The OCD Games Quotes

“I’ve always preferred moths to butterflies. They aren’t flashy or cocky; they mind their own business and just try to blend in with their surroundings and live their lives. They don’t want to be seen, and that’s something I can relate to.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“I want the floor to open up and swallow me whole. Feeling as I have a spotlight on me, I forget how to speak and look down at my shoes. If there’s one thing I hate, it’s being the center of attention.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“Once a week, I take an art class in the building next door to the church that houses my support group. My favorite coffee shop is right across the street from them both as if that block is dedicated to my mental well-being. Life’s funny like that...”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“Ah, a hit of normalcy. It’s almost addicting.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“Why am I so awkward? I groan to my flats as I pull them on and rush out the door.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“He tips his head to the side and grins. “That’s too bad. It’s lonely on this side of the store,” he says and glances at the register beside us.

“It’s lonely over there too,” I say honestly, thinking of the lack of real connection between me and Camilla.

Blaine’s eyes light with humor, and I smack a hand over my mouth as I realize I said that out loud.

He leans closer to me and whispers, “We’ll both survive somehow.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“Frustration wells in me, and I want to cry as I back away from the thing of lighters, but somehow, I don’t. I just stand there, watching him laugh and trying to not let the moment cut me down completely. No part of this is funny, and I try to be rational—maybe he isn’t even laughing at me at all and just has the worst timing in the world—but I’m paranoid and take offense to it anyway. Using my hair to shadow my face, I turn away from him and pad back over to Camilla.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“Kara gives me a thumbs up, and I feel my hardened face melt into a smile. I’m so grateful to have her, someone to sympathize with me, who knows I’m not right but loves me anyway.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“I’ve gotten really good at reading Kara’s face over the years. and I know what that expression means. It’s disappointment. Here she is trying to find me a perfect boyfriend, yet I can’t keep my neuroses in check long enough to keep them from running away. I can’t bring myself to care. If a guy runs from something as small as this, they are in no way, shape, or form able to handle me anyway.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“A lot of times, I wonder why she’s put up with me for all the years that she has when it would be so much easier for her to walk away and pretend she never knew me.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“The world has a way of balancing—for every time something good happens, something bad has to happen and vice versa. With the thought of my date with Blaine, I mentally prepare myself for the blow of something bad that I’m sure is headed my way.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games