Darby Kane > Quotes

“People thought silence meant the absence of noise, and sometimes it did, but other times it screamed so loudly she had to fight not to cover her ears.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“That’s how grief works. Grief, depression, trauma. They overwhelm. They’re louder than the good things happening in your life. You can’t compartmentalize the darker aspects and put them in a box and think they won’t leach into the rest of your life.”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“Habit. It was a habit bred from years of escaping accountability. He got away with everything. If you dared to question him, he’d unload and make you feel guilt for even trying.”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“You’re going to have terrible days and okay days, and you will not know which one you’re getting until it’s too late to duck.”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“That’s how they win. They destroy you in silence until you’re afraid of speaking out. They attack you in your own damn house, where you should be safe.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“They destroy you in silence until you’re afraid of speaking out. They attack you in your own damn house, where you should be safe.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“The idea of having a useless husband sounds like a nightmare.” She had friends who put up with that nonsense. Not her. She wanted a partner, not another child in a grown-up body. He’d always been steady. Present. Supportive. Driven. A little too set in his ways, but a loving dad and husband. As a child of divorce, he fought hard for their marriage. They’d hit rough patches and lived through a painful year filled with yelling and disappointment when they both hated their jobs and their expenses didn’t allow for a change.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“No one hid meaningless things.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“Unconditional love is bullshit. A trap that lures you in, makes you comfortable, then snaps, breaking you in half. Like hope, it blinds and destroys. Leaves you limping and unprepared for what’s coming right for you.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“People thought silence meant the absence of noise, and sometimes it did, but other times it”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“Real or not, only a man would find solace in such flimsy excuses at a time like this. Women were programmed to fight to be believed.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“Survivors stayed awake and ready. Falling into fantasy invited trouble, and she’d had enough of that.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“Ever since he’d been promoted to dean of admission at Ithaca College he spent more time in the office and less at the desk his father had made when Roland graduated from college.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“That’s how grief works. Grief, depression, trauma. They overwhelm. They’re louder than the good things happening in your life. You can’t compartmentalize the darker aspects and put them in a box and think they won’t leach into the rest of your life.” Elisa heard voices in the”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“Always be prepared for the worst when it came to dealing with men.”
― Darby Kane, What the Wife Knew

“knew,”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“A mix of boy next door and hot single dad on the playground.”
― Darby Kane, The Engagement Party

“You can't trust Josh.”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“Sometimes it was better to create a family than stay with the one that raised you.”
― Darby Kane, What the Wife Knew

“The tragic part about escaping your past is that you never actually do. It’s always there, in the background and in stark memories, waiting to pounce.”
― Darby Kane, What the Wife Knew

“but then it was amazing how often what people thought was going on was very different from what actually was.”
― Darby Kane, Pretty Little Wife

“She preferred quiet. Always.”
― Darby Kane, The Replacement Wife

“I heard the unspoken fuck you in Elias's response. He treated police questioning like an invitation to a Fourth of July family barbecue with that one wacky uncle who could talk for hours about the government putting listening devices in food.”
― Darby Kane, What the Wife Knew