Big Bad Quotes

“Daddy looks scared. Odie never saw him scared, not even at the top of the biggest roller coaster at Hersheypark.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“June tosses the onesie back into the box and continues to dig. “Why are they all blue, do you think?” “Why wouldn’t they be?” says Odie. “Because we’re girls. Obviously.” June likes words with lots of syllables. “Maybe you are,” Odie says. “I haven’t decided yet.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“When Harold breathes, it sounds like a lawn mower throttle of snot.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“Sorry!” says the jogger over the dog’s hoarse woofing. “He’s the sweetest dog. He’d never hurt anyone, I swear.” Rachel gives the jogger a disapproving side-eye. “Seems like a delight.” She’s never had a dog, but it seems that everyone thinks their dog is the sweetest until it bites someone’s face off.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“The two men crumple to the ground with a groan, and it doesn’t feel cool, like an action movie, it feels like two middle-aged men with bad knees playing grab ass.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“Love is fear.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“The raw tips of Odie’s fingers are rough on Rachel’s own. “Don’t they hurt?” she asks. The nail beds are ragged, with red crescents of dried blood. Odie’s eyes are big and brown. “It helps me be good, Mommy.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“When Odie’s brain starts working again, she finds herself in her bedroom with no memory of how she got there. Her ears ring, and her legs feel boneless and jiggly, washed out in the aftermath of another epic tantrum. She kind of likes the way she feels brand new after one—wobbly, like a newborn baby. But with it comes the icky feeling that everyone hates her,”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad

“The worst part about being an older sister is the sinking feeling that everything is always somehow her fault.”
― Chandler Baker, Big Bad