Kat Davis > Quotes

“When they finally lowered her meds again, it seemed that something in her had changed. The anger was still there, but when she felt it, she was able to step outside herself, as if she could see what she was about to do and choose differently. It wasn’t that she felt bad for any of the times she had acted out; she just didn’t want to be punished again. So she took a breath, swallowed the anger in the moment, took it with her back to her room to scream it out into her pillow in the dark.”
― Kat Davis, In a Dark Mirror

“Maddie would have moved farther, to give herself a wider margin between her past and present. But maybe it’s foolish to think that leaving the past behind could be as simple as changing your physical location.”
― Kat Davis, In a Dark Mirror

“Lana understood Mr. Lopez to be saying that a sacrifice was meant to hurt, that it didn’t mean anything if you weren’t giving up something important.”
― Kat Davis, In a Dark Mirror

“There’s something defensive in the posture, even threatening, but still she looks at him blankly for a few seconds before she understands. Something around the eyes, the mouth, is familiar. Boys change so much in becoming men.”
― Kat Davis, In a Dark Mirror