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The Girl on the Train
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"The Girl on the Train" Quotes

Rachel, an alcoholic divorcee, becomes entangled in a missing person's investigation after witnessing suspicious events from her daily train commute.

Quotes

Life is not a paragraph, and death is no parenthesis.

Paula Hawkins

lifedeath

There’s nothing so painful, so corrosive, as suspicion.

Paula Hawkins

suspicionpain

I have lost control over everything, even the places in my head.

Paula Hawkins

controlmental health

Hollowness: that I understand. I’m starting to feel like that, too.

Paula Hawkins

emptinessidentity

I am not the girl I used to be. I am no longer desirable; I’m off-putting in some way.

Paula Hawkins

identitychange

I am the girl on the train, watching, and she is everything I want to be.

Paula Hawkins

envyidentity

I am no longer desirable; I’m off-putting in some way.

Paula Hawkins

self-perceptionchange

You can’t rewind time. You can’t undo what was done. Ever.

Paula Hawkins

regrettime

There is something comforting about the sight of strangers safe at home.

Paula Hawkins

comfortobservation

I have to find a way of making myself happy, I have to stop looking for happiness elsewhere.

Paula Hawkins

happinessself-reliance