Moments to Spare Quotes

“The closer your social media you is to the real you, the happier you’ll be.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Like sparks of light bursting from the earth, Peaches and her spirit animal dove up from the root system all at once, then ran over and through the leaves on the forest canopy, as water-worn rocks appeared beneath their feet the closer they got to the creek. A moment or so later, they were diving underneath the fast current of the shallow water, spiraling downward toward a bright beam of light emanating from the very bottom of the creek.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Some folks just like to snoop, to get their hands and eyes on the parts of another person's life they were never meant to hold, never invited to hold, simply because they can.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“He watched his captive as if admiring a cute little puppy begging for a snack, and his face shined with genuine amusement.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“When he spoke, it was to the gun, as if it was the one in control, the one he’d need to negotiate with.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Like a once clever fish that kept slipping the hook, [he'd] finally been caught, pulled at last from the dark, deep waters of his treachery and lies.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“If a few weeks earlier she’d been shocked to hear of the murder in their small town, now she felt as if there weren’t enough murders. There weren’t enough victims cut down for their lies, their treachery, and their utter stupidity.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“He snatched the handle of his briefcase like it was the ear of a teenager who’d just cursed him out.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“It was a fucking miracle, you know? Some kind of insane, inter-dimensional voodoo shit worked in my favor.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Old folks had wisdom etched right there in the space between their wrinkles, and Pat wished the wrinkles themselves could speak.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“In the gay world, exchanging numbers was the equivalent of going steady, and Jeffrey wasn’t sure he was prepared for such a dramatic change in their online relationship. Were they even ready for this? Wasn’t it still too soon? Shouldn’t they share a few X-rated photos first?”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Do people really trust we’ll never look through their things? Of course they do, the answer came. I never did until today.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“No one really cares about the truth, only the illusion of truth.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Animals and I are best friends, and that’s why I refuse to eat meat anymore. Meat products and I are sorta like roommates who are still making due, but I’m pretty sure I need to move out and stop talking to them. Marijuana is like this really beautiful plant God put on the Earth for my enjoyment, and since it helps me not eat my best friends, the animals, I love it even more. And alcohol is just some random hookup I allow into my life now and then. Not good for my mind or my body in the long run, I know, but I don’t mind it so much.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“It was a high no booze or drug could ever hope to achieve in similar doses, though if he could bottle that feeling for himself and the world, he wouldn’t hesitate at all. It was simply unlike anything else he’d ever felt before, and not being able to tell anyone what he’d done only made the adventure that much more incredible.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Adrenaline was the most beautiful drug in the world just then, and he’d eat it, drink it, and fuck it all night if he could.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“There really was nothing else like it on earth. Nothing else he’d ever experienced before, anyhow. It was an unmatched, unrivaled, kinetic high just to be inside the front door of someone else’s house without their knowledge or permission, let alone any of the other miniature highs of opening drawers and cabinets to snoop around. Whereas some folks were built to avoid such drama by nature, Pat lived for this kind of thing. He’d been born for it.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Audrey was a world champion complaint handler, and witnessing her at work was like witnessing Rembrandt paint or Michelangelo sculpt. When most people would lose their shit at some of the ridiculous crap guests tried blaming on hotel staff, Audrey was a consummate professional, and practically a magician.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“It was all so easy, he thought, tracing his way through each of his actions in the previous hour. So easy it’d be stupid not to do it again. Look around even more next time. Enjoy the experience. Poke around a bit. Take something.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“As she looked into Gloria’s eyes, she saw only love: concerned, determined love. Fierce love. Ferocious love. The kind of generous, supportive love Peaches had specifically come there that evening hoping to find.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“He maintained this eternal lie of optimism for his own sake every bit as much as for theirs. They were amused by his dating antics, he’d long since learned, so he may as well keep feeding them the same bullshit year after year.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Jeffrey successfully managed a fast-food restaurant in Rutland, where he taught his staff to remain happy and friendly with customers at all times. ‘If you’re not smiling,’ he told them, ‘the customers won’t smile either, and that makes them one step closer to being nasty fucking assholes who none of us need in our lives.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“She sized him up again, once she was sure he wasn’t looking, and this time took note of his sneakers. She hated his sneakers. Not just because they were gray, which made them ugly and boring, but because they were gray with old, frayed, orange laces too. Timotheé Chalamet could pull that look off, but not her brother.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Everyone has a story to tell, and some have tales they’ll never tell a soul.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare

“Just as an unlocked door is not an invitation for others to walk in, neither is it an obstacle to the kind of access a well motivated snooper needs to achieve their sinful ends.”
― Sean Patrick Brennan, Moments to Spare