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Silent Child (Silent Child, #1) QUOTES

Silent Child (Silent Child, #1) QUOTES

1 " The mother is always at fault. so is the wife, really. Women are supposed to control men, isn't that how it goes? what's that saying again: 'behind every great man is a great woman.' we're supposed to be the ones holding them back. forget having our own lives. forget our own careers and loves and losses. we're the matriarchs. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

2 " No one wants to believe they are weak, but we all have weakness inside us. We have strength, too, but there are times when the circumstances in our lives are so overwhelming that we easily succumb to that weakness "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

3 " Monsters are men and women just like us, and they have the ability to hide their true face. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

4 " I’ve heard it said that you can only control yourself and how you behave in any given setting. You can never control the circumstances around you. You can’t control how other people react, only how you, yourself, act. That’s the great tragedy of life. One moment everything is perfect and the next it’s all in tatters because of the circumstances happening all around you. And what are you supposed to think when your child is taken from you? That it was fate? God? Bad luck? How are you supposed to move on? When "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

5 " No one should regret loving and trusting another human being. Yes, sometimes we direct our love and trust to the wrong person, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have done it at all. Hearts should be protected, but they shouldn’t be forced to close. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

6 " Scorned. As if the jealousy of a lover could ever compete with the ferocity of a mother. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

7 " But they don’t know what it’s truly like to lose control, and I’m not talking about my emotions, but about my life. I lost control of my life. Everything around me fell apart while I remained the impotent bystander. I’ve "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

8 " Never say you hate someone or something unless you really mean it, because hate is not finding a presenter on the telly annoying, or losing your temper with a sibling—it’s an all-consuming living thing that starts in your bowels and infects your blood until it blackens your heart. And "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

9 " No one wants to believe they are weak, but we all have weakness inside us. We have strength, too, but there are times when the circumstances in our lives are so overwhelming that we easily succumb to that weakness. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

10 " People are multi-layered. Anyone can have a private side that verges on the dark and dangerous. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

11 " You and me. We’ll be a team again, like we were when we lived at Nana’s house, remember? We fought crime, you and me. You were Superman, obviously, you had the cape. I was just your sidekick but you made sure we caught the baddies every time. We’re going to do that again, I promise.” And "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

12 " If you get to live your life without ever experiencing hatred, then count yourself lucky. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

13 " I lost control of my life. Everything around me fell apart while I remained the impotent bystander. I’ve "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

14 " Moments are what make this life, aren’t they? A life is built on moments; seconds passing by. Some seconds are fleeting—part of a silly dream, or chopping up vegetables, taking the rubbish out, trimming our nails. Some are not. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

15 " People talk about losing control of themselves all the time, whether it’s from drink, drugs, passion, or anger. But they don’t know what it’s truly like to lose control, and I’m not talking about my emotions, but about my life. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

16 " No one is as fickle as the public, and the reason they're that fickle is that the media tell them how to think and how to feel. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

17 " The withered piece of coal hidden deep in my chest had once been full of love. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

18 " If you get to live your life without ever experiencing hatred, then count yourself lucky. Count your blessings. Hate isn’t something to crave or wish for. Never say you hate someone or something unless you really mean it, because hate is not finding a presenter on the telly annoying, or losing your temper with a sibling—it’s an all-consuming living thing that starts in your bowels and infects your blood until it blackens your heart. And I hated myself. That’s the worst kind of hate. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

19 " had gone through a rebellious phase, and no, he was not the kind of boyfriend you took home to your parents, "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)

20 " nothing bad will ever happen to me. "

― Sarah A. Denzil , Silent Child (Silent Child, #1)