People Like Them Quotes

“Judging people is easy to do when you don’t have the full story.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“If my mother were here, she’d waste no time reminding me, “That’s what you get for marrying your first boyfriend. Intelligent women never marry for love . . .”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“And men are . . . forgetful . . . sometimes. They forget how good they have it or how much worse things could be.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“and people are more likely to help you if they know you. That’s just basic human nature. Not everyone is as altruistic as some of us assume.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“I’ve never understood why people are so fascinated with the way others live.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“These days, people use their houses as fortresses, a barrier between their personal and private lives, living two existences: one for the outside world to see and the other for everything that happens behind closed doors.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“The thing about the edibles is that they make everything better. Sounds. Tastes. Colors. It’s all just a little more . . . elevated. It also makes me care less about stressful situations”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“But to this day”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Now everyone hides behind the doors of their stately homes, only leaving for their daily commute or a quick run to the grocery store. These days, people use their houses as fortresses, a barrier between their personal and private lives, living two existences: one for the outside world to see and the other for everything that happens behind closed doors. Still, it’s important to know your neighbors—you never know when you might need help from one of them, and people are more likely to help you if they know you. That’s just basic human nature. Not everyone is as altruistic as some of us assume.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“People like them? They wish they were us. You see how they look at us?”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“People like them wish they could be like us...”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“...and in the end, my mental health and self-esteem were black and blue from his verbal beatdowns and psychological warfare.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“It was his wedding gift to me. But it had never been a gift. Nothing from him ever was.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“I'm nothing but a doll to him. A toy. An accessory. A possession.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Stopping, I rest my hand on the knob, take a deep breath, and secure my balance. I need to prepare for the role of a lifetime out there.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Don't apologize for him," she told me a little later, after listening to my story with sympathy in her turquoise eyes. "I've been in your shoes before. I know what it's like.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“The last thing I'll tell them is the truth.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Every minute that passes feels longer than the one before it.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“His ego is coddled by her constant affection”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“We all have our insecurities; I suppose mine is failure.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“I can't stomach what they must think of us.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“I know the other women see just another materialistic Botox-addicted gym junkie who scored in the marriage department. But the road to get here was winding and treacherous, and I hold my cards close to my chest.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Perfection, perceived or otherwise, is practically a sport here.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“You wanted this Jillian," my mother would say. "You have no one to blame but yourself.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Nine-one-one, what's your emergency? "I need an ambulance-Forty-Two Auburn Drive. Hurry, please. He's not breathing...I think he's dead.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“That’s what you get for marrying your first boyfriend. Intelligent women never marry for love . . .”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“Not long ago I would’ve made fun of someone like me. Judging people is easy to do when you don’t have the full story.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“people like them . . . are the reason I’m walking away from this marriage alive—which is more than Ryan will ever be able to say, ever again.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“People like them,”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them

“After all, they’re happy tears.”
― Minka Kent, People Like Them