Leodora Darlington > Quotes

“What they don’t tell you about betrayal is that it eats you slowly. Long after the raised voices and slammed doors, after the tears—if there are any—it makes a home where your Good Feelings live and begins to gnaw at fond memories, trust, intimacy. Gnaw until you’re full of holes, nothing left untouched but paranoia and the distinct sense of having loved a stranger.”
― Leodora Darlington, The Exes: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel

“We all have a little monster in us. Some people are just better at hiding it than others. To be human is to be complicated, to live in the dark and the light.”
― Leodora Darlington, The Exes

“But I really ought to remember that pride always comes before a fall.”
― Leodora Darlington, The Exes: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel

“I’ve learned that until I heal, until I fix what’s inherently broken within me, romance only compounds my problems in the long run.”
― Leodora Darlington, The Exes: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel