The Games We Play Quotes

“You need to do it for you, not for me. You need to learn how to be true to yourself, and how to stop letting everyone walk on you because you're a nice guy. Nice doesn't mean weak. It doesn't mean without teeth! It means you fucking care, but you can still have boundaries. You can still set your own limits - even for me.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Games We Play

“But people grow up," I reminded him. "Which is not the same as growing stale," he countered.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Games We Play

“Being too careful is just as reckless as being too out of control.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Games We Play

“Did you know that rage is nothing more than releasing your own shackles? Society says you should be quiet and pretty. Your faith says you should be respectable. Your education says you should think first and do only for others. None of that is a hard and fast rule. None of it is true, Nari.”
― Auryn Hadley, The Games We Play