Best Kept Secret Quotes

“Not bad, Mira. Not bad at all.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“but I was richer, bigger, and badder.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“You know, a therapist once told me that depressed people don't create,”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“It didn't hit the spot, but nothing would. Not with the way my heart hurt.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“The new After Ambien Mira had no room for it.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I don't care! It doesn't matter.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Different versions of it doesn't matter had become my mantra to live by.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I was frustrated and annoyed with Mira, too. She had no business shutting down.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Strength doesn't mean that it's constant. We all give in to our weaknesses sometimes. That one time doesn't define our lives. We're more than one incident, one intent.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Letting people in, caring for people…it's a mistake.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I was dreaming dreams that were too big.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I was just here. Existing.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“And it's likely she didn't think anyone would believe her. For years, Mira was taught to hide her pain.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“and its impact. Please proceed with care.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“From now on I'd verify before I leaped, I decided.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“CPS would never approve custody to Mira's parents, not in any scenario I'm aware of." Alarm bells began to clang inside me. I'd suspected, hadn't I?”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“that may be distressing for some readers. Please read with care.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“You fell in love with Mira, and you didn't like it. It scared the hell out of you, and so when her parents—who I think are suspect as hell—came along and gave you an excuse, you got rid of her.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“There is no way in hell Mira would ever hurt her. And deep down, you know it, too.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Where the fuck do you think you're going?" He grabbed my arm. "I just…can I say goodbye. Please." His jaw clenched, and he pushed me away from him. I stumbled toward Pari's door.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Hell, I had trouble believing any of it—but only a fool would ignore facts.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I drove away, my hands gripping the steering wheel so tightly they hurt, but it didn't matter.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“no one crossed Beau Bodine.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I felt like a ghost, like I was fading out of her life, my own life, slowly but surely, and there was nothing I could do to stop it.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Weak women were not my style.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“The girl who learned early on that love was conditional and that no matter how hard you tried, it was never enough.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“Not like me. Never like me.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“If there was one thing I disliked about Fallon was how judgmental she was.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“I couldn't imagine any parents wanting to do that unless it was warranted,”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret

“There was something unseemly about sleeping with sisters.”
― Maya Alden, Best Kept Secret