We Were Liars Power Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #1

"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)

All the aunts ask their eldest children to curry Harris's favor. They don't seem to be putting the littles up to it, though, just the Liars.

Quote #2

"Clairmont seemed like the seat of the patriarchy […] We figured if the house was gone, and the paperwork and data inside it gone, and all the objects they fought about gone, the power would be gone." (70.18)

It's naïve of the Liars to think that Harris wouldn't have backed up his paperwork. After all, the aunts walk around with electronic inventories of his possessions—it's not like the Sinclairs don't know what they have. Arguably, this is all the know.

Quote #3

We should not accept an evil we can change.

We would stand up against it, would we not?

Yes. We should.

We would be heroes, even. (71.45-48)

Destruction of physical property doesn't change evil. The only way it can change is if the evil people examine themselves.