“ I pick up the list of Benji's five favorite books because we've got work to do:Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. He's a pretentious fuck and a liar.Underworld by Don DeLillo. He's a snob.On the Roa… Caroline Kepnes
“ Louisa May Alcott is right. An extraordinary girl can’t have an ordinary life. Don’t judge yourself. Love yourself. Caroline Kepnes
“ I own every book Stephen King has ever written.That's great. That's something to be proud of. Caroline Kepnes
“ It’s like Michael Cunningham says in The Hours: Happiness is believing that you’re gonna be happy. It’s hope. Caroline Kepnes
“ But the most important thing I know is that I want the possibility of you more than the reality of [her]. Caroline Kepnes
“ What a shame to be so angered by what you don't have that you treat what you do have like it's nothing. Caroline Kepnes
“ I don't feel sorry for myself, Beck. Lots of people have shitty parents and roaches in the cabinets and stale, raw Pop-Tarts for dinner and a TV that barely works and a dad who doesn't care when his s… Caroline Kepnes
“ The only thing crueler than a cage sosmall that a bird can’t fly is a cage solarge that a bird thinks it can fly. Caroline Kepnes
“ The problem with books is that they end. They seduce you.[…]You turn the page and there is nothing. Caroline Kepnes
“ And I will never again underestimate the power of anticipation. There is no better boost in the present than an invitation into the future. Caroline Kepnes
“ And if anyone was ever going to live eternally in the light, I think it would be you. Caroline Kepnes
“ Los Angeles is full of places to hide a body, but when the person inside the body doesn’t love you, it’s not an easy thing, turning that breathing person into a dead one. Caroline Kepnes
“ We all get our hearts broken. We get fucked up and throw up and we cry and listen to sad songs and say we’re never doing that again. But to be alive is to do it again. To love is to risk everything Caroline Kepnes
“ Some good shit happens fast (a bestselling book), and some good shit happens slow (love). Caroline Kepnes
“ And [Benji] cheats on you, Beck. A lot. Compulsively. He is in intense pursuit of a performance artist who fucks with his head the way he fucks with yours. Caroline Kepnes
“ You are a monster, deathly, solipsistic to the bone and you’re blasphemous because all you want is You Caroline Kepnes
“ If we were teenagers, I could kiss you. But I’m on a platform behind a counter wearing a name tag and we’re too old to be young. Caroline Kepnes
“ ... and you start telling a story about accidentally stealing shoes from an outlet and we've been on the steps for almost twenty minutes and you're so nervous and excited that you keep talking about s… Caroline Kepnes
“ There is nothing more terrifying than realizing that the one who knows you best loves you least, pities you even. Caroline Kepnes
“ I fold my hands under my head and tell the books all about you. They listen, Beck. I know it sounds crazy, but they do. Caroline Kepnes
