Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from We Were Liars.
Family Quotes
Welcome to the beautiful Sinclair family.No one is a criminal.No one is an addict.No one is a failure. (1.1-4)
Versions of Reality Quotes
Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed. Blood gu...
Love Quotes
I took the pen out of his hand—he always read with a pen—and wrote Gat on the back of his left, and Cadence on the back of his right. (5.39)
Competition Quotes
Granddad and Tipper loved the girls so, they couldn't say whom they loved best. First Carrie, then Penny, then Bess, then Carrie again. (3.3)
Foreignness and "The Other" Quotes
Granny Tipper's mouth made a straight line. Then she showed all her teeth and went forward. "You must be Ed. What a lovely surprise." (4.22-23)
The Home Quotes
"We have a warped view of humanity on Beechwood," Gat said. "I don't think you see that." (7.27)
Power Quotes
"Granddad did nothing but fuel them […] Granddad was drunk on his own power and my mother wanted me to make a play for the money." (59.25)
Mortality Quotes
Summer fifteen on Beechwood, Granny Tipper was gone. Clairmont felt empty. (11.4)