Come Break My Heart Again Quotes

“I haven’t been happy since I was seventeen. That’s not entirely Archer’s fault. But I blame him. Partly because he bears some responsibility. And mostly because Ryder isn’t here to blame instead.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“Because that’s what normal people do. They heal from heartbreak and move on.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“You love her, Ry. That’s fairly obvious to anyone who knows you. And she sure hasn’t forgotten about you. You lost seven years. You really want to waste more time?”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I rise up onto my tippy-toes before he can lean down, wrapping my arms around his neck. Holding tight, knowing I never want to let go. My heart beats in my chest, warm and whole. We finally got our different ending. Our happy ending.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I laugh. Maybe it’s not romantic, but it’s us. And he knew my answer already. I feel like I’ve known it since I met him. “Shut up and kiss me.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I want the house, Elle. I want to see you sit on that screened porch for the three months it’ll be usable. I want to fill up those four bedrooms with kids. For them to go to the high school where I fell in love with you. For them to grow up with Keira and Tuck’s son. I want Scout to get to play in that big yard. With you, I want it all. As long as you do too.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I wanted it to be a perfect moment,” he says. “That’s the only reason I haven’t asked you. I wasn’t sure what I was doing for work, and everything with my mom … I wasn’t second-guessing us. I swear.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I grew up in a house like that, and I was miserable most of the time. I don’t need to own a mansion to be happy. My favorite thing about that house is that you made it look like the drawing I had shown you. Not how big it is or how much money it’s worth. That it reminds me of us. But that can be anywhere we’re together. It doesn’t have to be here.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I thought this would be us,” she whispers. “Before everything happened … it felt inevitable. I love Keira, and I’m so happy for her, but …” She lifts a shoulder, then lets it drop. “It felt inevitable to me too,” I tell her. “I didn’t believe in much. But I believed in us.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I wondered if a bigger commitment would have made it harder for you to end things,” she tells me. “We weren’t even dating back then really.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“Elle smiles, and I think she’s recalling the same conversation I am. When she told me we were nothing and I countered with we were something.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“Lo …” His voice sounds choked as he swipes away my tears with his thumbs. “You’ve always been my only choice, okay? I’ve never picked anyone else.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I need to know if you’re going to keep running, Ry. Because I can’t go through it all again. Our whole pattern. It has to … it has to have a different ending this time. You can’t disappear to avoid saying goodbye. You can’t decide shutting me out is what is best for me. You can’t break my heart again.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“If you want me, I’m yours.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I told Ryder I’d never forgive him for breaking my heart again. But forgetting him has been the problem. Seven years, and I haven’t figured out how to forget him.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“And I’m not sure if it’s a good or bad thing that Elle will have more time to think about everything I just said to her.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I just need you to tell me what you want from me, so we can both move forward.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“If you want me, I’m yours. But if you can’t get past everything that happened, if the air has been cleared—whatever the hell that means—I’ll get it.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“You have one now. You said you’d never forgive me, and I never expected you to. But I am in love with you.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“did what I thought was best for you, and you don’t get to tell me that’s wrong. I was the one in prison, not you. I did what I had to, to get through it, and I can’t change the past. You’re mad I never gave you a choice?”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“The one you wrote six years ago?” “I could have written it yesterday. I wouldn’t have changed a word. Yeah, I hurt you on purpose. I wish I’d had other options, but I didn’t.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I’m trying, Elle. I’m trying, and I can’t tell if you want me to. I can’t tell what you want. I need you to tell me, the way I told you in that letter.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“Since I’m writing this for selfish reasons, here are a few more things I want you to know: I love you. I miss you. I’ll never forget you. Maybe in another life. Ryder”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“He didn’t give me a choice. Didn’t listen to me. Just shut me out. I wanted to see him, to talk to him. Even if we weren’t together anymore … I needed him. I don’t know how to forgive him for that.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“I forgave you for breaking my heart once. I won’t do it again.” Ryder nods, no trace of regret on his face. “I know.” Then, he stands and walks away. I keep waiting for him to look back, but he never does. He disappears from sight, and my heart cracks in half.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“How did you get in here?” he asks. I swallow. “I used your mom’s name. Stole her ID. They-they wouldn’t let me see you otherwise.” “You can’t take a hint, can you?” I stare at him, taken aback. “What?” “They let us see friends and family to try to keep us from reoffending. An incentive to stay in line, get out of here as soon as possible. I decide who can visit me, Elle. You weren’t supposed to get in here.” “You … don’t want me to visit?” I’m so confused. If I can’t see him here, I can’t see him at all. And not for weeks or months. For years.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“You said you loved me,” I whisper. “I got caught up in the moment,” he says quietly. My eyes begin to burn, and I know I’m close to crying. I refuse to do that here, to let Ryder see how deeply he’s cutting me.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“Don’t say that. You’re wrong.” “I’m realistic, Elle. We were fun. We were never serious, and we sure as hell were never going to last. Everyone knew it.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“You don’t belong here, Ry.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again

“He says nothing, just stares at me. He’s so cold. So distant. So different from the Ryder I know. From the boy I love.”
― C.W. Farnsworth, Come Break My Heart Again