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The Lies We Hide QUOTES

The Lies We Hide QUOTES

1 " In Blackpool, that midsummer’s night, with Ted Watson, a man I ceased to call father a long time ago. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

2 " Motivations are mysterious things; what we do and why. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

3 " What she did, what she gave, every day of her life, formed me every bit as much as my education did. I did not know that then, growing "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

4 " Men have always murdered, baited each other in packs. From Shakespeare to the latest gritty TV drama – gangs, senseless rivalries, war. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

5 " But actually, it occurs to him, he’s not done anything he regrets. His regrets come from all that he did not do, all that he did not say. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

6 " Sound has nothing to sink into, smell has nowhere to dissipate. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

7 " Not that she isn’t grateful; just that she wonders if gratitude is ever free from shame, since the two seem much the same to her now. She fights off this shame as best she can. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

8 " marvel at his capacity for drink. He is, let’s face it, a functioning alcoholic in medical terms, "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

9 " He sees now that she stifles laughter almost every time she speaks, as if the gravity of her workplace has her teetering on a brink between hilarity and madness. She is, he realises, quite possibly as shy as he "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

10 " In families, we assume roles without even knowing we’re doing it. We fill in the blanks. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

11 " Half of him wants to save it until he finds the perfect moment, but the other half knows that waiting for the perfect moment is a dangerous, dangerous game. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide

12 " Once we glimpse the possibility of change, we come alive to all that we cannot bear in our current situation. "

― S.E. Lynes , The Lies We Hide