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A review by suspensethrill
Hideaway by Penelope Douglas
4.0
My emotions after rereading this book:
Favorite Quotes:
"Aside from what got him arrested-assaulting a child-abuser who just happened to also be a cop-he had always been a model kid. He knew how to party but never went over the limit like Will. He enjoyed women, but they never seemed to hate him for it like they did Damon. And he could be tough and hard and scary, but it never came off as mean like it did with Michael. Kai was the best of their whole little crew."
"People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it's in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you've ended the conversation. You. Not them."
"I agreed with her. It was still no excuse. Plenty of people had it rough and behaved just fine. In theory. But when you're in the thick of abuse and still live with the torment in your head every day, it's a little different. No one handles it. They just fake it better. How else do you cope with the terrible sh*t you've been through?"
"People dictate rules based on how they want to be treated, but I'll tell you something. When someone else misbehaves, it's black and white, isn't it? We judge, and we condemn, but when we do it, it's a gray area all of a sudden. Other people are subject to your convictions, but not you, right?"
"Everyone thought he was inhuman. Incapable of feeling. Resistant to emotion. Sick. Unwell. A machine. No. He felt everything. He never shunned an emotion. Not one. He knew that letting it run its course was the only way to get rid of it. Shame. Fear. Anger. Love. Worry. Sadness. Betrayal. Guilt. He owned every single one."
"I want you to exist," he whispered. "I want to never forget that the world is a bad place, that you were real, and that every day you're rotting under my feet."
Favorite Quotes:
"Aside from what got him arrested-assaulting a child-abuser who just happened to also be a cop-he had always been a model kid. He knew how to party but never went over the limit like Will. He enjoyed women, but they never seemed to hate him for it like they did Damon. And he could be tough and hard and scary, but it never came off as mean like it did with Michael. Kai was the best of their whole little crew."
"People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it's in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you've ended the conversation. You. Not them."
"I agreed with her. It was still no excuse. Plenty of people had it rough and behaved just fine. In theory. But when you're in the thick of abuse and still live with the torment in your head every day, it's a little different. No one handles it. They just fake it better. How else do you cope with the terrible sh*t you've been through?"
"People dictate rules based on how they want to be treated, but I'll tell you something. When someone else misbehaves, it's black and white, isn't it? We judge, and we condemn, but when we do it, it's a gray area all of a sudden. Other people are subject to your convictions, but not you, right?"
"Everyone thought he was inhuman. Incapable of feeling. Resistant to emotion. Sick. Unwell. A machine. No. He felt everything. He never shunned an emotion. Not one. He knew that letting it run its course was the only way to get rid of it. Shame. Fear. Anger. Love. Worry. Sadness. Betrayal. Guilt. He owned every single one."