What I Did Quotes

“Maybe that was why I adored horror movies and true crime. I identified with the villain, the foe, the outsider. I was always the person who didn’t belong.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“On a whim, I told Mom once about seeing the world as a series of grays, and she told me I was depressed. This didn’t feel like that. This emptiness was different.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“Even when I didn’t want to think about it, I did. I didn’t know what that said about me, or maybe I didn’t like what it suggested. Either way, it had left me with the thought that human life was both strangely fragile and persistent.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“He’d interpreted my move as rudeness, but I thought it would’ve been much ruder to stab him.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“What did you do, Jess?” Keaton said.

I wanted to give her the same lie that I had used from day one—nothing had happened and everything was fine—but the words wouldn’t form. Speaking would damn me as easily as silence. Keaton approached me, crouching in front of me until I was forced to look into her big blue eyes. I had a moment where I hated her for doing this.

Then, it dissolved away.

I used to think my hate made me strong. For so long, I had used it as a shield to distance myself, to keep the world at bay, because things were easier that way. Or so it seemed. I hadn’t understood that in reality, my hate made me ugly, it made me weak. Seeing the soul inside of my best friend told me just how much that hate had cost me. She reached forward to hug me, and I broke down into tears.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“My anxiety always made sure I was on guard, even when there was no danger.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“As it turned out, spite was one hell of a motivator.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“Right when I was about to close the computer and call it quits on torturing myself for the day, a new message pinged in the thread. Samuel had sent me a JPEG. I stared at it warily, knowing that from him there was a 50/50 chance it was either something horrifying or a dick pic though really, it was one in the same.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“I stared at Oscar’s face, seeking something familiar. When we made eye contact, something in me ached because I found it.
This was my friend.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“I’d like to think I’d be brave enough to defend myself, but most likely, I would be a runner too.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did