We Weren't Looking to Be Found Quotes

“Good night, Danielle.” I shove my earplugs in and ready myself to crawl under the covers. “One of the benefits of not caring what other people think about me is that I have no problem ignoring you right now.”
― Stephanie Kuehn, We Weren't Looking to Be Found

“I get that [Camila] cutting was no different than what I was doing, even if I couldn't see that then. But that's what you were saying. You were telling me that drinking and doing drugs and pretending I could exist outside the complicated bullshit of reality was its own form of self-harm. Meanwhile, I was telling myself my actions were something other than what they were–like control or rebellion or agency. But they weren't. There were just a way to hurt myself when I didn't know what else to do.”
― Stephanie Kuehn, We Weren't Looking to Be Found

“We've all questioned the protocol at some point in our lives. That's why we're here. We're not the sick ones. It's the people running everything who are sick. None of us were born for what the world has in store for us–endless toiling followed by consumption. We were created to be cogs in the giant assembly line of capitalism and imperialism, where free will no longer exists. Our happiness, our lives, are only valued for how willing we are to keep the whole game going.”
― Stephanie Kuehn, We Weren't Looking to Be Found

“You sound like you're offering more than what you really are. Almost like a sugar baby or something. But we can punch this up and really package you as someone they're going to want to support. It's not about your gratitude or how nice you are or how many favors you have to offer. It's about selling yourself as someone who'll make them look good for supporting you. That's how you talk to donors. There's a whole language to it, but in the end, they just want a little prestige with their charity.”
― Stephanie Kuehn, We Weren't Looking to Be Found