Kay Bratt > Quotes

“I need to know who I was, in order to go forward and be who I am meant to be.”
― Kay Bratt

“Sometimes we put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.”
― Kay Bratt, Bitter Winds

“you must realize that the world is a very big place. You must keep an open mind and learn new ways to explore beyond what you already know.”
― Kay Bratt, The Bridge

“Nothing was worse than becoming an expert on how to keep someone you love alive when she insisted that she wanted to die. Each time was a nightmare, and Cara didn’t think her sister had any clue how much it affected her. Much”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“don’t listen to the voice of depression. Listen to the voice of someone who loves you.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“her mewling and the mottled color of her skin, she didn’t have much time left. Faster than most would think an old man could move, Benfu struggled out of his worn red overcoat and laid it on the ground in front of him. He then lifted the infant and set her on top of it. As he knelt down to wrap the material around her, he ignored the throbbing in his knees and rubbed her tiny feet and hands. He counted under his breath as he quickly massaged each petite toe and finger. While working to get the blood running in her body again, his eyes met hers and held. With the surprise of being suddenly”
― Kay Bratt, The Bridge

“The truth was that Hana could be a controlling, stubborn, and emotionally crippled maniac. But then she could also be a hilarious, compassionate, generous, and loving sister. Despite”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“Depression is hard to describe, but think of it like this; sometimes, I am a gnat curled up in the palm of a huge monster, begging for mercy. And sometimes I am the monster.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” She wasn’t sure if the women were half as intelligent as they thought they were, but she could tell their cheerfulness was painted on like cheap makeup, ready to run off at the first sprinkle of a summer rain.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“You should remember this: all of us see much turmoil in our lifetimes, but we must stand strong in our convictions. If we keep our resolve, even our enemies will respect our courage.”
― Kay Bratt, The Palest Ink

“He looked into her eyes and she felt he really saw her-- the real person, the one no one else in her life had ever taken the time to know.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“Do you really want to walk away before you even know where it could go? Don' t you think you deserve a chance to be happy?”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“Today hasn’t been such a good day, and I feel it’s only going to get worse in the next few hours.” The man nodded solemnly. “Maybe. But remember, tigers are notorious for their courage and will stand up for what is right, despite the consequences to their own well-being.”
― Kay Bratt, The Palest Ink

“That every person had a soul mate out there somewhere and one should spend every minute with that person before they were gone forever.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“And she was too tired to deal with it. Or maybe tired wasn't' the right word. Her fatigue wasn't of the physical kind. It was that dark fog that slipped in and robbed you of the desire to do anything.”
― Kay Bratt, Dancing with the Sun

“Sometimes we see what we want to see, or what we expect to see. And then many of us only see ourselves as someone told us we should be.”
― Kay Bratt, True to Me

“You don’t know what that does to a person, never knowing a real home or belonging to anyone. It changes them and keeps them from being who they were meant to be.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“Kindness in giving creates love.”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“She was that kind of person, the kind who made you feel good just because they were in your life.”
― Kay Bratt, The Palest Ink

“Forgiveness wasn’t to benefit the one who’d offended, but to ease the suffering of the one who’d been offended.”
― Kay Bratt, Tangled Vines

“What about The Palest Ink? It goes with the proverb that ‘the palest ink is better than the best memory.’” “What’s that mean?” Pony Boy asked. Zu Wren bounced on the seat, obviously excited. “It means that people’s memories change over time, but if there’s a written account, then it will be more accurately remembered.”
― Kay Bratt, The Palest Ink

“the little fellow makes me want to get up in the morning. I need that responsibility for another life to keep me going, you know. It”
― Kay Bratt, The Scavenger's Daughters

“How much of your own sad story do you allow yourself to pass along to your child?”
― Kay Bratt, Tangled Vines

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what the sunflowers do. —Helen Keller”
― Kay Bratt, Dancing with the Sun

“She was a woman of worth—but it was in her life lessons, not her possessions.”
― Kay Bratt, Hart's Ridge

“Lily shivered as she pulled her Ye Ye’s jacket tighter around the stiff clothes they’d made her put on. The sterile smell of the room mixed with what reeked of old urine was nauseating, and she filtered her breath through her mouth as she waited. She listened intently, hoping the sound of footsteps wouldn’t come. She’d been crouching on the ice-cold floor in the corner for hours, ever since that nasty excuse for a man had slammed the door on her. The turning of the lock and his threats to return later that night still rang in her ears. She felt a wave of revulsion remembering how he’d taunted her, coming close enough that she could smell his rancid breath as he hissed what he’d like to do to her.”
― Kay Bratt, Bitter Winds

“Whatever you find at the end of this day, it will not change the person you are. But you may need to dig deep and find forgiveness for all that has transpired.”
― Kay Bratt, True to Me

“Suicide—the ultimate abandonment.”
― Kay Bratt, Wish Me Home

“For years she’d fought to keep it under control, instead of letting it control her. The doctor had said the pain was her body’s way of processing her grief, and he’d urged her to be proactive with medication, though she’d still resisted, not wanting her brain to be foggy. That meant she didn’t have a fighting chance against the bouts of insomnia that plagued her. And she didn’t like to talk about her limitations. Ever.”
― Kay Bratt, Dancing with the Sun

“Shame is nothing more than the fear that you aren’t good enough.”
― Kay Bratt, In My Life