The Babysitter Quotes

“Because someone thinking they knew better than you did how you were handling a situation sucked. Because someone you genuinely cared about telling you that you were messed up in the head - you guessed it - sucked.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“It was freeing not to hide my feelings, or make excuses or apologies for them when they popped out.

I just got to be.

I wasn't sure I had ever been able to simply be before in my life.

Without the constant voice in my head telling me all the things I should - or shouldn't - be doing, what I was screwing up, what I needed to work on, what I needed to think, eat, do - there was so much quiet inside.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“Some men will be worth two nights of your tears, Meads," she informed me with a knowledgeable nod. "But not a single one in this whole wide world is worth three nights of them.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“Don't be side-eyeing me you beak-nosed butthead.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“Trying to keep him from messing with someone is like trying to stop a toddler from getting into trouble.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“I... dunno. I feel a little off."

"Off like you're about to be curled on the couch demanding chocolate, or off like I should sleep with all the sharp objects in my room with me?”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“Sure, this was a small thing in the grand scheme of things. But little things led to big things. Until one day, everything is different.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“Pretty hurts. Ugly does its job comfortably.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“There were lines you crossed, ones you toed, and ones you stayed the fuck away from.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“I don't know if I could claim happy as something I knew. Contentment, sure. I was content here, peaceful, satisfied even. But happy wasn't quite the right word.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“What kind of dog?"

"A Shih Tzu."

"That's not a dog. It's a purse gremlin.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“Maybe I didn't always make it easy to care, but they did, regardless of my comfort level with it.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“I didn't have to like the part of me that was hesitant to allow people to care for me, take care of me, to know that it was a part of me.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter

“You want coffee?"

"I want my goat. And explanations.”
― Jessica Gadziala, The Babysitter