151 Quotes by Brigid Kemmerer

Under the bludgeonings of chance, my head is bloody but unbowed.′ In other words, life has a solid right hook, but it’s not going to take me down.

Thank you.” “For what?” “For seeing me.

People give me such a headache. Everybody wants to nickel-and-dime. Ten bags of mulch for, like, four thousand square feet. Jesus.′ His hands dropped and he looked at her. ‘You know that’s crazy, right?’ How the hell would she know? Mom was lucky she could work the mower.

When I was young and I’d wake with nightmares, my mother always used to say, All you have to do is think of me, and I’ll appear in your dreams. I’ll help you chase the nightmares away.

Earning this moment feels a thousand times more satisfying than plying women with pretty falsehoods and empty promises. In the darkness, together on the back of a horse, it’s tempting to forget the curse and pretend my life doesn’t exist outside this moment.

We all have different capacities for failure.

Dropping an f-bomb wouldn’t make me an idiot any more than saying “sesquipedalian” makes someone intelligent.

There was something about knowing how long you have to suffer that was better than just waiting.

The bathroom smelled like boys, from spicy sticks of uncapped deodorant and a large bottle of body wash that looked like it could climb a mountain on its own. Nothing floral here. At least the towels looked clean.