It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)

by Colleen Hoover

But I’m done bending my own life for Ryle’s sake. My loyalty is to the people who bring positivity into my life. My loyalty is to the people who want to build me up and see me happy. Those are the people I’m going to make decisions about my life for.

There’s this toxic belief that family should stick together simply because they’re family.

“I can draw a seedling with two tiny branches. Yours and mine. We’ll be on our own brand-new, tiny family tree—one that starts with us.”

But even monsters can’t survive without a heart beating inside their chest.

But I’m learning that Gen Z is a different breed. The more time I spend with these two, the more I think they’re unlike any generation that came before them. They’re less prone to peer pressure and more supportive of individuality.