Quotes of Minka Kent

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“We’re not meant to be best friends with every person who crosses our paths.” ― Minka Kent, The Thinnest Air
“People get too comfortable living with their own assumptions. I’m convinced most of us prefer to shun the truth for reasons of our own.” ― Minka Kent, When I Was You
“It never fails to amaze me all the things people do when they think no one’s watching, the things they think they can get away with.” ― Minka Kent, When I Was You
“Sometimes we die a little so we can be reborn, stronger than we were before.” ― Minka Kent, The Perfect Roommate
“If I were a super hero, social awkwardness would be my power. My entire life, I’ve struggled to get out of my head, constantly overanalyzing every little word or movement or shift of a gaze. I’ve learned it’s easier to sit back and shut up. I find I don’t make as much of a fool out of myself that way. Quietude has become the law of my land, with silence being my official language.” ― Minka Kent, The Perfect Roommate
“I exist wholly in this space he has created, this space where I’m the most wonderful thing he’s ever loved, and he’s the only man I ever want to be with.” ― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher
“Fear does that to you, though. It makes you question what you want and what you think you want.” ― Minka Kent, The Stillwater Girls
“And if there’s anything I’ve learned in my thirty-six years, it’s that desperate people are incapable of making good decisions.” ― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher
“it’ll all be okay. And if it isn’t okay, it isn’t the end.” ― Minka Kent, When I Was You
“breathes me in and cups my face, and just like that, he’s mine again. His attention belongs to me. His body belongs to me. I possess him and he possesses me. And I’m never letting go . . .” ― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher
“Everyone’s too self-centered and ego-driven. And lazy. God, are we lazy as a society. It’s disgusting really. We’re fed information, we don’t question it, and we allow it to shape our thoughts, our wants, our desires . . . our life decisions. And then we wonder why we’re so fucking miserable all the time.” ― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher
“There’s an unspoken understanding I have with him that I’ve never had with anyone else, and while our friendship might be young and born of convenience, in a lot of ways I feel as though I’ve known him my entire life.” ― Minka Kent, When I Was You
“If I were a super hero , social awkwardness would be my power. My entire life, I’ve struggled to get out of my head, constantly overanalyzing every little word or movement or shift of a gaze. I’ve learned it’s easier to sit back and shut up. I find I don’t make as much of a fool out of myself that way. Quietude has become the law of my land, with silence being my official language.” ― Minka Kent, The Perfect Roommate
“No one’s interested in the truth. Most of us just think we are.” ― Minka Kent, When I Was You
“we don’t know the truth. And the truth couldn’t care less about what we want to believe.” ― Minka Kent, The Thinnest Air
“We’re not meant to be best friends with every person who crosses our paths. Not everyone has our best interests at heart.” ― Minka Kent, The Thinnest Air
“Money talks, wealth whispers” ― Minka Kent, When I Was You
“Oh, stop.” Lauren swipes at Tessa’s shoulder and they laugh. “You worked there maybe three months.” She turns to me. “Then she met Rich, her sugar daddy.” Tessa’s jaw hangs and she faces me. “She’s messing with you. I don’t have a sugar daddy.” ― Minka Kent, The Perfect Roommate
“And this is why I hate the grocery store: it’s a fucking zoo with real, live human animals.” ― Minka Kent, The Memory Watcher
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