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Paula Hawkins Quotes

Total quotes: 9
“She’s buried beneath a silver birch tree, down towards the old train tracks, her grave marked with a cairn.”
— Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train: A Novel
Tagged: first lines of books
“'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: A Novel
Tagged: Weakness, strength, Life
“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: A Novel
Tagged: Depression, Sorrow
“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: A Novel
Tagged: Pain, Numb, Life
“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: A Novel
Tagged: Depression, self-harm, Bravery
“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: A Novel
Tagged: Emptiness, Depression, therapy
“I’m playing at real life instead of actually living it.”
— Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train: A Novel
Tagged: Life, Depression, Acting, Living
“There is a pile of clothing on the side of the train tracks.”
— Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train: A Novel
Tagged: first lines of books
“I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head.”
— Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train: A Novel
Tagged: Control, Depression, Life
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