Missing Person Quotes

“The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle.”
― John Green, Paper Towns

“The fourth man in the terrorist team was Conor Lenihan. Conor had been born in Catholic Belfast and brought up in the sectarian ways of his peers.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“Joanna had finally identified the terrorist who had kidnapped her son.”
― Michael Parker, The Eagle's Covenant

“It was best to be pined for when you went missing.”
― Mary O'Connell, Dear Reader: A Novel

“No relatives, no friends, nobody. Doesn't that seem strange to you? Someone disappears and no one gives a damn?”
― Rutu Modan, Exit Wounds

“We thought we'd seen the worst when those girls disappeared, but seeing, and not seeing, is a funny old thing. Even now, I don't know which is crueller in the end.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“Chicago was plagued with hundreds and hundreds of unsolved murders and missing persons cases. Lauren knew this was her purgatory, her reason for living to find them and set this right.”
― Cynthia Pelayo, Children of Chicago

“For a moment I breathe softly,
my heart dancing in memories
of your gentle words and touch.”
― Susan L. Marshall, Fleur of Yesterday

“I wish those who I love them would know and they are there.”
― Nabeel Temraz

“You married me for my brains? I can’t believe it.”
He grinned. “Well, among other things.”
“My charming personality?”
He chuckled. “Not exactly. You have the nicest looking legs ever.”
“What?”
“Hey! I can’t help it. I guess I’m just a leg man. Personality comes in second. Brains are third.”
“Brains are third?” she said in mock disappointment.
“So why did you marry me?”
“Hmmm.” Amelia tapped his lips. “Your sweet kisses were the main reason. The rest of you came as a package deal.”
“The rest of me?” he said incredulously. “Well, at least I’m a good kisser. I can live with that.”
― Linda Weaver Clarke, Mystery on the Bayou

“She struggled with all her might, but he was much too heavy and strong.
With a sigh, Amelia finally said, “You win. How can I defend myself in a situation like this?”
“That’s a good question.”
With a satisfied grin, he got to his feet and said, “I’ll show you.”
― Linda Weaver Clarke, Mystery on the Bayou

“After a long while, Rick cleared his throat and pulled over to the side of the road. He then turned to her and said, “Amelia sweetie, a lot of problems are caused because of a lack of communication. When you try to guess what the other is thinking, then that’s when you get into trouble. If we communicate, find time for one another, don’t take each other for granted, and even share responsibilities, it will bring us closer.”
“Share responsibilities?”
He nodded. “Sure. A man who thinks he’s too good to share with the chores needs to reevaluate his relationship with his wife.”
― Linda Weaver Clarke, Mystery on the Bayou

“He strummed a few chords and then sang:
You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray.
You’ll never know dear, how much I love you.
Please don’t take my sunshine away.
Rick sang one more verse, and when he was done, he winked at Amelia and smiled.”
― Linda Weaver Clarke, Mystery on the Bayou

“So many words, but none of them were enough. None of them brought those girls home.”
― Felicity McLean, The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

“Someone had to be missing a man in a brown suit.”
― Holly Throsby, Cedar Valley

“And then there were his eyes. I couldn’t see him anymore. When I looked at Mitchell, at his black pupils that I swear are brown, there seems to be an emptiness, as if they are eyeballs with no person behind them. It’s like some part of him is lost in sin, or the thousands of parties he has attended, shrooms, or some evil act no soul could recover from.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, The Goodbye Song

“They stop looking. Everyone stops looking.”
― Kat Ellis, Harrow Lake

“Maybe, like me, it's even more than the absence. The silence, maybe - the waiting for the phone call that never comes.”
― Kara Thomas, That Weekend

“Brain knows it's foolish, heart disagrees: Missing the one who left.”
― Vikrant Adams

“Quantum Girl Theory: Once she is gone, a missing girl becomes everything that everyone thinks she might be; our theories create her fate. She's a runaway, she's a maniac, she is bones shrouded in red cloth beneath an evergreen tree. She is a double, triple, quadruple exposure of any lifetime anyone could dream.”
― Erin Kate Ryan, Quantum Girl Theory

“I wasn’t surprised when I was told there were body parts. After reading the emails and knowing how
Marcela really felt about my dad, I could totally see her being capable of keeping souvenirs.”
― Robert Osborne, Malcom is Missing: A True Story of Murder and a Daughter's Quest for Justice in Mexico

“It was destiny, as inevitable as a fairy tale.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“,because she never seemed to settle at one address long enough to properly relocate her possessions. It was admittedly strange behaviour for a nearly forty-year-old.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“She had no idea how lonely it felt to be single.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“She wanted to tell her that you could still be lonely when you were married, that there had been times when she had woken up day after day crushed with loneliness, and still made breakfast.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“She was the worst liar in her family. She used to think it was because she was the youngest, and therefore everyone could see right through her feeble attempts at deceit thanks to their superior knowledge of how the world worked.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“But life goes on. We live to play another day.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“Gentle people snapped. People who were patient and kind in some circumstances were cruel and vicious in others.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“No regrets. Never waste time thinking about what could have been.”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall

“I didn’t dislike him. He’s one of those people you feel like you should like . . . It just…”
― Liane Moriarty, Apples Never Fall