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“She's a princess and you're a jock," he says. He thrusts his chin toward Bronwyn, then at Nate. "And you're a brain. And you're a criminal. You're all walking teen-movie stereotypes.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“Everybody has secrets,' she says, taking a sip of her drink. 'That's nondebatable. The only question is whether you're keeping your own, or someone else's.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“These murder club meetings are becoming a regular thing. We need a new name, though.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“That's the kind of person you can get away with killing: someone everybody else wants dead.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“But you can’t change the past, you know? All you can do is try harder next time. So don’t give up on yourself just yet.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“You find out who your real friends are when stuff like this happens. Turns out I didn’t have any…”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“I guess we're almost friends now, or as friendly as you can get when you're not one hundred percent sure the other person isn't framing you for murder.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“I stand and hold out my hand. She gives me a skeptical look, but takes it and lets me pull her to her feet. I put my other hand in the air. 'Bronwyn Rojas, I solemnly swear not to murder you today or at any point in the future. Deal?'
'You're ridiculous,' she mutters, going even redder.
'It concerns me you're avoiding a promise not to murder me.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“I know what it's like to tell yourself a lie so often that it becomes the truth.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“How do you make that choice?" I ask almost to myself. "Between what you need and what you want?" I feel like my sister's going through her own version of that. Kris's eyes are on Cooper, too. "You hope they become the same thing, I guess.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“Who do you want to be? The guy who goes along or the guy who stands up? This is the time to decide.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“Sometimes, you don't know what you want until you see it.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“There are some things you can't undo no matter how good your intentions are.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying

“No matter how much you care about someone, things change when they used to be around all the time an then suddenly, they're not.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“We’re like the Kardashians, except without any money.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“Addy gives me hope, because even though her life fell apart when Simon’s blog revealed her worst mistake, she put things back together–better than before. She’s stronger, happier, and much closer to her sister. Addy is the queen of second chances, and right now I really need the reminder that those exist.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“I thought you’d look how you talk.” I’m not going to rise to the bait and ask her what she means, but she keeps going without prompting. “Like a constipated gnome.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“Family first, always.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“You gotta shoot your shot when it comes...Who knows if you'll get another chance?”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“Jonah,
I hear that you, Milly, and Aubrey are
doing well, and I am glad. Truly.
I bear you no ill will, and while I suppose it
is fanciful to imagine that you and your “cousins” might reciprocate that sentiment, I hope it is the case. From one imposter to another, I’d like to give you some words of advice: keep your parents far away from Anders Story’s new venture. I have a strong suspicion that it will one day, as they say, go up in flames.
Family first, always.
P.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“The Story family is seriously messed up.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“Hey, Uncle Archer,” I say. My mother’s youngest brother’s eyes widen in alarm as I add, “Are you the one who brought us here?”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“Anders turned, his eyes glittering in the moonlight. “Taking care of a problem.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“Your polishing off an entire plate of shrimp linguine when you have a shellfish allergy is what tipped me off.”
― Karen M. McManus, The Cousins

“Real men wear floral when trespassing”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“I'm not sure I'm the good girl i once thought i was . I've lost her along the way”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“women can be just as dangerous as men.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“I’m irrationally serious.” Pip smiled, holding the Tupperware out to him. “And I made muffins.” “Like bribery muffins?” “That’s what the recipe said, yeah.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“I’ve already learned my lesson here: when you catch someone lying about a murdered girl, you go ask them why.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“They were each other’s crutch to lean on when life got too much to carry alone.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder