An Unexplained Death Quotes

“To be invisible is to be free.”
― Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere

“Our expectations shape our perceptions; we see what we are looking for.”
― Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere

“The similarities between those who jump into wells, those who are thrown in, and those who lose their footing and fall are very great. The differences are slight.… If the victim was thrown in or fell in accidentally, the hands will be open and the eyes slightly open, and about the person he may have money or other valuables. But, if he was committing suicide, then his eyes will be shut and his hands clenched. There will be no valuables on the body. Generally, when someone deliberately jumps into a well, they will enter feet first. If the body is found to have gone in head first, it is probable that the victim was being chased or was thrown in by others.”
― Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere

“Movies, media, lifestyle magazines, and real estate advertisements all encourage the primitive feeling that, since beautiful people seem especially blessed, their lives should also be happy and lucky. I sometimes think that, since I consider myself an average-looking person, I should not have a life that others find enviable and alluring. Rationally, I know this is not true; obviously, I have as much right to happiness as anyone else. But, like most ordinary-looking people, I have always overvalued physical beauty in others. When I realize that someone who looks the way I do can have lived such a fortunate life, while someone as handsome as Rey Rivera could die so horribly and at at such a young age, it feels as though the planets are out of line.”
― Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere

“Part of what the health group sells from time to time is weight-loss strategies. And the science of weight loss is purely mathematics.… There’s no mystery to it at all. You take in less calories, you burn more calories, you will lose weight every time.… And yet, Bill, as you know, the people buying weight-loss products don’t necessarily actually want to lose weight. What they are really looking for, of course, is the excitement and the hope of losing weight. And what they want is, they want someone who can hit that emotional button for them again and again and again and again.… What they want is to become the hero of their own story.”
― Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere

“Most of us have a particular narrative that we tell ourselves (and others) about how we came to be who we are.”
― Mikita Brottman, An Unexplained Death: The True Story of a Body at the Belvedere