Backdraft Quotes

“Her head titled to the side and her eyebrows crept up her face. It was her uh-durrr face, she was just too kind to actually say it to me.”
― H.M. Ward, Backdraft

“back·draft: an occurrence in which a fire that has consumed all available oxygen suddenly explodes”
― H.M. Ward, Backdraft

“I just wished they'd see Mari, their daughter. I wished they saw how much I liked art and how much I didn't want to dedicate my life to something I wasn't passionate about.”
― H.M. Ward, Backdraft

“I felt like a trophy child, someone he had around to show off. It felt like it was more important that his daughter was perfect—but, I was his daughter and I was neither of those things. I worked hard to get my grades, and I tried so hard to meet his expectations, but I failed. Over and over again, I fell short. I didn't measure up. That feeling never faded.”
― H.M. Ward, Backdraft

“Brie's expiration date on revenge was never.”
― H.M. Ward, Backdraft