Bitter House Quotes

“Silence of the good is the weapon of the wicked.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“I’m nothing if not foolishly stubborn and occasionally optimistic.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“Women have to prove everything while men are given the benefit of the doubt. If we speak up,”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“I’m a Bitter, after all. It’s my legacy.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“It must be terrifying, I mean. To love someone so much when you know you’ll lose them someday. And then…” His eyes bounce back up to mine. “And then you’ll never be the same.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“Women have to prove everything while men are given the benefit of the doubt. If we speak up, it could ruin their lives, and they’re such nice guys, so why would we do that?”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“Instead, we hold our keys between our fingers, walk faster or take another way home, send our location to friends from the back of a rideshare, or grit our teeth and bear it while another sexist remark is made by our boss or another scene of senseless cruelty is shown on television. Because if we don’t, we’re part of the problem. We’re uptight. We can’t take a joke.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“The nights he saved me.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“That’s the problem with men like that. They think the entire world belongs to them.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“was tired, honestly. Tired of seeing women being torn down by men. Tired of seeing men walking around like that thing between their legs means they can control the world and no one will ever stand up to them. I got tired of being the woman who didn’t stand up.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“His dark eyes once felt so empty, but now I see they’re galaxies waiting to be explored.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House