Quotes from One of Us Is Lying

“Things'll get worse before they get better.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from 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, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“I don't know why it's so hard for people to admit that sometimes they're just assholes who screw up because they don't expect to get caught.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from 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, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Unless one of us is lying. Which is always a possibility.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from 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, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“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, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“I want to kiss her more than I want air.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“If I'm not thinking about one shit storm, I have to think about another.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Some people are too toxic to live. They just are.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Bronwyn: Well, I'd like to try. I f you want to. Not because we're thrown together in this weird situation and I think you're hot, altough I do. But because you're smart, and funny, and you do the right thing more often than you give youerself credit for. I like your horrible taste in movies and the way you never sugarcoat anything and the fact that you have an actual lizard. I'd be proud to be your girlfriend, even in a nonoffical capacity while we're, you know, being investigated for murder. Plus, I can't go more than a few minutes without wanting to kis you, so - there's that.

Nate: You're doing better than me. I never stop thinking about kissing you.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“We could be surrounded by walking dead in the zombie apocalypse and she’d look for the bright side.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“I have to figure out a way to live with that, and it won't be by not forgiving other people's mistakes.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from 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, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“The first seven years of the Joshua tree's life, it's just a vertical stem. No branches," she told me while we were hiking. "It takes years before it blossoms. And every branching stem stops growing after it blossoms, so you've got this complex system of dead areas and new growth."
I used to think about that, sometimes, when I wondered what parts of her might still be alive.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

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

“You're not going to wither up and die from this, Addy," Ashton lectures me as she shoves me toward the shower. "He doesn't get to erase you from the world.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Honestly, I don’t care what we do. I just want to stay wrapped around him for as long as possible, fighting sleep and forgetting about the rest of the world.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Like we're some kind of hip high school murder club without a care in the world.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“She cocks her head at me and adds, "I don't need your commentary if you disagree, by the way."

I hold up my hands. "Wasn't going to say a word, Addy."

"When did you even start knowing my name," she deadpans.

I grin at her. "You've gotten kinda feisty since you lost all the hair. And the boyfriend.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“You don’t think about what’s outside. Or who. Especially if she’s better off forgetting you exist.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“No matter how awful the rest of my life is, my hair still manages to look good.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Sure, sure. No rush, no pressure. It’s entirely up to you, Cooper.”

People always say that but it doesn’t feel true.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“I’m kidding, but Bronwyn goes rigid. “How can you say that?” Her cheeks get red, giving her that flushed look that always unsettles me. She’ll surprise you one day with how pretty she is. My mother used to say that about Bronwyn.

My mother was wrong, though. There’s nothing surprising about it.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“So our crew is back to being all girls, and stays that way for the rest of lunch. The only other guy who’d sit with us never bothers making an appearance in the cafeteria. But I pass Nate in the hallway afterward, and all the questions bubbling in my brain about Simon, Leah, and Janae disappear when he gives me a fleeting grin.

Because God, it’s beautiful when that boy smiles.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“I let myself out and climb onto my bike, putting on my helmet. As soon as it’s clipped tight I push up the kickstand and I’m pedaling hard down Jake’s driveway. Once my heart finds a comfortable pounding rhythm, I remember how it almost beat out of my chest when I confessed to cheating on Jake. I’d never felt so trapped in my life. I thought I’d feel the same way in his living room today, waiting for him to tell me again I’m not good enough.

But I didn’t, and I don’t. For the first time in a long time, I feel free.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

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

“I wonder if I could have done the same—bluffed and brazened my way through this whole nightmare without telling Jake the truth. Then I look at my sister, chuckling with the guy behind the coffee counter in a way she never did with Charlie, and remember how careful and contained I always had to be around Jake. If I was going to the party tonight I’d have to wear something he picked out, stay as late as he wanted, and not talk to anyone who might make him mad.

I miss him still. I do. But I don’t miss that.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Another long silence descends while I try to gather my thoughts. I should be angrier, probably. I should demand proof of his trustworthiness, even though I have no idea what that would look like. I should ask lots of pointed questions designed to ferret out whatever other lies he’s told me.

But the thing is, I do believe him. I won’t pretend I know Nate inside and out after a few weeks, but I know what it’s like to tell yourself a lie so often that it becomes the truth. I did it, and I haven’t had to muddle through life almost completely on my own.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

“Well.” I’m quiet for a few seconds, weighing whether I’m about to make a giant mistake. Probably, but I plow ahead anyway. “I’d like to try. If you want to. Not because we’re thrown together in this weird situation and I think you’re hot, although I do. But because you’re smart, and funny, and you do the right thing more often than you give yourself credit for. I like your horrible taste in movies and the way you never sugarcoat anything and the fact that you have an actual lizard. I’d be proud to be your girlfriend, even in a nonofficial capacity while we’re, you know, being investigated for murder. Plus, I can’t go more than a few minutes without wanting to kiss you, so—there’s that.”
― Karen M. McManus, quote from One of Us Is Lying

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