Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)

by Tahereh Mafi

“Because they’re dead, love. They’re all dead.”

Because the truth is so unbearable I wish he’d spare me a lie.

Hope will break your heart all over again.”

And she,” he says, “she cannot be touched.”

then how are YOU here brother...?

I never stopped to consider that someone else might have it worse than I do. It makes me feel ashamed for ever having felt sorry for myself.

“What?” He laughs. “You’re going to throw another pillow at me?”

lil too sassy bro

“Thank you,” I say, my eyes focused on the meal. “This looks delicious.”

were you not cussing him out and throwing a tantrum and kicking/punching him as hard as you could probably not even 2 minutes ago????

“I have no one to impress,”

my excuse for leaving the house in sweatpants:

“You should get a dog, love. I hear they share much the same qualities.”

I- GAGGED-

“Delalieu

AYEEEE he gives bertram in a differnt font, a differnt genre, a djfferent universe you could say

“Juliette,” Warner says, and I nearly fall into the toilet. “Come out here, love. It’s rude to eavesdrop.”

“I’m not a coward,” he says to me, struggling to moderate his voice. “I just want to protect my family. I don’t want James to have to worry that I’m going to show up dead every day. He needs me to be rational.”

i actually see adams point is this julliette girl dont make me side with himmm

Words, I think, are such unpredictable creatures. No gun, no sword, no army or king will ever be more powerful than a sentence. Swords may cut and kill, but words will stab and stay, burying themselves in our bones to become corpses we carry into the future, all the time digging and failing to rip their skeletons from our flesh.

I’ve finally gotten to a point in my life where I’m not afraid to speak. Where my shadow no longer haunts me.

I’d rather be shot dead screaming for justice than die alone in a prison of my own making.”

“Then you’d rather be dead?” he asks, angry again. “Is that what you’re saying? You’d rather be dead than try to build a life with me here?” “I would rather be dead,” I say to him,

Warner is here.

IM AT PIANO LESSONS ARGGGGG

“Juliette, love,” Warner says, leaning into my ear.

who you calling love in front of all these ppl cuz it COULDNT be me

“You were just talking? Alone? In my brother’s bedroom?”

*closet

He turns back and shouts, “Get yourselves some dinner” to everyone else, just before we leave. We’re standing on the landing just outside Adam’s house,

oh bby NO ONE is eating dinner rn i can assure you...

“I don’t know what’s happening to me.” “They’re called hormones.”

Kenji pls😭

“Like—Adam was the first guy who was ever . . . nice to you. Hell, he was probably the first person in the world who was nice to you. And he can touch you. And he’s not, you know, disgusting looking.” A pause. “I can’t blame you, to be honest. It’s hard being lonely. We all get a little desperate sometimes.”

WHAT I HAVE SAID FROM THE BEGINING. GIRL WAS JUST STARVED FOR SO LONG SHE FORGOT HOW TO TASTE-

“I’m here for you, kid. That’s what friends are for.”

Adam is ignoring me.

lady weve been over this. time to move on

“I was happier,” Adam says, “when I thought she was dead.”

ooo i alr know castles passing out them movie popcorn rations

He stalks across the room. Grabs a coat. Yanks the door open. The walls shake as he slams it shut.

walk out #3 in less than 24 hours? k serving toddlerrrrr

“They were my birthday presents,”

i didnt know it was going to be THIS sad

“Oh. Well, now that you mention it, yeah, um, I might’ve told him, um, that you were still in love with him?”

what the crap do your blow up thing on HIM

“Kenji told Adam I’m still in love with him.”

OKAY NOW WHY ARENT YOU SAYING IT ISNT TRUE YOU ARENT HELPING URSELF

“This is the kind of guy you’re into, huh?” Adam snaps at me. “The kind of guy who petrifies children?” “It’s nice to see you again, Kent.” Warner is watching Adam now. “How are you enjoying your stay?”

BAHAHAHAHA LOCK IN BROTHER

I finally look away, catching a glimpse of Adam in the process. He looks pissed.

thats how we like itttt

“She’s no longer in pain,” he says softly. “This is a great consolation to me.”

about that.... God's justice still exsists in whatever year yall are in

“How can I hate his anger,” he says, “when I know so well where it comes from?”

holyyyyy...

But I’m still fairly terrified, and I’ve never needed to use the bathroom as much as I do right now.

hide n seek core

I have absolutely nothing to say. I reach back, pull the gun out of my holster. And shoot him in the forehead.

never in my LIFE have i ever felt so much JOYYYYYYYY