“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”
―
Paula Hawkins,
The Girl on the Train
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“There’s something comforting about the sight of strangers safe at home.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“it’s possible to miss what you’ve never had, to mourn for it.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“There’s nothing so painful, so corrosive, as suspicion.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“When did you become so weak?” I don’t know. I don’t know where that strength went, I don’t remember losing it. I think that over time it got chipped away, bit by bit, by life, by the living of it.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“Life is not a paragraph, and death is no parenthesis.(This is a reference to an E.E. Cummings poem within the author's work)” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that” ― Paula Hawkins , The Girl on the Train
“I can’t do this, I can’t just be a wife. I don’t understand how anyone does it—there is literally nothing to do but wait. Wait for a man to come home and love you. Either that or look around for something to distract you.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“But I did become sadder, and sadness gets boring after a while, for the sad person and for everyone around them.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things—their looks and their role as mothers.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I’m playing at real life instead of actually living it.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“And I’ve just got to let myself feel the pain, because if I don’t, if I keep numbing it, it’ll never really go away.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I am not the girl I used to be. I am no longer desirable, I’m off-putting in some way. It’s not just that I’ve put on weight, or that my face is puffy from the drinking and the lack of sleep; it’s as if people can see the damage written all over me, can see it in my face, the way I hold myself, the way I move.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“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” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts. Who was it said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“It's impossible to resist the kindness of strangers.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“There’s something comforting about the sight of strangers safe at home.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“it’s possible to miss what you’ve never had, to mourn for it.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“The holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mould yourself through the gaps.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“There’s nothing so painful, so corrosive, as suspicion.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“When did you become so weak?” I don’t know. I don’t know where that strength went, I don’t remember losing it. I think that over time it got chipped away, bit by bit, by life, by the living of it.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“Life is not a paragraph, and death is no parenthesis.(This is a reference to an E.E. Cummings poem within the author's work)” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that” ― Paula Hawkins , The Girl on the Train
“I can’t do this, I can’t just be a wife. I don’t understand how anyone does it—there is literally nothing to do but wait. Wait for a man to come home and love you. Either that or look around for something to distract you.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“But I did become sadder, and sadness gets boring after a while, for the sad person and for everyone around them.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things—their looks and their role as mothers.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I’m playing at real life instead of actually living it.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“And I’ve just got to let myself feel the pain, because if I don’t, if I keep numbing it, it’ll never really go away.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I am not the girl I used to be. I am no longer desirable, I’m off-putting in some way. It’s not just that I’ve put on weight, or that my face is puffy from the drinking and the lack of sleep; it’s as if people can see the damage written all over me, can see it in my face, the way I hold myself, the way I move.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“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” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“I have never understood how people can blithely disregard the damage they do by following their hearts. Who was it said that following your heart is a good thing? It is pure egotism, a selfishness to conquer all.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
“It's impossible to resist the kindness of strangers.” ― Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train
