The Memory Watcher Quotes

“Everyone’s too self-centered and ego-driven. And lazy. God, are we lazy as a society. It’s disgusting really. We’re fed information, we don’t question it, and we allow it to shape our thoughts, our wants, our desires . . . our life decisions. And then we wonder why we’re so fucking miserable all the time.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“And if there’s anything I’ve learned in my thirty-six years, it’s that desperate people are incapable of making good decisions.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“breathes me in and cups my face, and just like that, he’s mine again. His attention belongs to me. His body belongs to me. I possess him and he possesses me. And I’m never letting go . . .”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“I exist wholly in this space he has created, this space where I’m the most wonderful thing he’s ever loved, and he’s the only man I ever want to be with.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“And this is why I hate the grocery store: it’s a fucking zoo with real, live human animals.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“And if there’s anything I’ve learned in my thirty-six years, it’s that desperate people are incapable”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“They say it takes a strong woman to leave. I say it takes an even stronger woman to stay and fight for what’s rightfully hers.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“Curiosity can be as dangerous as a butterfly over an open flame.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“Some of us were born with less desirable junk that clutters our DNA. Some of us were born with DNA that makes us want things we shouldn’t have and do things we shouldn’t do, and at the end of the day, it boils down to the fact that we are all made a certain way, there’s nothing we can do to change it, and that’s just how it is.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“Everything posted is picturesque because most people only share their highlight reels and never the ugly, unusable footage that lands on the cutting room floor. It’s the exact opposite of the evening news. It’s always sunny on Instaface, even if that sun is artificial.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“It’s not that being around Marnie makes me uncomfortable. I’d just rather avoid it if I could. It isn’t pleasant. Knowing I have to see her is akin to knowing I have a gynecological appointment coming up. It just isn’t something I look forward to, and it’s one of those things I just want to get over with. Plus, she reminds me of those high school bitches, the ones that ran the school and tormented me every single day of my pathetic teenage existence. She’s one of them. One of those plastic girls. It’s like they’re cut from the same cloth. There must be some secret central brain somewhere that girls like her feed off of because they’re all the same carbon copy snobby legionnaires. Privileged. Insecure. Entitled. Mean.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“If you can’t be real with people, that’s your problem. Not theirs. Don’t be one of those assholes who blame their problems on everyone else.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“He plops a handful of shampoo into his palm and lathers his hair with brute force. I wonder if anyone’s ever shown him the proper way to bathe himself or if he’ll forever shower like an uncoordinated orangutan.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“Why do you have my dress?” I march over, yanking her other drawers open to see what other treasures were waiting to be discovered. Just as I suspected, I find my grandmother’s antique, diamond-encrusted timepiece resting in a Strawberry Shortcake pencil box. I fired the last housekeeper over this missing watch. Another opened drawer contains a box of chocolate cupcakes and a half-eaten bag of family-sized potato chips, crumbs scattered and sticking to her winter sweaters. Shaking my head, I mutter her name under my breath.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“desperate people are incapable of making good decisions.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“Before I can finish my sentence, I’m silenced by the taste of his smoky mouth on mine. His tongue, warm and unfamiliar despite what we have or haven’t done in sessions prior, sends tingles that settle in my middle before radiating to my fingers and toes.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“My heart thrums and my mouth runs dry. With”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“a hint of a shadow behind a moving curtain.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“I catch a hint of a shadow behind a moving curtain.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“It took three years, but I found her. They call her Grace, and while she may not look like them, she is theirs. And she is also mine.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“When did I stop being enough? When did I stop being the apple of his eye?”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher

“wasn’t thinking about Graham. I was thinking about me; something I probably haven’t done enough of these last few years.”
― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher