Sara Shepard Quotes

Always sleep with one eye open. Never take anything for granted. Your best friends might just be your enemies.

The sweetest smiles hold the darkest secrets.

Don't believe everything you hear

No one believes a liar. Even when she's telling the truth.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the naughtiest of them all?

Every pretty girl is a heartbreaker

The best secrets are the most twisted

Mike drank straight from the carton, wiped his mouth, and stared at her. "You've been acting freaky. Are you high? Can I have some if you are?

Its more fun to think of the future than dwell on the past.

Without Mona, Hanna felt like a great outfit without matching accessories, a screw-driver that was all orange juice and no vodka, and an iPod without headphones. She just felt wrong.

But Mike was like a Bjork song-all happy and giddy and fun on the surface, but bubbling with turmoil and pain underneath.

Those who don't remember the past are doomed to repeat it.

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

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.

Never trust a pretty little liars even though they might be right.

Sometimes, a family is like an ear of summer corn: It might look perfect on the outside, but when you peel the husk away. every kernel is rotten.

Or perhaps all those things you missed upon first glance mean much more than you could ever guess.

Whatever baggage you have, use it. Conquer it. Don’t let it stop you.

You know what they say about hope. It breeds eternal misery!

I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: Anthem, by Ayn Rand; 1984, by George Orwell; or Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.

If the next car passed is blue, Violet will be okay, she thought. If it's red, A will do something horrible to her. She heard a growl of an engine and shut her eyes, afraid to see what the future might hold. She'd never cared so much about anything in her life. Just as the car was passing, she opened her eyes and saw a Mercedes hood ornament. She let out a long sigh, tears coming to her eyes once more. The car was blue.

There are some remedies worse than disease.

She knew too much. -A

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

Catch me if you can -A

The obstacle is the path.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is the quintessential dysfunctional family.

Hide and seek was my favorite game with Melissa. You want to know why? I always won.

She still felt like a punked-out, faux-leather-wearing, free-thinking Bratz doll in a sea of Pretty Princess of Preppyland Barbies.

Even if you're an adult you still have secrets and scandals following you.

Aria: I went to Hollis. Because I was looking for...you know. Her. She was teaching an art class, so I ran inside, grabbed a paintbrush, and painted a scarlet A across her chest. You know, like that woman in The Scarlet Letter? It was awesome. She didn't know what hit her. And then I said, 'Now everyone will know what you've done'. Ella: Do you realize that Hester Prynne is supposed to be a sympathetic character?

Friends share secrets. That's what keeps us close.

I find coming up with a title the hardest part of writing a novel.

Life isn’t worth living if you’re scared all the time.

It's about taking everything you thought was true and throwing it out the window. It's about embracing life's unpredictability, letting go of boundaries, and starting over

Never trust a pretty girl with an ugly secret.

You should know the truth about the stars--- even though it seems like they're close together, up there in heavens, they're zillion light years apart.

Sutton's dead. Tell no one. Keep playing along... or you're next.

Be Yourself Not What The World Wants You To Be

Never under estimate a pretty little liar.

I kind of have to go to the bathroom," Aria said woozily. Ezra smiled. "Can I come?

Secrets are very intriguing - I always think thats an interesting theme.

If a little voice in your head is telling you something is up, maybe you should listen.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. Sometimes it just comes out in the writing. I'll get an idea as I'm writing the chapter. I try to go for maximum surprises in PLL, stuff you don't see coming. It's a lot of fun!

I understood we used to be close. But they were like books i'd read two summer ago; I knew I'd liked them, but I couldn't tell you now what they'd been about.

We killed an innocent girl

But you can't make someone be something they're not.

Last but not least, she put on a pair of black-framed reading glasses she’d found on Mr. Mercer’s bedside table. If it worked for Clark Kent, it’d work for her.

I don't know what to do,' she finished. 'I feel like I'm the one who has to keep everyone together.

Sometimes you have to admit that a relationship can't be fixed. That no matter how much you want to, you can't trust some people.