The Kill Clause Quotes

“Depressed implies that at some point you were happy”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“We’re all going to die. What does it matter when and how? I had watched the life drain from my mother’s eyes, my father kicking her over and over. Our gazes locked through the slats in the closet door. It matters. Trust me.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“When I was younger”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“You were in no way responsible for any of it. You were powerless. Defenseless. That’s the condition of childhood. We’re at the mercy of our parents’ choices.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“abuse situations, eventually you will run up against a hard place. You can’t continue under conditions that harm you. So you have to find a way out, no matter the consequences.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“The other thing Santa and I have in common is a list. I know if you’ve been naughty or nice. In my case”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“For all his flaws, he’s the only person other than my mother whom I ever really loved, the way you love someone because of all their flaws and broken places, not in spite of them.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“That’s the condition of childhood. We’re at the mercy of our parents’ choices.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“In abuse situations, eventually you will run up against a hard place. You can’t continue under conditions that harm you. So you have to find a way out, no matter the consequences.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“But maybe that’s how you feel when you’re a rescue. Anything that’s not harm looks like love.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“Depressed implies that at some point you were happy, that there’s an alternate state of being to which you aspire.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“Are you one of daddy’s friends?” she asks. “That’s right. Remember, we colored that time?” She nods, looking at me uncertainly. She doesn’t remember, but she’s already learned to be polite, not to offend. They teach us young to please, not to hurt feelings.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“That was the first thing I noticed about him—that flat, dead, entitled expression some men have. Like the world owes them. Like they can speak but don’t have to listen. Like they can take but only give when it serves them. Like other people exist to fulfill their needs and for no other reason.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“Don’t get me wrong. I like nice things, too, but some people have too much.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“The other thing Santa and I have in common is a list. I know if you’ve been naughty or nice. In my case, if you’ve been very naughty and managed to anger the wrong people, I may be coming to see you in the night. I know when you are sleeping. I know when you’re awake.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“It took them twenty-two minutes. If they’d come faster, maybe they’d have saved her. But apparently it was a busy night in the East Village. Black Friday, actually. That tacky, gluttonous start to the holiday season. For me, the end of everything.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“other people exist to fulfill their needs and for no other reason. I heard him refer to his staff as NPCs, non-player characters, like in a video game. Just set dressing. He was joking. But he wasn’t. Do I sound angry? I’m not. I’m just fed up. Aren’t you?”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“Ilike to think that Santa and I have a lot in common. First, there’s the breaking and entering. At this, we both have special skills, honed over time.”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause