Top 120 Riley Sager Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “Hakuna matata, dude.”

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102. “Every house has a story to tell and a secret to share.”

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103. “Ladies shouldn’t play pool,” she once told me. “Lucky for me I’m not a lady,” I replied.”

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104. “I long for the quiet camaraderie only a library can provide.”

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105. “The world is often brutal and cruel, and it only seems to get harder as time marches forward. The pressures and dangers kids face today are so much worse than when I was that age.”

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106. “Lenora, the only one left, claimed to have had nothing to do with it.”

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107. “Women need to do that, you know. Look out for each other. There’s a special place in hell for those who don’t.”

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108. “I’m sure someone would say it’s my own damn fault. That it was my responsibility to build an emergency fund. At least three months’ salary, the experts say. I would love to backhand whoever came up with that number. They clearly never had a job with take-home pay that barely covers rent, food, and utilities. Because here’s the thing about being poor-most people don’t understand it unless they’ve been there themselves.”

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109. “Suspicion has a way of breaking through even the strongest barriers.”

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110. “But fiction can be an escape, which is why we need idealized versions of New York City. It balances out the crowded, gritty, heartbreaking real thing.”

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111. “On the TV is a clip of President Reagan giving a speech about the economy.”

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112. “Why bother if you’re not going to give it your all?”

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113. “Revenge is fleeting. Vengeance lasts a lifetime.”

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114. “Few things in life are more disappointing than knowing your parents aren’t being honest with you.”

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115. “Because here’s the thing about details – they can also be a distraction. Add too many and it obscures the brutal truth about a situation. They become the gaudy necklace that hides the tracheotomy scar.”

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116. “But I knew that looks could be deceiving. And that even prisons could appear lovely if lit the right way.”

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117. “Never show fear, Kit-Kat,” he whispered. “They can tell if you’re scared – and that’s when they sting.”

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118. “Hot girls read.”

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119. “At seventeen, Lenora Hope I wonder if I should be scared. Hung her sister with a rope Because I am. Stabbed her father with a knife Even though there’s no reason to be scared. Took her mother’s happy life.”

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120. “But somehow we screamed louder, ran faster, fought harder. We survived.”

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121. “Life has failed her time and time again. The movies have never let her down.”

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122. “Each time, I’m struck by how strange it is to see someone I think of as forever young looking thoroughly middle-aged. It’s the same jarring feeling I sometimes get when I look in the mirror.”

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123. “Think about the people who come here,” Nick says. “Writers and artists, scientists and captains of industry. Think of all they give to the world. Now think of yourself, Jules. What are you? What do you offer? Nothing.”

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124. “We’re so radiant we’ve become invisible.”

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125. “Several scenarios pop into my head, starting with the worst, because that’s my default mode.”

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126. “You can’t change what’s happened. The only thing you can control is how you deal with it.”

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127. “The elevator resembles a birdcage. The tall, ornate kind – all thin bars and gilded exterior. I even think of birds as I step inside. Exotic and bright and lush. Everything I’m not.”

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128. “They’ve never waited for their paycheck to be directly deposited at the stroke of midnight because their wallet is empty and their credit cards are maxed and they desperately need to pay for gas. And food. And a prescription that’s gone unfilled for an entire week.”

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129. “In my experience, men who say they want the truth end up wishing they had settled for the lie.”

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130. “Even though a mere minute in her company has left me exhausted, I follow.”

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131. “Maybe I’m not looking for trouble. Maybe I am the trouble.”

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132. “It must have happened right after I left for work. She either tripped or lost her balance. A freak accident.”

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133. “Memories, though, are a different matter. They’re filled with ghosts.”

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