Trespassing Quotes

“not everything is fixable. Sometimes life just sucks, and there’s nothing to do but cope—and coping is hard work.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“That’s when communication fails: when people start making assumptions. Don’t infer I feel something based on something I never said.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“you should never presume to know what I think. That’s when communication fails: when people start making assumptions. Don’t infer I feel something based on something I never said.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“She doesn’t want to.” And then speaking to her coil of hair where Nini lives: “I won’t let them put us in a time-out again. It was the boy in the red shoes. His fault.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“I’m not thinking straight, or maybe I’m not thinking at all, but I don’t care about regret, revenge, or reconstitution. All I know is the concept of gratification leaves me hungry.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“He licks his lips, and I imagine they must taste like the elixir that stole my inhibitions this evening.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehood and errors. —Thomas Jefferson”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“I told myself not to crowd you.” He rests his forehead against mine and whispers at my lips. “I figured, let you come to me. God, it took you long enough.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“The autumn breeze is uncomfortably cool at my back, bordering on biting. Soon, we’ll be trudging through snow. Still, it’s a festive time of year. I hope we’ll have some good baby news to share by Christmas.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“I look again to the corner table where Elizabella is coloring. Dr. Russo is our family therapist; we’ve been seeing him together for about six months now, since April—since Nini made her debut . . . which coincided with the miscarriage. Not long after, we moved to the Shadowlands,”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing

“Life deals you shitty cards sometimes. What are you gonna do? Fold? Naw, you gotta play, right? No matter what.”
― Brandi Reeds, Trespassing