's the thing about marriages, it taunts me. We all know the endings. Endings are loud. But we don't know about the middle.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“Most people sweep monsters under the bed. I pull the covers back and let them crawl in.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“That's him. Let's throw a rug over the issue. If you can't see it, then maybe all that ugliness isn't even there.
Maybe it's why he can't stand looking at me.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“Want a great deal on a house?
BUY ONE WHERE SOMEONE WAS MURDERED!”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“You shouldn't have bought the house, son. It doesn't want to be fixed, and it doesn't want you here. And it's going to make you pay.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“I have a shopping problem. And a bit of an alcohol issue. And oh, everything else. Doesn't take a therapist to realize I'm filling up the voids in my life with a whole lot of shit.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“I've never been the type to let consequences stop me. Until now, I saw that as a strength. And for the first time, I have an uneasy feeling that maybe it isn't.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“I've never kept a diary before, but I can see why people do it. It's lonely keeping secrets, but a blank page is secure and safe, and I've never had a safe place before.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“I honestly think I would rather die than start over again.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“If there's one thing I've learned, it's that we have no clue what horror is coming for us. Especially from those we love...”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“My husband’s eyes drift to the pillow-sized bloodstain on the floor. It’s impossible not to stare at it. I wonder if he’s imagining it—the morning after the murder, the blood all glossy red like lipstick. Maybe it’s Maybelline. Or maybe it’s murder.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“But was it grief? Or was it guilt?”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“The property has a barren feel to it, like the very ground is grieving. LIke it's stuck in the memory of that day.
And yet the house itself seems detached from the misery. Like it doesn't give a shit what happened here all those years ago. LIke it wouldn't care if it happened again.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“He’s six now and still hates everything with an inexhaustible passion, and I really admire him for that. My boy.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“What on earth does a therapist want with a murder house?”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs

“The property has a barren feel to it, like the very ground is grieving. LIke it's stuck in the memory of that day.
And yet the house itself seems detached from the misery. Like it doesn't give a shit what happened here all those years ago. Like it wouldn't care if it happened again.”
― Lisa M. Matlin, The Stranger Upstairs