Top 160 Sara Shepard Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “How could any of us truly appreciate our lives if we had nothing else to compare them to?”

— Sara Shepard

102. “She was probably the best-looking almost-criminal in the history of girls who were about to go to prison.”

— Sara Shepard

103. “Maybe the best reputation is no reputation. Maybe it’s best not to care whatsoever how people see you. Maybe the only thing that really matters is how you see yourself.”

— Sara Shepard

104. “Sutton’s dead. Tell no one. Keep playing along... or you’re next.”

— Sara Shepard

105. “She was too busy to freak out, but that was the only thing keeping her from freaking out.”

— Sara Shepard

106. “There are all these perfect people here. And it’s like if you’re not one of them, then you’re messed up. But I think, inside, the flawless-looking people are just messed up as we are.”

— Sara Shepard

107. “You want to throw your life away for some stupid conversation we had? Like we’re the first people ever who talk about people we want dead.”

— Sara Shepard

108. “Tell me this isn’t happening,” she murmured. “I was about to ask you the same thing,” Aria said.”

— Sara Shepard

109. “I told my parents she’s a low-income student from inner-city Philadelphia who’s going through some tough times at home right now, and I’m doing this as an outreach program through Rosewood Day. Amazingly, they bought it.”

— Sara Shepard

110. “Just because she’s vegan doesn’t mean she wouldn’t murder someone.”

— Sara Shepard

111. “I do believe, girls, that Mr. Emo Boy is next. – Laurel.”

— Sara Shepard

112. “I guess anything’s possible. But maybe I’m just being silly. There’s time to keep hope alive and a time to let go.”

— Sara Shepard

113. “Under the glitzy, glamorous surface of the simplest popcorn flick, there were often hidden depths of meaning.”

— Sara Shepard

114. “And we’ll flash country club boys on the side,” Spencer joked.”

— Sara Shepard

115. “Life is hard. If we go with these feelings that are wrong, our lives are going to be even more of an uphill battle. things are hard enough, you know? Why make it worse?”

— Sara Shepard

116. “Sometimes I feel kind of wrong here. I used to be normal, but now... I don’t know. I feel like I should be one way, but I’m not.” Toby stared at her. “I hear that.” He sighed. “There are all these perfect people here. And... it’s like, if you’re not one of the,. then you’re messed up. But I think, inside, the flawless-looking people are just as messed up as we are.”

— Sara Shepard

117. “For me, writing for younger audiences and writing for adults uses two different halves of my brain.”

— Sara Shepard

118. “Well it happened, you know? And There’s nothing we can do about it now. You can blame and blame yourself, thinking og thw things you might’ve done differently, or ask if maybe it was her time, and ask if this has something to do with god, maybe, but sometimes I think things just happen. There’s nothing you can do about it-you just gotta deal with it. Sometimes life really sucks. you know? sometimes it just sucks.”

— Sara Shepard

119. “Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. -Benjamin Franklin.”

— Sara Shepard

120. “That was Sanjay Banerjee... He just found Nisha facedown in their swimming pool. She’s dead. – Mr. Mercer.”

— Sara Shepard

121. “No matter how much any one of us wanted to play God, no matter how much we wished it were possible, the world wasn’t supposed to be in the hands of just one person.”

— Sara Shepard

122. “But just remember, the world has a way of balancing out: when someone is given back, something else must be taken away.”

— Sara Shepard

123. “School always makes me want to hibernate. – Emma.”

— Sara Shepard

124. “We have not meet our destination till we are there for sure.”

— Sara Shepard

125. “Byron had learned from a monk he’d met during his graduate work in Japan: The obstacle is the path. Meaning what wouldn’t kill Aria would just make her stronger. But when she imagined moving in with Meredith, a more appropriate quote came to mind: There are some remedies worse than the disease.”

— Sara Shepard

126. “We did all the tourist crap, but I just wanted to sit in a cafe and watch people.”

— Sara Shepard

127. “She wanted more than anything to believe him. To believe that things didn’t always have to be so desperate, so painful. To believe she didn’t always have to be alone. To believe that maybe, just maybe, one day, everything would be okay.”

— Sara Shepard

128. “It was full of lush, tall pines, acres of rustic family-run farms, and the cutest foxes and bunnies.”

— Sara Shepard

129. “I mean, that’s where you’re going with this, aren’t you? Just because we rattled off some names doesn’t mean we have any control over them dying or going missing or whatever.”

— Sara Shepard

130. “Of course she’s coming to stay with us,” Laurel said briskly. “I didn’t just save her ass in the middle of the woods so she could run off again.”

— Sara Shepard

131. “I know you saw something. Why else would you guys run? – Mr. Mercer.”

— Sara Shepard

132. “You’re suppose to stop her from doing stupid things, not helping.”

— Sara Shepard

133. “Now you know who bows down to whom. – Emma.”

— Sara Shepard

134. “Toby twisted around. “Boo.” Emily screamed.”

— Sara Shepard

135. “In Rosewood the only way to keep your secrets safe is to have none at all.”

— Sara Shepard

136. “I’m not sure that I have a favorite either on-screen or in the books! Whenever I’m writing, I’m always really excited to dive back into each character.”

— Sara Shepard

137. “How could they think Noel was hot? If this was REALLY Versailles, Noel SO would not be Louis XIV, he would be the French version of the village idiot.”

— Sara Shepard

138. “You’re right. We Mercer girls are alike... We’re bitches you don’t want to mess with. – Laurel, to Ethan.”

— Sara Shepard

139. “I didn’t want to talk, mostly because I didn’t cry, mostly because I was numb. But didn’t they realize I was trying to spare them from my pain?”

— Sara Shepard

140. “Jenna can’t hear us, she’s blind.”

— Sara Shepard

141. “Two joggers passed, shoes cheerfully slapping against the pavement.”

— Sara Shepard

142. “Four liars are about to be burned -A.”

— Sara Shepard

143. “You don’t have to keep thanking me. I’m not Mother Teresa.”

— Sara Shepard

144. “The first step of any therapy is a little self-awareness. I want you to think about the ways your habits, your belief systems, your personality quirks have been developed to help you and protect you. Then ask yourself if they are truly working or if they’re hurting you. For instance, when you feel a headache coming on, focus on something in front of you. Something real, like your hand, to keep you in the moment. It sounds small, but it helps, I promise.”

— Sara Shepard

145. “When Courtney appeared from the hallway, a whisper of a smile emerged on her eerily familiar face; Spencer’s legs dissolved into Jell-O. Aria let out a small squeak.”

— Sara Shepard

146. “Secrets are very intriguing – I always think thats an interesting theme.”

— Sara Shepard

147. “I bet you thought I was Alison, didn’t you? Well, sorry, but I’m not. Duh. She’s dead.”

— Sara Shepard

148. “Her sister – shimmering and translucent in the moonlight – was next to her, standing fiercely over Ethan with her fists balled up. And then, just as quickly, she was gone.”

— Sara Shepard

149. “We are only falsehood, duplicity, and contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves.” – BLAISE PASCAL.”

— Sara Shepard

150. “She walked into his office and shut the door. It was empty, except for a wide, heavy wood desk, two folding chairs, and a computer.”

— Sara Shepard