It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)

by Colleen Hoover

I love it when the sky makes me feel insignificant.

“There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.”

Is this a red flag?

Fifteen seconds. That’s all it takes to completely change everything about a person. Fifteen seconds that we’ll never get back.

I think about how sometimes, no matter how convinced you are that your life will turn out a certain way, all that certainty can be washed away with a simple change in tide.

Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be. We shouldn’t waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never.”

I’ll keep pretending to swim, when really all I’m doing is floating. Barely keeping my head above water.

This one. This one made me cry.

I’m supposed to be the one who protects you from the monsters.

But I didn’t leave. And now, here I am with bruises and cuts on my body at the hands of the man who is supposed to love me.

I’m supposed to be the woman my mother was never strong enough to be.

When I realize this, I hate myself just as much as I hate him.

“Don’t be like me, Lily. I know that you believe he loves you, and I’m sure he does. But

If Ryle truly loves you, he wouldn’t allow you to take him back. He would make the decision to leave you himself so that he knows for a fact he can never hurt you again. That’s the kind of love a woman deserves, Lily.”

“Just one more chance, Lily. Please.”

“What if she came to you and said, ‘Daddy? My husband pushed me down the stairs. He said it was an accident. What should I do?’ ”

“I would beg her to leave him,”

And as hard as this choice is, we break the pattern before the pattern breaks us.

Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break. It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern. Sometimes it seems easier to just keep running in the same familiar circles, rather than facing the fear of jumping and possibly not landing on your feet.

It’s the hardest thing to take the first step, and it doesn’t always get easier right away, but the more steps u take the easier they become.

“You can stop swimming now, Lily. We finally reached the shore.”

some risks are never worth taking. Especially when those risks have failed you in the past.

This is the best quote in the book. No question.