Madison > Madison's Quotes

“Sometimes it seemed like the only thing I’d ever been good at was surviving being broken. I didn’t know how to be whole. So any time I felt like I was healing, I found a way to break myself again.”
― Kate Alice Marshall, What Lies in the Woods

“I keep my thoughts to myself because silence cannot be misquoted.”
― Alice feeney, Beautiful Ugly

“Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.”
― Alice Feeney, Beautiful Ugly

“The only thing I don’t like about being alone is the amount of time it forces me to spend with myself.”
― Alice Feeney, Beautiful Ugly

“Detective Patterson: I’m a parent. I understand. You can do everything correctly, by the book, and kids are still going to do things that make you scratch your head.”
― J.H. Markert, Sleep Tight

“But our atmospheres were so different we couldn’t enter each other’s orbits.”
― Sarah Pekkanen, House of Glass

“I believe evil is a natural force, like a hungry virus, perpetually swirling through the air and seeking places to infiltrate. Most of us bar the door against it. Others welcome it in.”
― Sarah Pekkanen, House of Glass

“Sometimes the lies are debunked. Other times they’re so ingrained in the public consciousness they might as well be truth.”
― Sarah Pekkanen, House of Glass

“I’m not afraid of being alone in the dark,” Luca whispers. “I’m afraid that I’m not alone.”
― Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

“People trust people with dogs. They do. There’s an inherent belief that dog people are good people.”
― Andrea Mara, Someone in the Attic

“The scariest monster is the one that hides in plain sight.”
― Megan Goldin, Dark Corners

“There's an old rule of thumb in prisons. Actually, it's more of a life lesson. Always know what you're walking into. Dark corners can be danger points.”
― Megan Goldin, Dark Corners

“Angry people do unpredictable things.”
― Kate Alice Marshall, A Killing Cold

“We all have violence inside of us. It needs only the right fuel.”
― Kate Alice Marshall, A Killing Cold

“I try to pretend I'm not as lonely as I feel.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“Never take anything you haven’t earned, my father used to say. You always end up paying for it one way or another.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“Every so often, life offers you a reset button. When it does, you need to press it as hard as you can.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“One time is an anomaly. Two times is a coincidence. Three times is proof.”
― Riley Sager, Lock Every Door

“Getting your heart broken is the privilege of being human,”
― Paula McLain, When the Stars Go Dark

“Because everyone wants to be looked for, whether they realize it or not.”
― Paula McLain, When the Stars Go Dark

“I wasn’t raised to acknowledge my own feelings, let alone stick up for myself like that.”
― Paula McLain, When the Stars Go Dark

“There are so many subtle ways we women subconsciously protect ourselves throughout the day; protect ourselves from shadows, from unseen predators. From cautionary tales and urban legends. So subtle, in fact, that we hardly even realize we’re doing them.”
― Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that, in the process, he does not become a monster. If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Stacy Willingham, A Flicker in the Dark