What Can't Be Seen Quotes

“He wanted to be dead, but he couldn’t kill himself because he was too afraid to die.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“There’s no such thing as a true reality because we all see it through our own lens. No two people share the same version of reality. And yet we all seem to just accept that we’re all having the same experience.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Sometimes the how and the why don’t matter,” Marconi said, studying her now. Gretchen fought the urge to hide. “Sometimes the stories we tell ourselves are what matters.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“position for too long. Tipping her face up to the sun, she wondered how normal people just seemed to live like it wasn’t hard. How they woke up each day and went to jobs and took care of their kids and breathed and ate and dressed themselves without shattering into a million pieces.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“given”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“When assessing any given situation, we’re limited to our own experience, logic, or creativity—but there’s a world of causes and effects out there that you simply can’t imagine. Not understanding that is why some people fall into conspiracy theory rabbit holes.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Tabby thought about truth and the ways that you could tell stories that were real but were also lies.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Be a good man. That’s the most important thing. More important than being a good cop. You have to first be a good man.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“She wasn’t thinking so much as just being. Breathing in, breathing out. Surviving.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Gretchen chased oblivion because that was what she loved best. She lived her life staving off the need to sink into it, but really all she’d had to do was let go.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“If you’re trying to butter me up with compliments, keep going, it’s working.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Gretchen sighed and pulled into traffic. “You’re paying my bail.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Gretchen laughed off and on for the ten minutes it took to drive to Shaughnessy’s apartment. She parked in the shadows, dug for the knife she’d used to slash the man’s tire earlier in the day, and stroked the blade with the tip of one finger as the darkness fell around her.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“We’ll make a proper sociopath out of you yet.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Still, curiosity was a beast she could only sometimes ignore.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Gretchen sighed. “I guess it’s time to visit dear ole Daddy.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“I wanted to kill her before I even understood what killing was.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Did she kill him?” Marconi asked, her slightly raised brows the only noticeable hint of surprise. “Of course not,” Gretchen said with an exaggerated wink.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“A corner of Marconi’s lips twitched. “My hero.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“I couldn’t hear you over the sound of your life spinning out of control.” “Please,” Gretchen purred, amused now. “You haven’t seen me out of control yet.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Sociopaths could have friends, as Gretchen had informed Marconi many times. They needed people in their lives who knew exactly what they were and didn’t ask for anything more.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“In the darkness, though, Gretchen knew what she was capable of.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Make your point or leave,” Gretchen said. “But you have until I finish this”—she gestured with the mug—“before I toss you out the window.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“You think you know me,” Gretchen whispered, white creeping in at the edges of her vision. “You think you’ve clipped my claws, little Bambi. But don’t forget what I am.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen

“Not your babe,” Gretchen gritted out as she sat up, her feet sinking into the plush carpet. “Don’t panic. I don’t remember your name, either.”
― Brianna Labuskes, What Can't Be Seen