Aryn Kyle Quotes

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Aryn Kyle, born on January 22, 1978, is an American novelist known for her profound psychological portrayals and insights into the lives of women.

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Famous Aryn Kyle Quotes

“People are much more dangerous than anything your mind can make up while you're sleeping." "Like people you can't trust?" "Yes," he answered and his voice was quieter. "They're the most dangerous." "How can you tell who they are?" I asked. "That's easy," he said, inhaling slowly from his cigarette. "They're the people who are the hardest to stay away from.”

Trust

Book:The God of Animals

Source: The God of Animals

“That was the real bitch about time: Everything true would become false, if only you waited long enough.”

Time Waiting Wait False

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

“It's like, when someone asks you how you are and even though you want to say that you feel like shit, that you're miserable, that you cry until you gag and spend most of your time imagining ways to kill yourself, instead you just say, 'Fine, thanks.”

Cry Fine Suicide Miserable

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

“They will stare. They will stand to the side and watch her be alone.”

Alone Stare

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

“You live like comfortable strangers. Like characters in a play.”

Play Character Stranger Strangers Characters In Books

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

“We would pay the bills. We would pretend to be high-class. This was compromise. This, I guessed, was business.”

Business Classicism Socioeconomics Business As Usual

Book:The God of Animals

Source: The God of Animals

“Marriage," she said quietly, "is the most expensive ticket to nowhere”

Relationships Marriage Expenses

Book:The God of Animals

Source: The God of Animals

“And in that foggy place between sleep and waking, he could have been anyone. That was what she liked most about him: In the darkness, he became whomever she wanted.”

Sleep Darkness Waking

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

“Marriage is the most expensive ticket to nowhere”

Expensive Tickets

Book:The God of Animals: A Novel

Source: The God of Animals: A Novel

“Beginnings are so important. Just finding that right moment to introduce this character, this world, it’s everything.”

World Important Moments Character This World Findings Introducing Right Moment

Author:Aryn Kyle

“This is the truth about things: If you take something that isn't yours, it will never belong to you. You can try to hold on to it, but somehow, it will slip through your fingers. If something wasn't meant to be yours, it won't be. No matter what you do to keep it, you will lose it.”

Ifs Trying Matter Loses No Matter What Fingers Meant To Be Slips

Book:The God of Animals: A Novel

Source: The God of Animals: A Novel

“That was the problem with getting used to people - you had to miss them when they were gone.”

People Problem Used Gone Missing

Book:The God of Animals: A Novel

Source: The God of Animals: A Novel

“What do you know about being sad?' 'I know you don't need a reason.”

Knows Needs Reason Do You Know Being Sad

Author:Aryn Kyle

“But the places we come from don't leave us as easily as we leave them.”

Book:The God of Animals: A Novel

Source: The God of Animals: A Novel

“Stop torturing yourself, her friends said. Stop living in the past. He was gone. Capital G--Gone. He wasn't coming back. She should focus not on the pain, but on the possibility. Something good would come from all this heartache, something always did. Everything, her friends told her, happened for a reason. She should start looking for the silver lining. She thought she might start looking for new friends.”

Should Said Reason Might Pain Past Gone Focus Happened Possibility Heartache Silver Coming Back New Friends Living In The Past

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

“Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect!”

Inspirational Moments Waiting Perfect Perfect Moments Unknown Motivational Waiting For The Right Moment

Author:Aryn Kyle

“Every time you answer the phone, someone is crying, someone is raging, someone is begging you to solve their problems.”

Problem Answers Cry Phones Solve Rage Begging Begging You

Book:Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

Source: Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories

About the Author

Born: January 22, 1978
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 17

Books & Sources

Boys and Girls Like You and Me: StoriesRelated source material

The God of Animals: A NovelRelated source material

The God of AnimalsRelated source material

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