The Intruders Quotes

“He knows that of all the hundreds, the thousands of words in the English language he will use in the future to describe his daughter, ‘perfectly fine’ will never be the ones he’ll choose.”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders

“That longing for something I’ve never had is all consuming.”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders

“David nodded, soothed, and Rose seethed, wishing he had hit her. Knowing that Mum had been pushed to her limits, and beyond, but also knowing there was a line and that she, Rose was that line. If David hurt her physically, Mum would leave him, of that she had no doubt. She just wished that Mum could see that it wasn’t only punches and kicks that hurt. Witnessing the slow disintegration of her mum’s self-esteem, her self-worth, had been an altogether different kind of pain, inconceivably cruel. But worse than that was the knowledge that although Rose was almost sixteen, almost free to leave, she wouldn’t because she couldn’t leave her mother or her brother with this monster.”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders

“But my demons are here and I know who they are, where they are. What if I get new ones when I move into that big old house with its dark, dark history?”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders

“I feel a swell of love for him. Growing up, our relationship was one big contradiction. On one hand there was his drinking, his mood swings. My confusion that one minute he’d be nurturing and kind, and the next he’d be distant, angry.”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders

“It’s been many years since I’ve been shut in that cupboard but I still fear it. Deep down, I still fear him.”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders

“know”
― Louise Jensen, The Intruders