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1 " Reaching out, he took her hand. “We’re going to be ready. Whether it’s tonight, tomorrow or the next day . . . we’ll be prepared. I won’t let anyone hurt you or the kids.” Relief flickered across her face. “This isn’t your fight. I feel guilty for making it seem like it is. But I’m also glad you’re here and that makes me feel guilty again, so . . . ” “Guilt’s a useless emotion.” He made peace with that much in rehab. It was useless to feel guilty that he’d made it home alive from Pakistan when some of his team mates hadn’t been so lucky. Equally worthless was his guilt over his sense of loss about his leg when Colton hadn’t come home at all. “You need the kind of help I can provide. And I don’t mind helping. I’ve always . . . ” Liked you, is what he meant to say. Maybe cared a little. But his throat stopped working and the words remained trapped in his brain. Which had become strangely disconnected with logic. Because instead of saying more, he leaned in slightly and kissed her. "
― Kylie Brant
2 " She grabbed her jacket, although the weatherman had promised a return to seasonable temperatures. But given his record, she saw no reason to trust him. What other occupation got to retain their jobs when they were right only half the time? "
― Kylie Brant , Deadly Dreams (Mindhunters, #5)
3 " Monsters looked just like the rest of us. And somehow, that made them even scarier. "
― Kylie Brant , Pretty Girls Dancing
4 " They’d said it would get easier. They’d lied. "
5 " Whoever said kids could be cruel had made a gross underestimation "
6 " After Kelsey had been taken, she’d quickly learned that people had a finite tolerance for the suffering of others. Empathy went only so far before their personal comfort levels maxed out, and they started backing away from displays of grief. "
7 " If there was one thing their family dynamics proved, it was that everyone managed trauma differently. They all had their own ways of getting by. "
8 " Or if, like her, they immersed themselves in trivialities in a frantic effort to avoid a yawning inner emptiness that sometimes threatened to swallow them whole. "
9 " People didn't always act the way they should. Not even grown-ups. Sometimes the people who were supposed to protect you from monsters were monsters themselves. "
― Kylie Brant , Cold Dark Places (Cady Maddix Mystery, #1)
10 " Life is people and people are memories. I keep my memories close by taking pictures, you see? "
11 " Hank "
― Kylie Brant , What the Dead Know (Mindhunters, #8)
12 " But if it’s true, I hope that’s gutted you every day since. I hope your life’s a misery knowing that when Kelsey needed you most, you were fucking a twenty-two-year-old and too busy to go look for her. "
13 " You haven’t become anything,” she whispered. “You’re the same man I fell in love with nearly ten years "
― Kylie Brant , Deadly Sins (Mindhunters, #6)
14 " nothing had changed in the years apart. "
15 " Dealing with the loss of Kelsey should have made her more attuned to the agony of others, "
16 " shoulder against the doorjamb of the bathroom, looking surprisingly alert given the "
― Kylie Brant , Facing Evil (Circle of Evil, #3)
17 " The fact that the victims are single allows them to make bank withdrawals without a cosigner. "
― Kylie Brant , Chasing Evil (Circle of Evil, #1)
18 " Without hope, what would be the use of going on? "
19 " The toughest part of life isn't death after all. It's living and dealing with our pasts. "
― Kylie Brant , Waking Nightmare (Mindhunters, #1)
20 " …unless you’ve got a thing for women with stratospheric IQ’s and abysmal taste in men. It’d taken her a long time to recognize that she consistently chose males who didn’t see her only their own reflection in her. Once she figured that out she started to regain a measure of her self respect.. "
― Kylie Brant , Waking the Dead (Mindhunters, #3)
