Act Normal Quotes

“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. ― 1 John 3:18”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“Christians will be discriminated against for discriminating against others. It’s all about fear.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“fear can twist people’s hearts in ways nothing else can.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“When you don’t speak up against violence, you’ve chosen to side with it.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“Jesus on the cross was my God: the God who suffers.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“I wasn’t vulnerable because I was wearing a bathing suit. I was vulnerable because I was a girl.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“the pain I felt wasn’t some mysterious, unfathomable thing that none of them could’ve wrapped their minds around. It wasn’t bigger than we were, but I guess that’s one of those isolating lies we tell ourselves sometimes so we don’t have to risk being vulnerable.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“when you get right down to it, all pain is just pain. We’ve all been hurt by other people. We’re all afraid sometimes. We all lose people we love. We’re all afraid of losing the people we love.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“The worst part was that my church council members would rather let him kill me than risk conflict within the church.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“The lesson I should have learned was that the people I’d gone to church with had some seriously screwed up priorities.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“It wasn’t a big deal if I got murdered, just as long as I didn’t commit any sins on my way out.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“most decisions in life aren’t about right or wrong. There are a lot of right paths. The most important thing is not to get stuck. Pick a path, and if it ends up not being the path you belong on, then pick a new path. Just keep moving forward.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“That was the last I saw of J.R. He never left another note or stuffed animal, but it was too late. I was flunking all my classes by then, so I dropped out and moved back into DeRoy’s. I wonder if J.R. graduated on time. I bet he did.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“For women, it isn’t just a theoretical question. It’s never a case of if a man tries to hurt us, but when. What will we do when it happens?”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“When a girl tells you to stay away, and you don’t, and she’s forced to adjust her schedule to avoid you, and you force her to pay attention to you by following her around and leaving notes, it’s not romantic. It’s criminal.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“So, all I had to do was sit tight until Ray raped me, and then the police would be all over it.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block

“I decided that being a peacemaker was a Christian’s role and recommitted to pacifism. But this was a new kind of pacifism for me. It didn’t mean standing still while someone repeatedly punched me in the face. That wasn’t what Jesus wanted. We shouldn’t fight violence with violence, but that doesn’t let us off the hook when it comes to fighting it. We just fight it in a different way. It’s the trap so many pacifists fall into. We think we can avoid violence by avoiding conflict and not getting involved. We forget that silence can be a violent act.”
― Kristy Burmeister, Act Normal: Memoir of a Stumbling Block