Laura Lee Bahr > Quotes

“Even though he is almost dead, Brother Johnson still rhymes.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“This was meant to be a stop on the way. Now it seemed the destination where she would die”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“My heart feels out of my chest with all of the unbearable sweetness. This red velvet heart of mine. All mine to eat.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“Memory—this was our new contested ground. What we thought, what we remembered. How do you fight for what’s in your own mind.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“I don’t care who they are. Men are dogs. They may sit, shake, and even wear a suit, but they’re all dogs. And some of them are dogs that will just try and sniff your crotch and hump your leg, and some will rip your throat out. And you never can tell which is which and who is who.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“The word “rape” is like a swear word, I guess.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“Is that true? Do bad things never happen to normal people?”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“A pretty woman is a complex system of problems.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“To be remembered as a villain is as good as being remembered as a hero. Maybe better.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“I’m the baby of the family. I like being the baby because it means I’m special.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“I know there is a darkness in people who pretend to be light. I know there is blood behind the smiles. I know there is evil cloaked in good. I know that people think I am bad, and perhaps I am. But perhaps they prefer to think me bad and to call me that, than to see that I am a mirror of their hypocrisy. I want them to know that I see that they are liars. I want them to see that I SEE their evil with my own”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“She was a sunset. Everything was lighting up the most beautiful it would ever be again before it faded. You knew it wouldn't last much longer. Look while you could.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Angel Meat

“Mom’s and Dad’s eyes are closed, but we sisters all have ours wide open.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“They won’t listen to me. They don’t even put it to a vote. Is it fair that they do things I think are wrong and then say it’s for my own good? It’s not fair. And it’s not right.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar

“I think of Mom, not alone in the house, and say my whisper-prayer to protect her . . . not just from Brother Johnson, but from Dale, from Uncle Gerald, from serial killers, faceless devil-worshippers, from the whole world of men where you never know which is which and who is who.”
― Laura Lee Bahr, Who Is the Liar