Mean Season Quotes

“i think about those twists of fate, the strange run-ins that can alter everything in the blink of an eye, or the shift of a single season. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season

“isn't there a point at which the mind should be able to surrender on behalf of the heart? or check it in to an asylum, somewhere safe and locked, if the heart keeps refusing to see a landscape for what it is? yet with some people in life, it seems you just can't lose yourself, even when you should. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season

“after a kiss you can find yourself in that deserted place where even if it's not leading to anything, you and the other person have both admitted some thing that tugs at the friendship, pulling it out of shape. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season

“to an outsider, it might look like a harsh thing, like inaction of the worst sort or a purposeful forgetting, but when you're the one choosing to look away, you know it's because your heart is simply trying to make it to tomorrow. your heart is scared to death, and it would rather not know than take a chance on being destroyed by the whole truth. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season

“you want to protect your children, she said. even when they're not children no longer, you still think you can, maybe, make things not hurt so bad. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season

“i was thinking that i'd like to try kissing you, joshua reed said. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season

“you feel things real strong, leanne, even if you pretend you don't. you're my girl that way. ”
― Heather Cochran, Mean Season