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Wealth Quotes
I inherited $321,374 when I turned eighteen, the result of all those well-wishers who'd read about my sad story, do-gooders whose hearts had gone out to me. (1.5)
Guilt & Blame Quotes
I was never a good little girl, and I got worse after the murders. Little Orphan Libby grew up sullen and boneless, shuffled around a group of lesser relatives […] stuck in a series of mobile hom...
Family Quotes
It's the Day blood. Something's wrong with it. (1.1)
Memories and the Past Quotes
There'll be a lot of collectors there, so bring any souvenirs, uh, items from your childhood you might want to sell. […] Letters especially. The more personal the better, obviously. (1.116)
Dreams, Hopes, and Plans Quotes
They'd drive out of this crap town, to Wichita, where her uncle owned a sporting-goods store and might give him a job. (4.14)
Violence Quotes
I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it. (1.1)
Lies and Deceit Quotes
"You were hiding, sweetheart. No way you saw what you say you did, or you'd be dead, too." (3.97)
Justice and Judgment Quotes
My mom, two older sisters, all butchered by Ben. The only one left, I'd fingered him as the murderer. I was the cutie-pie who brought my Devil worshiping brother to justice. (1.14)
Identity Quotes
I dyed my hair now, a white-blonde, but the red roots had grown in. (1.15)