Top 250 Holly Jackson Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Cara’s family were Pip’s second.”

— Holly Jackson

152. “Wondered whether the moment of no return had already been and gone, or whether this was it, here, right now, hovering above that red button. Either way, going back didn’t exist any more, not for her. There was only forward. Only onwards. She straightened up and pressed record.”

— Holly Jackson

153. “You’re okay,′ Red told her, because Maddy had said it to her before, and maybe it was just the thing you said to people who weren’t okay.”

— Holly Jackson

154. “That’s worth the risk. It’s too important.”

— Holly Jackson

155. “If that was the cause – all these ambiguities, these contradictions, these grey areas that spread and engulfed all sense – how could Pip rectify that? How could she cure herself from the after effects?”

— Holly Jackson

156. “Think you’ve read too many mystery novels, Pip.”

— Holly Jackson

157. “Stanley died with his ankles in her hands, scared and bleeding out while a fire raged around them. She didn’t think he’d want to be cremated, burned, like his father had done to those six kids.”

— Holly Jackson

158. “I don’t trust coincidences.”

— Holly Jackson

159. “There’s nothing you can say that will make me more disgusted at myself than I already am. I said it couldn’t happen again and tried to call it off. Andie wouldn’t let me. She started threatening to turn me in. She interrupted one of my lessons, came over and whispered to me that she’d left a naked picture of herself hidden in the classroom somewhere and that I should find it before someone else did. Trying to scare me.”

— Holly Jackson

160. “Then she said I should be grateful that someone had actually wanted me, because I was just the fat, ugly version of her. And she tried to push me out of the way. I just couldn’t believe it, I couldn’t believe she could be so cruel.”

— Holly Jackson

161. “And it had been good, right up until the end. The whole world outside this house had disappeared; it had been just her and her mind and a problem to solve. Exactly the way she liked it. Exactly when she was most herself.”

— Holly Jackson

162. “Family first”, Bel said. Not a threat, but a promise.”

— Holly Jackson

163. “Hello,” it said. “Come here.”

— Holly Jackson

164. “One of us is working with them.”

— Holly Jackson

165. “I’ve finally been living. And that’s all because of you. You showed me. It’s the best thing anyone’s ever done for me, and I’ll never forget it. And I wanted you to know, that it was all you, before it’s too late.”

— Holly Jackson

166. “Was it reckless? Probably.”

— Holly Jackson

167. “Rachel Price comes home and then a week later Charlie Price takes off. Seems suspicious, don’t it? Don’t tell me you think that’s just a coincidence, thought you were a smart girl.”

— Holly Jackson

168. “Thank you for your unbiased advice, Mr Epps,’ she said. ‘But it appears you have underestimated me. I would be willing to lose everything, destroy myself, if it also meant destroying your client. That seems a fair trade. Now you have a good day, Mr Epps.”

— Holly Jackson

169. “He pushed up from his booth. ‘Well, Reyna, you don’t have to worry about finding the courage now.’ He coughed, a smile still stretched across his lips, splitting the near-red flesh into seams. ‘You and I are over. I could always do better than you.”

— Holly Jackson

170. “Ravi liked anyone who fed him.”

— Holly Jackson

171. “Pip squeezed Ravi’s hand, his face just a few inches away. She hoped he knew she would take the fall if she could.”

— Holly Jackson

172. “Well, they aren’t Lavoy-loaded,’ Simon said. ‘I know you never have to think about stuff like this, because your mom thinks the sun shines out of your ass and would support you whatever you wanted to do. But my situation is different. I need the money, in case I want to take a year off and apply to drama schools next year and my parents freak out and refuse to pay for.”

— Holly Jackson

173. “Want to know a secret?” Arthur said, his voice dipping into whispers, eyes flashing from behind his glasses. “I think you’re smarter.”

— Holly Jackson

174. “And in most cases, “disappear” meant “dead.”

— Holly Jackson

175. “Because, Billy, this past week, I haven’t really been dying. I think, maybe, it’s the opposite. I’ve finally been living. And that’s all because of you. You showed me.”

— Holly Jackson

176. “It was your funeral today. I sat with your family, held little Jet’s hand. I can’t believe you’re really gone. I’ll miss you forever. When I have a daughter, I’ll name her after you. Goodbye Emily.”

— Holly Jackson

177. “Maybe she thinks I’ll lose hope if I see her crying.”

— Holly Jackson

178. “Everything was returning, that full circle, dragging them all back around again.”

— Holly Jackson

179. “Good people didn’t orchestrate their own disappearance, put their families through hell.”

— Holly Jackson

180. “Around the dead body, more dead each time, treading around him with featherlight steps, like this was just a childhood game.”

— Holly Jackson

181. “Yeah,′ Jet said, ‘I see you. Do you see me?’ ‘I’ve always seen you, Jet.”

— Holly Jackson

182. “Breathe, Sarge,” Ravi said, stroking her hair. “We’re here. We’re here now.”

— Holly Jackson

183. “But thinking of a dead girl is so much easier than thinking about myself.”

— Holly Jackson

184. “Lies and secrets were distracting.”

— Holly Jackson

185. “You know, I’ve never said this to a girl before, but... I’m glad you came knocking on my door to interrogate me.”

— Holly Jackson

186. “But she was dead in all the ways that mattered. As good as.”

— Holly Jackson

187. “Barney died. We’re going to bury him tomorrow, in the backyard.”

— Holly Jackson

188. “Now Pip had to save him back; that was her choice. And she knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that it was the right one to make. Maybe the other choices she’d made hadn’t been, maybe every decision up to this point had been wrong or bad, untraveled paths and other lives. This choice was the worst of them all, hurt the most, but it was right, it was good.”

— Holly Jackson

189. “Oh.” Josh nodded, seeming to accept the explanation. “Like the guy who’s been watching our house?”

— Holly Jackson

190. “Or, you know, instead of revenge plots, we could focus our energy on going off to university in a few weeks,’ he said brightly. ‘You haven’t even picked out a new duvet set; I’m told that’s a very important milestone.”

— Holly Jackson

191. “I love you. I can’t... I can’t. You’re my Pip and I’m your Ravi. We’re a team. I don’t want this.”

— Holly Jackson

192. “Not fair?′ Jet asked, incredulous. I’m twenty-seven. I’m the one who has to die before l’ve even had a chance to live.”

— Holly Jackson

193. “Pip had told the story, but she never really told the heart of it: that it had broken her.”

— Holly Jackson

194. “She would have needed a reason, Bel, to go through all that effort. People don’t just decide to disappear. She’d need a motive. A reason.”

— Holly Jackson

195. “Maybe I don’t have to be good, or other people’s versions of good. And maybe I don’t have to be likeable.”

— Holly Jackson

196. “I’ve never trusted anyone who takes their coffee black.”

— Holly Jackson

197. “That was my goodbye, I guess, my way of fixing it, taking her out of the world, so at least if you were gone then she was gone too.”

— Holly Jackson

198. “A knot in her gut and a hole in her heart.”

— Holly Jackson

199. “The sky had given her no answers. But there was someone who might; someone who knew her better than she knew herself. She pulled out her phone and dialled.”

— Holly Jackson

200. “She wasn’t thinking about last words, she as thinking about all the words, all the memories. It was love; thorny and complicated and sad and happy.”

— Holly Jackson