Imaginary Strangers Quotes

“Longing is merely a type of thought, and thoughts alone are incapable of changing circumstances, facts, or other people’s feelings about you.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“Society tells women we’re supposed to do it all, have it all, and be it all. But what society doesn’t tell you is that’s an impossible order.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“A mother’s only as happy as her saddest child.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“Oftentimes, the relationships we grow up watching become a frame of reference for the relationships we enter as adults.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“What good is a mother if she’s only doling out scraps of herself?”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“If someone chooses to exit your life, you shouldn’t stalk them—you should thank them. They did you a favor. Why more people don’t realize this is beyond me. I’ve never understood the idea of longing to be with someone who has no desire to be with you. Longing is merely a type of thought, and thoughts alone are incapable of changing circumstances, facts, or other people’s feelings about you. Now, making someone sorry they betrayed you? Taking back your power? Living your best life as a middle finger to an ex?”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“psychopaths are born, but sociopaths are made,”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“That’s the other thing that comes with the kind of childhood trauma I experienced—it makes you damn good at reading people.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“A mother—a good mother—always knows when something’s not right.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“Affection has never been an instinct of mine, but like all things, a person can make a habit of anything if they want it badly enough and put forth a little effort.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“No one knows a child like their own mother.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“I don’t want to adult or human or wife tonight. I only want to sleep.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“If someone chooses to exit your life, you shouldn’t stalk them—you should thank them. They did you a favor. Why more people don’t realize this is beyond me. I’ve never understood the idea of longing to be with someone who has no desire to be with you.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“One of the very first things you told me was that psychopaths are born, but sociopaths are made,”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers

“At the end of the day, every relationship is transactional, and anyone who believes otherwise is fooling themselves.”
― Minka Kent, Imaginary Strangers