“You know the good thing about digging your own grave? You always make it just the right size.”
―
Alison Gaylin,
Stay With Me
“Beware of men who can string words together like pearls.” ― Alison Gaylin, And She Was
“there are two types of people in the world-those who matter to his story and those who don't.” ― Alison Gaylin
“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“None of these monsters are evil. It’s the evil of others that makes them powerful. Beaten down by the world, shunned, robbed of what they love, they don’t curl up and die. They don’t apologize. They fight back. They get bigger, stronger, more terrifying. You are a monster. We all are. Be grateful for THAT.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“That's an interesting phrase, isn't it? Open up. Like you rip yourself open and let others see your insides.” ― Alison Gaylin, And She Was
“Even for the luckiest of us, life is mostly pain, with moments of happiness thrown in just to keep us vertical.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I don’t want to know the truth. I never want to know the truth. But the truth finds me. And it won’t leave me alone . . .” ― Alison Gaylin, The Gift
“Knowledge breeds confidence.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“When you apologize that much, there’s something you aren’t saying.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Gift
“He told me to tell him all the songs that make me cry. He wanted to know my favorite books, favorite movies, if my heart was ever broken and by whom . . . He said, 'I want to know everything that makes you you.” ― Alison Gaylin, And She Was
“The hope that grief counselors and clergy try to make you feel. The phrases well-meaning friends throw at you. She’s out there, watching over you, gazing down at you. She’s with you, every day, living again in every memory. . . . It’s all a bunch of crap.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I need the job. I need to spend a certain amount of my day focused on things like fonts and resolutions and links, or else my mind will go to that dark, cold place it goes whenever it has nothing else to do. I’ll relive that night five years ago, relive it over and over again but with different outcomes. Impossible outcomes. I’ll break things. I’ll drink. I’ll hurt people who don’t deserve to be hurt, when the one person who does deserve it continues to thrive. To sparkle. To win awards. I need this job to survive.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“the world is full of young men just like him—unremarkable in every regard, except for the ridiculous privilege with which they were born.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“They need to be punished to feel guilt, and then they’re never punished, so they never do.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I read the cheery caption, about how award-recipient Harris Blanchard “took a gap year, but is certainly making up for it!” So that’s what they are calling it now—the time before and after he stood trial for the rape of my daughter. A gap year.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I’d never watched The Bachelor myself and was basing everything on preconceptions. But somehow the idea of all these intelligent young women competing pageant-style for the love of some blandly handsome pharmaceutical sales rep who kept talking about his “journey.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“my dream, as taught to me by my own mother, was to be the final destination of a man’s journey.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I am capable. I am capable. I am capable.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“Beware of men who can string words together like pearls.” ― Alison Gaylin, And She Was
“there are two types of people in the world-those who matter to his story and those who don't.” ― Alison Gaylin
“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together, keep me in your heart. I’ll stay there forever.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“None of these monsters are evil. It’s the evil of others that makes them powerful. Beaten down by the world, shunned, robbed of what they love, they don’t curl up and die. They don’t apologize. They fight back. They get bigger, stronger, more terrifying. You are a monster. We all are. Be grateful for THAT.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“That's an interesting phrase, isn't it? Open up. Like you rip yourself open and let others see your insides.” ― Alison Gaylin, And She Was
“Even for the luckiest of us, life is mostly pain, with moments of happiness thrown in just to keep us vertical.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I don’t want to know the truth. I never want to know the truth. But the truth finds me. And it won’t leave me alone . . .” ― Alison Gaylin, The Gift
“Knowledge breeds confidence.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“When you apologize that much, there’s something you aren’t saying.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Gift
“He told me to tell him all the songs that make me cry. He wanted to know my favorite books, favorite movies, if my heart was ever broken and by whom . . . He said, 'I want to know everything that makes you you.” ― Alison Gaylin, And She Was
“The hope that grief counselors and clergy try to make you feel. The phrases well-meaning friends throw at you. She’s out there, watching over you, gazing down at you. She’s with you, every day, living again in every memory. . . . It’s all a bunch of crap.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I need the job. I need to spend a certain amount of my day focused on things like fonts and resolutions and links, or else my mind will go to that dark, cold place it goes whenever it has nothing else to do. I’ll relive that night five years ago, relive it over and over again but with different outcomes. Impossible outcomes. I’ll break things. I’ll drink. I’ll hurt people who don’t deserve to be hurt, when the one person who does deserve it continues to thrive. To sparkle. To win awards. I need this job to survive.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“the world is full of young men just like him—unremarkable in every regard, except for the ridiculous privilege with which they were born.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“They need to be punished to feel guilt, and then they’re never punished, so they never do.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I read the cheery caption, about how award-recipient Harris Blanchard “took a gap year, but is certainly making up for it!” So that’s what they are calling it now—the time before and after he stood trial for the rape of my daughter. A gap year.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I’d never watched The Bachelor myself and was basing everything on preconceptions. But somehow the idea of all these intelligent young women competing pageant-style for the love of some blandly handsome pharmaceutical sales rep who kept talking about his “journey.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“my dream, as taught to me by my own mother, was to be the final destination of a man’s journey.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
“I am capable. I am capable. I am capable.” ― Alison Gaylin, The Collective
