Kathryn Croft > Quotes

“I had never felt more alone. That was what happened when you let people in.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“I wasn’t a cat person. Or a dog person. Or an any animal person, but that didn’t mean I wanted any harm to come to them.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“People don't wear signs pointing them out as a wife beater or murderer. They're often the complete contrast of what we'd expect.”
― Kathryn Croft, While You Were Sleeping

“imagine being part of a pair, attached so firmly to someone that their life was entwined with mine,”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“You can’t erase the past but you can make sure your future isn’t dictated by it.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“For them today is another day without their daughter. I know that time will make things worse for them rather than easier; it does not heal the pain of a missing child. Instead, each passing day only diminishes hope, and gradually fades the image you hold of them.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl You Lost

“Perhaps when you were with someone you felt strongly about you just accepted their weirdness.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“You can’t erase the past but you can make sure your future isn’t dictated by it. Punishing yourself won’t change anything. And you’ve done that long enough.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“Houses have a different feel when you are alone in them. Silent and cold, no matter what time of the day or month it is.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Stranger Within

“Anyway, you’ll be all right now, Leah, I promise. Make a life for yourself. Don’t waste it. Don’t do what I’ve done. Neither of us should have to suffer any more than we already have.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“Everybody lies. I read that once. That no matter how moral and good we think we are, we all tell lies. It is only the scale of them that varies.”
― Kathryn Croft, While You Were Sleeping

“and the truth was you could know someone for years but not know them.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“But they are all false alarms. Whatever Nick is”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl You Lost

“About how I needed structure and ritual because I was scared of the unexpected.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“We reached a path, on either side of the pavement the trees leaning across so it looked as if they were kissing in the middle, above our heads. I”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“I didn’t expect her, or anyone else, to understand it but any disruption to my routine left me vulnerable. I needed order. Everything to be exactly as it should be, no deviations.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“anything. ‘You need to delete it, Zoe. I’m now even more convinced that this is just some bastard trying to torment you, and you can’t let him. Ethan didn’t do anything wrong.’ Although I expected Jake to say something like this, it is still a blow to hear him so easily dismiss any other possibility. ‘So that’s it? We should just ignore it? Pretend”
― Kathryn Croft, The Warning

“Everybody lies. I read that once. That no matter how moral and good we think we are, we all tell lies. It is only the scale of them that varies. I’m”
― Kathryn Croft, While You Were Sleeping

“what”
― Kathryn Croft, Two Mothers

“against my gut feelings and instead focus on becoming the perfect girlfriend.”
― Kathryn Croft, Behind Closed Doors

“I’ve always thought of water as being able to cleanse away more than just physical dirt so I run a steaming hot bath and watch as the bubbles froth and expand, floating out to cover the whole surface of the bath tub. As I sink into the scalding water, I imagine it is ridding me of all the emotions I’ve felt today. All the emotions I’ve felt over the last year. And finally I begin to relax.”
― Kathryn Croft, Behind Closed Doors

“kept an appointment with Dr Redfield. I had a vague memory”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“She claimed that in every relationship one person always loves the other more. There’s no perfect balance as we all want to believe. That just doesn’t exist. For example, there’s always one person who would cope better if the other left.”
― Kathryn Croft, The Other Husband

“her”
― Kathryn Croft, The Suspect

“be. Shall I make us some tea or coffee?’ While Maria boiled the kettle, I”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“how well do we ever know anyone?”
― Kathryn Croft, While You Were Sleeping

“People are good at masking things when they have to.”
― Kathryn Croft, Silent Lies

“I shivered at the sight, even”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“seemed”
― Kathryn Croft, The Girl With No Past

“Lies and secrets are only ticking time bombs, waiting for the moment they can wreak the most havoc.”
― Kathryn Croft, While You Were Sleeping