Desire or Defense Quotes

“This one also has Anderson on the back, because I’d die before I saw this woman wear anyone’s jersey but mine.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“What makes you think that me working with children would be a good idea? I don’t even like humans that are fully grown.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“I realize… she's hugging me. An affectionate, comfortable feeling envelops me. This is the hug I’ve waited for all my life. Right here, with this girl. A hug that makes up for a lifetime of not being held, not being loved, not being enough. This is the hug to end all hugs. But I definitely want more hugs in the future, and only from this woman. I’m not sure I’ll ever get enough hugs after this. I decide right in this moment, that if by some miracle I ever have children, I will hug them, and hug them often. What a simple, but life-changing gesture. Kissing is great… epic… amazing. But hugs are severely underrated.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“Because family looks different for everyone. Sometimes it’s not the family you’re born into, but the one you build. The one you work for. And this is mine.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“I keep scrolling and come across a book titled “Mighty Pucks.” I read the first sentence of the description and discover it is a romance, but it’s about a professional hockey player… so how bad could it be?”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“decide right in this moment, that if by some miracle I ever have children, I will hug them, and hug them often. What a simple, but life-changing gesture.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“Focus on what you can do in the situation. Not what you can’t control. Love is risky, Mitch. You can’t make someone stay. But you can put in the work, and you can communicate with her.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“I look at Ronda, her royal-blue scrubs identical to mine.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“Again, I hold back tears. After losing a loved one, every small change seems bigger somehow, like the world is just moving on without them, even though your heart isn’t.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“we were truly alone at this moment, I’m 99.9% sure he would kiss me. And if he didn’t… I’m 100% sure I’d kiss him.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“No, if he was really into someone, he’d be all, this is my woman. No one touches her.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense

“Everyone leaves, and she will too. She’ll figure out that I’m not worth the drama, that her life will be better off without me. She’ll find a nice guy and settle down in the suburbs where they’ll raise Noah and drink pina coladas and have a labradoodle. And I freaking hate that guy. I hate him with every fiber of my being, whoever he is. As much as I love punching people, there’s no one I’ve ever wanted to punch more than this imaginary man who’s going to marry the love of my life.”
― Leah Brunner, Desire or Defense