The Asylum Confessions Quotes

“Here’s the problem with happiness…the moment you feel it, something comes to steal it.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“The things with kids - when they feel safe with you - they give you everything they have. That also includes the bad stuff, the yelling, screaming, name calling, all the rotten junk of emotions that fill them up. We’re the punching bag, the garbage can, the ones they can vent to and exercise those demons with.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“Especially when it comes to raising fucking teenagers. Like holy hell, if you can survive that, you can survive almost anything.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“You fucking step up and do everything you can to protect your child.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - by Frank Sinatra and also the Sam Smith version (because his version is sad)”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“All I Want for Christmas is to Kick Your Ass - by the Midnight Riders”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“The Christmas Song - by Weezer”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“Clyde is an ugly sonofabitch, and he’s quite proud of it.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“You have the happy with the crazy, the fun that outweighs the stress, but for those in the Asylum, Christmas fucking sucks.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“Christmas. Ho-ho-ho and all that merry shit people like to say.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“We women…we’re a tough breed and don’t let anyone tell you differently. We know what it takes to survive, and we’ll do anything to keep from falling apart. Even if we don’t like it. Even when we know it makes us look weak. We do it because we hope one day, it will make us stronger. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it just breaks us more.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder

“You merge from being a person, an individual, to being someone’s caretaker, nurturer, parent…and for the rest of your life, that’s how you are defined.”
― Jack Steen, The Asylum Confessions: Merry with all that Murder