8 Quotes by Kylie Brant

Whoever said kids could be cruel had made a gross underestimation

She grabbed her jacket, although the weatherman had promised a return to seasonable temperatures. But given his record, she saw no reason to trust him. What other occupation got to retain their jobs when they were right only half the time?

If there was one thing their family dynamics proved, it was that everyone managed trauma differently. They all had their own ways of getting by.

They’d said it would get easier. They’d lied.

Whoever said kids could be cruel had made a gross underestimation.

After Kelsey had been taken, she’d quickly learned that people had a finite tolerance for the suffering of others. Empathy went only so far before their personal comfort levels maxed out, and they started backing away from displays of grief.

No one got out of a personal tragedy unscathed. The wounds didn’t go away. It was just a matter of how well each person covered them.

Monsters looked just like the rest of us. And somehow, that made them even scarier.