Fracture Me Quotes

“All I can think is how horrible and beautiful it is, that our eyes blur the truth when we can't bear to see it.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Okay then. Let’s go get our girl back." "My girl," I correct him. "She’s my girl." Kenji snorts as we head in the direction of the compounds. "Right. Minus the part where she’s not actually your girl. Not anymore." "Shut up." "Uh-huh." "Whatever.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“She's trying so hard to be okay --- to make it all this shit okay --- but sometimes it's like the world just won't let her. The hits keep coming, and she keeps hurting.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“You want to keep your little brother alive? Make sure you don't kill yourself while you're trying to save him.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Every day we feel further apart. And sometimes I think the harder I try to hold on, the more she tries to break away.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“The tension is so thick it's practically its own person, taking up a seat we don't have to spare.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Save your stupid for later!”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“He likes to let a lot of people in; I like to keep most people out.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“He’s such a social guy—and so popular around here—that sometimes I wonder where he got it from. In many ways he’s the exact opposite of me. He likes to let a lot of people in; I like to keep most people out.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“My girl. She's my girl.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“That’s when I understand. Of course she’s not okay. Of course she didn’t get any sleep last night. Last night she almost killed one of her closest friends. She’d just started trusting herself and not being afraid of herself; now she’s back to where she started. Shit. I’m already sorry I even brought it up.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“might walk onto that battlefield with a beating heart and be dragged off with a dead one.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Aren’t you in love with this girl? Where’s the fire under your ass? I thought you would be dying to get to her right now—”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“She looks different—a little scary, even. Somehow, that worries me even more.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“We’re supposed to be doing something, but we’re standing here for some bullshit reason I can’t understand because Juliette is scared or Kenji is sick and I guess the truth is we’re just a bunch of crappy teenagers, two of whom can barely stand up straight or fire a weapon, and it’s unacceptable.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Juliette is dead because of me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Juliette is dead.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“I love Juliette. I really do. I want to help her and support her and be there for her. I want us to have a future together. But sometimes I wonder if it’s ever going to happen. This isn’t easy to admit, but part of me doesn’t want to put James at risk again—on the run again—for a girl who broke up with me. A girl who walked away from us. I don’t know what the right thing is anymore. I don’t know if my allegiance is to James or Juliette.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“But I know I have a responsibility to Juliette. What would she do if I weren’t there to help her? She needs me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“James gives my life purpose. And I didn’t realize this until last night.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“I can’t risk losing James, not ever again.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“The elephant in the room has made an appearance, and now no one knows what to say.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Good morning, sunshine.” Kenji blinks in our direction. “Morning,” I say back. “I wasn’t talking to you,” he says, trying to smile. “I was talking to the sunshine.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“James must’ve been terrified. He must’ve been scared out of his mind and still, he snuck out of Omega Point because he wanted to help. Because he wanted to fight alongside us. I could kill him for it. But damn if he’s not one of the bravest people I’ve ever known.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“I have nothing left now. Nothing left. Nothing so precious as my own flesh and blood.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Fear is all I have left now.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“The tension is so thick it’s practically its own person, taking up a seat we don’t have to spare. I can barely think straight.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“He can’t die,” I say, my voice breaking. “I can’t be the reason he dies, Kenji—I can’t. . . .”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“I’m one part furious and one part terrified, and the two are having a battle of their own in my mind.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me

“Warner isn’t even human; I shouldn’t be comparing myself to him. Besides, she’s not his type at all. He’d probably eat her alive.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Fracture Me