Anna-Lou Weatherley > Quotes

“And I wonder then, if there’s no one to witness your life, do you even exist at all?”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close

“But you can’t mimic truth. It exists in itself and it has a way of exposing itself.”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close

“Detective who’s still looking at her with a hint of menace”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close

“Father”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close

“swang”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“Most cult leaders are narcissists. They brainwash people. It’s done by intermittent reinforcement. Let’s say you kick a dog then give it a treat. The dog learns that to get the treat it has to first withstand the kick. Gradually the treats decrease while the kicks increase, but by then the dog has been conditioned to associate being kicked with receiving a treat so it will accept the punishment in the vain hope that one”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close

“this time, tries to distract him, stop him from talking. She really doesn’t want anyone to hear them. His weird little sister, Emily, is only in the next room and she can hear her stirring. Apparently, she’s got Asperger’s or autism or learning difficulties – anyway, she’s big for her age, huge in fact, and she sleepwalks and it creeps her out. She looks at him gazing down at her adoringly. Why did he have to complicate things by wanting everyone to know they were ‘together’? ‘You love me?’ She giggles softly into his pubic region, thrilled by the very idea that he believes this, knowing that she holds power over him.”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Night of the Party

“tweed jumpers,”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Night of the Party

“Yes. I am. I’m sorry, Evan; please forgive me. But we’re both to blame for…’ She stops herself short, doesn’t want to sound like she’s trying to make him responsible for her actions. She knows she’ll just have to wear it. ‘I know I shouldn’t have done this; I know it was wrong, but I don’t want to live a lie, and I don’t want you to, either. You deserve honesty; we both deserve to be happy – everyone does, don’t they?”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Stranger's Wife

“skin”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Night of the Party

“Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Pleasure Island

“And now that they have a whiff of a potential sex scandal, they’ll be digging like JCBs on speed”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“vodka”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Stranger's Wife

“beings”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“uniform.”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“titled,”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“mirror. He stared at it, its lens in full view, red light still flashing as it followed his movements.”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Pleasure Island

“figures”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Stranger's Wife

“effect”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“sill”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Stranger's Wife

“pursed”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close

“conjunction”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“once”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, Black Heart

“God only takes the good young,”
― Anna-Lou Weatherley, The Couple on Cedar Close