Nine Perfect Strangers Quotes

“I think it’s a very brave thing to do. To start a new life in a new country.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“This was more like a funeral, although even funerals weren't this silent as people murmured their condolences. She was paying to be here and it was worse than a funeral.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“He thought walking away was a good thing to do. A mature, manly thing to do. To disengage and give her time to calm down. He kept getting these things wrong.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“It’s just good manners. You don’t take your fight to a party. It’s no one else’s business.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“She couldn’t shake the feeling that if she didn’t record this moment on her phone then it wasn’t really happening, it didn’t count, it wasn’t real life.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“but then one day Jessica went out to lunch with her and didn’t offer to pay the bill, and now they weren’t talking. Jessica’s heart clenched as she thought about it. She always paid the bill. Always. It was the one time she didn’t and supposedly that was unforgivable.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“The requests often had a passive-aggressive edge: “Ten thousand dollars is probably small change to you but it would mean a huge amount to us.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“And then I got married and had kids and I got totally swallowed up by this ‘Mum’ persona. We were only meant to have two, but my husband wanted a son, so we kept trying, and I ended up with four girls—and then out of the blue, my husband said he wasn’t attracted to me anymore and he left.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“You’ll meet someone else. You don’t need a man to complete you. Your body does not define you. You need to fall in love with you.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“Sometimes your life changes so slowly and imperceptibly that you don’t notice it at all until one day you wake up and think: How did I get here? But other times life changes in an instant, with a lightning stroke of good or bad luck, with glorious or tragic consequences.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers