Payal Banik

“Drunk Rachel sees no consequences, she is either excessively expansive and optimistic or wrapped up in hate. She has no past, no future. She exists purely in the moment.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“Sometimes, I don’t want to go anywhere, I think I’ll be happy if I never have to set foot outside the house again.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“You’re like one of those dogs, the unwanted ones that have been mistreated all their lives. You can kick them and kick them, but they’ll still come back to you, cringing and wagging their tails. Begging. Hoping that this time it’ll be different, that this time they’ll do something right and you’ll love them.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train

“I felt isolated in my misery. I became lonely, so I drank a bit, and then a bit more, and then I became lonelier, because no one likes being around a drunk. I lost and I drank and I drank and I lost.”
― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train