The Mind Readers Quotes

“there were worse things than feeling guilty, like feeling dead.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“The man sitting across from me at the cafe was thinking about murdering his wife.
He imagined stabbing her and pretending like it was a robbery. Or perhaps, he thought, he'd take her hiking, push her off a cliff and say it was an accident; that she'd slipped. I wanted to tell him it wouldn't work, that in those CSI shows on T.V. they always suspected the husband first.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“But the guy sitting at the table next to me who'd been imagining killing his wife and was now imagining seducing me wasn't the problem. No, it was the guy sitting across from me, the man with the bright orange hunting cap pulled low over his eyes, the guy waiting for the right moment to rob the cafe...he was the one who worried me.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“It was amazing and frightening what humans were capable of.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“Some girls complained because their boyfriends didn’t pay them enough attention, or buy them gifts. But let’s face it, Lewis could pretty much hands down win Worst Boyfriend Of The Year.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“You’d think a person who could read minds would be able to get a boyfriend.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“if there was one thing I’d learned early on in life it was that normalcy, as we thought of it, didn’t exist.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“It’s not about sides,” I insisted. “It’s about right and wrong.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“right moment”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“But if there was one thing I’d learned early on in life it was that normalcy, as we thought of it, didn’t exist.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“At times I felt like I was acting; no one knew the real me. My smile wavered and I swallowed over the sudden lump in my throat. They only knew the person they wanted me to be. It was exhausting.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“Slowly, I slid him a glance out of the corner of my eye. With his thinning brown hair combed neatly into place, and his blue button-up shirt free of wrinkles, he looked like a normal suburban dad. But if there was one thing I’d learned early on in life it was that normalcy, as we thought of it, didn’t exist. It was amazing and frightening what”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“I looked at Maddox, so large, yet at the moment so vulnerable. Would he recover? Even though he was my enemy, I prayed he would.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“I don’t believe that. People can’t be that horrible.” “You’ve read their minds.” He shrugged. “You know how dark their thoughts can be.” He was right; I’d heard things that would make people question the whole of society. Was it true, would people always think about themselves over others?”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“thinking about”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“to”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“like I was acting; no one knew the real me. My smile wavered and I swallowed over the sudden lump in my throat. They only knew the person they wanted me to be. It was exhausting. But today I didn’t care. I wouldn’t care. Today no one had died at the café and I was going driving with my best friend. And most importantly, after today I’d no longer have to take the bus to school.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“Why,” I whispered. “Why do you want me here? So you can use me?” At first, but now because I think I might be in love with you. My”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“There were days when humanity seemed like a lost cause. Today was one of those days.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“sitting across from me at the café was thinking about murdering his wife. He imagined stabbing her and pretending like it was a robbery. Or perhaps, he thought, he’d take her hiking, push”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“A deep shout resounded from inside the café, a muffled demand. I shouldn’t have been surprised, still my heart made a mad leap for my throat. People screamed, the sound noticeable even through the thick glass windows. I wouldn’t turn back.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“of black starlings burst from the maples lining the road. I flinched, sucking in a sharp breath of cold air and resisted the urge to drop to the cracked sidewalk. Surprise faded quickly and guilt churned deep within my gut. A sickening shame that was almost unbearable. So much regret. Angry at myself, I shoved the feeling aside. Emotions would only weaken me. A woman with gray hair who was walking her poodle next to me froze, her gaze pinned to the café. “My God, I think they’re being robbed!”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“She wore a dress so short she’d make a hooker blush.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“was so nervous it was making my stomach roll. I really, really wished she’d keep her emotions to herself. I hadn’t been this nervous since we’d moved here. “They’re not going to kick you out,” I said, slipping my arm through hers as we”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“me pause. An invisible line that practically pulled me toward those stairs leading”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“the sound noticeable even through the thick glass windows. I wouldn’t turn back. I stepped off the curb, glanced left, then right and darted across the street. I had five minutes to”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“like the fog currently drifting in from the harbor. Slowly, I slid him a glance out of the corner of my eye. With his thinning brown hair combed neatly into place, and his blue button-up shirt free of wrinkles, he looked like a normal suburban dad. But if there was one thing I’d learned early on in life it was that normalcy, as we thought of it, didn’t exist. It was amazing and frightening what humans were capable of. His pale blue eyes met mine. My heart slammed”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“But I was so tired of being scared. So tired of living a lie.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“So much regret. Angry at myself, I shoved the feeling aside. Emotions would only weaken me.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers

“But safety was an illusion. We were never safe.”
― Lori Brighton, The Mind Readers