Navy Lies Quotes

“We don’t choose our parents. We don’t choose how poor or rich we are. We don’t choose the opportunities or lack thereof. It’s all decided for us. Our childhoods directly impact who we are as adults. There’s no coming back from trauma.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“That’s what motherhood was… a bond that weakens you completely, but also strengthens you because the love for that child is unlike any kind in the world.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“As humans, we constantly wait for the end of something—the end of our day, the end of the week. The end of a toxic relationship. The end of a difficult phase with our children. The end of a rocky part of our marriage. The end. But when do we even start appreciating just… living?”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“No one raises their hand and begs to be a part of the trauma. The unlucky ones, like me, are dragged into them and are forced to fight for a shrivel of a life.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“Tell a man to do something, and he will do the bare minimum. Tell a woman with rage brewing inside her to do the same task, and she’ll shred everything and everyone involved.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“Women are emotionally fueled, and men are physically charged. No matter what people say, it’s truly embedded in our biology. Women desire words, and men… well, men crave touch. They are visual creatures who, if tempted at just the right moment, will shatter the same way the petals of a dandelion float away with a simple blow. Ultimately, men have two heads and they often think with just one.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“Our past shapes us, alters us, wraps us in its wrath and spits us out to figure out how we should be… who we should be.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“You can be in the trenches of life, but if you swipe on a good shade of lipstick, it melts the pain away slightly.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“Most of our problems and pain in life aren’t caused by ourselves; they are caused by the actions of others. A simple decision of who we marry, who we befriend, who we are intimate with, can quite literally destroy us.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“I wasn’t damaged; I was a result of my situation. After all, isn’t that what most broken people are? Results of the situations they were forced to be in. No one raises their hand and begs to be a part of the trauma. The unlucky ones, like me, are dragged into them and are forced to fight for a shrivel of a life. A life they crave.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“Seeking vengeance means you must have two gravestones engraved. One with the name of your enemy and one with your own. It’s rare that anyone wins in a game of revenge.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“But the problem with what-ifs is that there is always another side. An opposing side that often tugs you into its claws and reminds you that it’s safer, easier in the light. Our relationship was born in the darkness, and when I looked up at how his expression shifted, I knew it was always going to be kept in the shadows.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“Natalie Sterling didn’t deserve Decker. She didn’t deserve his love, his kindness, his body, or his heart. And most of all, she didn’t deserve Ariana. She never deserved her.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies

“It’s quite true, the concept of ‘daddy issues,’ and how those of us who have them don’t realize the disastrous impact it has on our lives. Our fathers are the first male figures who set the standards for what we will place our expectations and bar at for any man who just as much looks our way.”
― Monica Arya, Navy Lies