240 Quotes by Paula Hawkins

A tiding of magpies: One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told

Hollowness: that I understand. I'm starting to believe that there isn't anything you can do to fix it. That's what I've taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps

I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head.

I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that

That was always a thing with you. When you were younger, you were fascinated by the physical act, the bones of it, the viscera. You asked questions: Would it hurt? For how long? What did it feel like to hit water from a height? Would you feel yourself break? You thought less, I think, about the rest of it: about what it took to get someone to the top of the cliff or the edge of the beach, and to propel them to keep moving.

The things I want to remember I can’t, and the things I try so hard to forget just keep coming.

She's cuckoo, laying her egg in my nest.

Я ніколи не заздрила його щастю, шкодувала лише про те, що він не знайшов його зі мною

Жити так, як я живу на сьогоднішній день, куди важче влітку, коли забагато денного світла і так мало темряви; коли всі гуляють, коли всі кричуще, настирливо щасливі. Це виснажує, людина погано почувається, якщо не приєднується до загального щастя.