Quotes of Layne Fargo

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“You're next, motherfucker.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“But little do they know: killing a man is so much more satisfying than fucking a man could ever be.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“He wasn’t afraid of me. That was his first mistake.’ ” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“Even in his final moments, I doubt he learned his lesson. But I didn’t kill him to teach him a lesson; I killed him to carve him out of this world like a tumor. And I’d do it again.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“It’s exhausting, being in my head. I wish I could stop thinking. I wish I could be like everyone else.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“I’m not an object or an obstacle to him anymore. I’m his goddamn ruination.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“Reading was my most reliable escape in childhood, the one way I could get away from my father while still trapped in the same space with him.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“His abuse was all emotional and psychological; the only marks it left were internal. Impossible to see, easy to deny.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“All the cutest girls are bi, didn’t you get the memo?” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“I imagined leaning across the table and kissing him. The kind of bold action I liked to write for my characters, because I could never take it myself.” ― Layne Fargo, Temper
“You've read about it in books, but reading about something isn't the same as experiencing it.” ― Layne Fargo, Temper
“His face darkens with a mixture of embarrassment and anger- perhaps the most dangerous combination in a man.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“You know what’s really fucked-up?” she says. “I used to wish he would hit me.”I’d had this same thought about my father. His abuse was all emotional and psychological; the only marks it left were internal. Impossible to see, easy to deny.” ― Layne Fargo
“It’s me, I’m the one, and I did it all to protect women like us. I did it, and I’d do it again.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“I don’t know how to do this: make friends, talk to girls, talk to anyone my age really. In high school, kids only acknowledged my existence if they wanted something, like help studying for their AP English final.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“Trying to get away from me, because she's afraid. Afraid of me. I feel so alert, blood thrumming, muscles coiled, like her fear is feeding me.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“Men like them are the ones who really get away with murder.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“I know I shouldn’t take it out on him—he’s not the enemy here—but it felt good, letting a little bit of the rage break through. Like spitting out poison.” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
“uneasy” ― Layne Fargo, They Never Learn
Layne Fargo
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Layne Fargo

Layne Fargo writes dark, dramatic stories that support women’s rights—and also women’s wrongs. She’s the author of psychological thrillers THEY NEVER LEARN and TEMPER, co-author of the #1 bestselling Audible Original series YOUNG RICH WIDOWS (coming to paperb…

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