When I Was You Quotes

“People get too comfortable living with their own assumptions. I’m convinced most of us prefer to shun the truth for reasons of our own.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“It never fails to amaze me all the things people do when they think no one’s watching, the things they think they can get away with.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“it’ll all be okay. And if it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“No one’s interested in the truth. Most of us just think we are.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“There’s an unspoken understanding I have with him that I’ve never had with anyone else, and while our friendship might be young and born of convenience, in a lot of ways I feel as though I’ve known him my entire life.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Money talks, wealth whispers”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“once the body’s fight-or-flight response is engaged, there’s no shutting it off until the threat to safety has been removed”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“They say a brush with death will do that to a person: give them a new lease on life, prompt them to make drastic changes and do the things that once terrified them.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“All the horrible things she said and did, it was because she was hurting, and hurt people hurt other people.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“I wasn’t quite thirteen when I realized how many doors would open for you if you simply told people what they wanted to hear. No one’s interested in the truth. Most of us just think we are.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Human beings are built to love and be loved. We’re not meant to be alone.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“friendships—true friendships—are priceless.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“It’s surreal, losing significant chunks of my life, but in a way, it makes me appreciate the clearer moments and the fact that I’m still alive and kicking. And if anything, this last bout has only intensified my desire to get back on track, to take back what’s mine. All I want is some normalcy. And to feel like me again.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Now I know with absolute certainty that people are selfish. They lie. Cheat. Steal. Hurt. Manipulate. Keep secrets. Wear proverbial masks. Even kill.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Loneliness has become a residual side effect since my attack. And occasionally desperation is a side effect of that loneliness.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Some of us can’t help but be self-serving, letting our egos and ids drive the car as we sit powerless in the passenger seat.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Tension settles between us, thick and ripe.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“I was quite young and on my fifth elementary school in three years when I learned quickly that kindness was the gateway to friendship.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Rye whiskey. Bitters. Absinthe. A sugar cube. She’s having a Sazerac,”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“I want to know why she wants my life and what she intends to do with it.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“BRIENNE”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Now I know with absolute certainty that people are selfish. They lie. Cheat. Steal. Hurt. Manipulate. Keep secrets. Wear proverbial masks.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Everything you need to know about people can be found in the things they don’t talk about.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Money talks, wealth whispers,”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“I could easily draw a line, and on the other side of that line would be the woman I was before the attack. That woman, that version of me exists no more. Is that not the very definition of death?”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“I’m convinced somewhere, deep down, that version of me is still in there. I’m still working on digging her out from beneath the pile of psychological rubble and emotional ash. I haven’t given up—it’s just taking longer than I expected.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Bad people don’t sit around thinking about all the ways that make them bad.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“In the end, it’ll all be okay. And if it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Now I know with absolute certainty that people are selfish. They lie. Cheat. Steal. Hurt. Manipulate. Keep secrets.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You