The Anti-Heroes Quotes

“if she chooses to be happy now, I’ll support it until she’s ready to be unhappy, and then I’ll be there too. That’s what besties do.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“amusement park posted a notice about the dangers of expressing your fears aloud, due to the possibility of spraying droplets. The sign read Please scream inside your heart. I scream inside my heart a lot.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“googol?”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“Sophists”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“caipirinha”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“You’ll stare directly into the sun but never in a mirror, right?”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“You say yes to everyone but yourself.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“I am 95 percent convinced whatever we’re going to do next is ridiculous and that he is a complete fraud. But I am absolutely living for the 5 percent that actually believes in him.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“I guess I fear that Taylor Swift will never produce an album more sonically cohesive than 1989.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“When did I become the anti-hero? How did I get older but not wiser?”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“So often people make a choice—that choice is to obsess over the negative things people say about you or obsess over the positive. The problem with either of these approaches is that they both point to you being obsessed with yourself. Giving up that obsession is the key to happiness.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“Law enforcement is most effective when officers consider themselves to be sheepdogs that protect the flock.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“Sheepdogs keep the sheep safe from danger outside the fence. The sheep? They resent the sheepdogs because those dogs are scary—they look too much like wolves. They growl and bite and have sharp teeth and strong jaws. You know who else hates the sheepdogs? The wolves. Because the sheepdogs are doing their jobs, the wolves go hungry. But every day, the sheepdogs perform their duties, putting their lives on the line to protect those who resent them, and with zero thanks.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“done”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes

“What made them think this was okay?” Emily assesses me with a gimlet eye. “May I assume you didn’t put one of them in a choke hold and say, ‘This is not fucking acceptable,’ but instead you tried to peace keep in a situation where you were the victim?” “Ah, I see you’ve met me.”
― Jen Lancaster, The Anti-Heroes