Megan Lally > Quotes

“I’m not okay yet, but I’ll survive today. I’ll survive the days to come”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“The important thing is I have a tomorrow. I know who I am. The rest will come”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Get in, losers, we're going sleuthing”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Oh sure. Ditch school, impersonate a police station secretary, ambush a witness, get kicked out of a diner, steal security footage, cause an old lady emotional distress, and stay out all night—that’s all on the up-and-up, but sleeping in the same bed as a boy is where she finds an uncrossable line.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Life really goes to shit when everyone thinks you killed your girlfriend.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Wannabe Nancy Drew over here probably thought she’d get me to confess and then backflip out the window or something.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Never let them take you to a secondary location.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“You’re not Lola,”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Pot, meet kettle,” I mumble.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“He smiles. “Don’t worry. Nobody will see you.”
I can’t explain the stab of unease that sentence brings.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“You'll ruin your picture-perfect attendance if you take off in the middle of the day. The horror.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Hold on, you sanctimonious asshole!”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Where are you baby girl?
I scream and her head splits open, peeling away like a costume to reviel Wayne.
Staring.
Always staring.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I smile to hide my tornado of emotion.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I’ll punch Ted Bundy in the face if I have to.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I would do unspeakable things to get through this day faster.”
― Megan Lally, No Place Left to Hide

“A wish that everyone she loved would be okay.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I ghosted the girl who saved my life because she looked a little too much like the girl I threw to the wolves.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“What if he’s not my dad? What if I’m not Mary? What if that’s not my name?”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“The man who killed so many helpless girls was bested by a seventeen-year-old nationally ranked softball star in his own house. The corner of my mouth tugs up”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“She’s everywhere and nowhere at the same time.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I heard a rumor he was cremated and someone threw his ashes in the trash. I hope to god it’s true.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Get in, losers, we’re going sleuthing.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“You’re not Lola.
No…I’m not.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“You know, something about you looks so familiar. I can’t put my finger on it.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“You can find a way through even the toughest situation.”
― Megan Lally, No Place Left to Hide

“Mostly weathered Christian fiction and Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I don’t think those are mine.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“And that’s okay. Tomorrow it’ll be something else. The important thing is I have a tomorrow. I know who I am. The rest will come.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“Maybe you can also tell him I'm a Libra, and my sign is known for diplomacy, not murder.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name

“I think I might be dead.”
― Megan Lally, That's Not My Name