Kiersten Modglin > Quotes

“For better or worse. Because your only choice now is to kill me yourself or stay with me forever. I own your secret now, Peter. I own you.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement

“People like to pretend they have no control over the way their life turns out, but the truth is that they just refuse to deal with the hard stuff because it’s too painful and messy.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement

“Sometimes things just don’t work out. Sometimes people are more broken together than they could ever be apart.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Atonement

“There are just these periods where things feel safe and calm, and then, long before we’re ready, everything’s torn apart and we call it change.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Amendment

“I don’t believe we’re defined by our worst moments, no matter how dark they are. We’re defined by what we do after our worst moments.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Dinner Guests

“There are some things that love can’t fix.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Atonement

“The rule of threes I knew: we could survive three minutes without oxygen, three hours without shelter from harsh weather, three days without water, three weeks without food.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Missing

“Sometimes people are more broken together than they could ever be apart.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Atonement

“Outside the window, it’s mostly dark, though the moon is illuminating the woods in a slightly eerie, almost hypnotic way. I picture myself walking outside, slipping into the darkness, and disappearing once and for all.”
― Kiersten Modglin, A Quiet Retreat

“Sorry, my mom was telling me about her book club again. It’s very scandalous there.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement

“People like to pretend they have no control over the way their life turns out, but the truth is that they just refuse to deal with the hard stuff because it’s too painful and messy. You know what’s even more painful and sticky? Prolonging bad situations for your own comfort. No one can solve your problems for you, Peter. No one wants to.” She sighed, her eyes filling with sorrow. “Just…figure it out.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement

“There are few things that appear stronger than a woman who seems put together.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Atonement

“Sometimes…even people who love each other aren’t meant to be together.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Atonement

“Everyone cares about fitting in, that’s the truth of it. Even the most self-assured person you know. The pretty. The popular. The loners. The ones who forge their own path. The ones who swear they don’t give a fuck what anyone thinks.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Widow Falls

“Silence of the good is the weapon of the wicked.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“Lowell runs a hand over his jaw, staring off into space with such pain in his eyes it physically hurts me. I want to take it away from him, but I can’t. No one can. That’s the worst part of grief, isn’t it? No one can share it with you. Not really.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Family Secret

“There were days when they were young when I begged for a minute of peace, a minute to breathe, or shower, or think…but this was worse. Back then, I had no idea how much peace I’d have one day all too soon.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement

“My entire world had gone up in flames, and I was still holding the match.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Reunion

“The same way everyone’s happy in the middle of their life. I had everything I wanted, but somehow it all felt a bit lackluster. A dream is its shiniest when it’s still inside your head.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Reunion

“The nights he saved me.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Bitter House

“The world would be a better place if we were all taking the medicine we need.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Hidden

“Hello,” she said, her tone crisp. “Have you talked to your father?” She drew out the word. Fine, thanks. How are you?”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Amendment

“Sometimes I like to think the people who die go on living without really knowing they’ve died. Isn’t that a peaceful thought? That those we’ve lost are just out there, living and loving, happy and at peace. That they don’t know anything happened to them. That they exist in a reality that is exactly what they hoped for.”
― Kiersten Modglin, Hemlock

“Because everyone needs a friend, and because one day you’ll break and let me in, and on that day, I’m going to be standing right here. Still waiting. Probably old and decrepit by then, but still here.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Missing Piece

“Normal doesn’t exist and it never has. There are just these periods where things feel safe and calm, and then, long before we’re ready, everything’s torn apart and we call it change.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Amendment

“That’s the burden parents face, isn’t it? When we’re with them, we take it all for granted. We wish for time away. We wish for a moment of peace. Then, as soon as we’re away, supposed to be enjoying our peace, we wish to be right in the middle of it all again. Childhood is both very long and very short and, as parents, there’s nothing we’re more aware of than that.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Reunion

“In death, everyone becomes a hero. Otherworldly. The dead become something of myths and legends, even when everyone knows the truth.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Stranger

“You can’t trick your heart. You can’t convince it or reason with it or bribe it.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Reunion

“People like to pretend they have no control over the way their life turns out, but the truth is that they just refuse to deal with the hard stuff because it’s too painful and messy. You know what’s even more painful and sticky? Prolonging bad situations for your own comfort.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement

“Look, now is not the time. I know I’ve said that to you a million times, but if there were ever a not the time, this is it.”
― Kiersten Modglin, The Arrangement