One of Us Is Lying Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

“Are we friends, or just a couple of people without better options?”
― Karen M. McManus, 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, One of Us Is Lying

“There are some things you can't undo no matter how good your intentions are.”
― Karen M. McManus, 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, One of Us Is Lying

“It concerns me you’re avoiding a promise not to murder me.”
― Karen M. McManus, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, One of Us Is Lying