Unbreak Me Quotes

“With a dreamy sigh, I prop my chin on my fists. “Who knew that one day I’d be on a date with the lead singer from a famous boy band?”
He scowls. “Infinite Gray was not a boy band.”
“Were there any girls in the band?”
“No.”
“That makes you a boy band.”
“It made us an all-male rock group.”
I bite back my smile. He’s so cute when he’s irritated. “Right, like ’N Sync.”
He winces. “Not like ’N Sync. Jesus, watch where you hurl those things. Words hurt, Maggie.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“I was nothing but a failure. A fucked-up, broken shame.
I was nothing but this emptiness. A shell ruined by fame.
Don’t be afraid to shatter, baby, if that will set you free.
I’ll find you in the pieces and that will unbreak me.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“If you shatter, I'll find you.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“I'm not trying to change you, Maggie. I'm trying to love you.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“You're not the only one who's made mistakes. I have too. But I believe we're more than the sum of our mistakes. I didn't used to. I thought I was a piece of shit. I thought I was nothing.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Why me, Asher?"
"Sweetheart, when you know the answer to that question, we won't be talking anymore."
"You'll be gone?"
"I'll be inside you.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Someday," I say softly, "you'll tell me the whole story. I'll wait."
"When you know the whole story, you won't want me anymore. I'm that girl."
"Don't count on that."
When I lift my eyes to her face, she's watching me with something like wonder. "What?"
She shakes her head, "I can't figure you out."
"Good." I cup her face in my palms and trace her bottom lip with my thumb. "Then maybe you won't be able to figure out how to push me away.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Don't be affraid to break, Maggie. Stop holding on to the ugliness just to stay whole.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“But your beauty? It's the kind that radiates from your heart, and it's so damn bright it shines beyond these walls you've created to protect yourself”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“What if no one can fix me?”
“You don’t need fixing.” He gives a sad smile and wipes a tear away with his thumb. “It’s like your mosaics. The beauty is already there, you just find it. Let go, sweetheart.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Come back and break me, don't let this go unspoken. I'm numb when I'm whole and you left me unbroken.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“For a woman who claims to be an open book, you hide so much.” He runs his thumb down the side of my neck, over the hollow in my collarbone. “Next time you strip for me, you’re taking off more than your clothes.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“And what if I want you?” I ask softly.
“I’m here, aren’t I?”
“You are. You keep coming back. For what? What is this between us?”
He slides a hand into my hair and leads me to lean into him again. “It’s whatever you want it to be, gorgeous. With one exception.”
“What’s that?”
“It’s not just sex. That’s why I won’t sleep with you. I won’t let this be just sex.”
That makes me smile. “Why me, Asher? I’m just some small-town slut with too much baggage. You could have anyone.” I can feel his heart beating against my cheek and its steady pace increases at my question. “Why me?”
“Sweetheart, when you know the answer to that question, we won’t be talking anymore.”
I pull back and blink at him. “You’ll be gone?”
His lips quirk. “I’ll be inside you.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“You know how much you can hurt a girl’s ego by turning her down when she’s stripped in front of you?” I put my hand to my chest. “I’ll probably be in counseling for months to repair the damage.”
“Somehow I think you can handle it.”
“Games,” I mutter. “Emotionally speaking, I’m going to be the man in this relationship, aren’t I?”
“You certainly aren’t like any woman I’ve ever met before.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Are you seeing anyone, Maggie?” My mother’s voice is low, the whisper reserved for talk of scandal—like premarital cohabitation and non-procreative sex. “Are you even trying to find love? Or do you intend to continue fornicating with random men outside the sanctity of marriage?”
“So if I were married I’d have your blessing to fornicate with random men? Maybe I should reconsider my stance on marriage.” The words are out of my mouth before I can stop them. I’m batting zero on the New Me plan.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Is that a cell phone in your pocket,” I whisper up at him, “or did I misplace my vibrator?”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Let me break down these walls you keep hiding behind.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Sure, I want to do a lot of things. But sweetheart, you don’t know a damn thing about me.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“You’re staring at me,” I protest between bites of crawfish etouffee.
Asher lifts a shoulder. “Just watching in case you get foodgasmic again.”
I hum as I swallow a particularly decadent bite. “I’m close. You like to watch, huh?”
His pupils dilate and his jaw goes a little slack as his gaze drops to my mouth. Just like that, we’re not talking about food anymore. Maybe we never were.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Don't lump me in with them." His jaw is hard now. "I'm not like them.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Tell me what you need from me, Maggie. You can have it. You know that. Anything.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“He steps into the studio and I take a step back to give him space, but he follows me, backing me into a corner until he’s leaning over me, his hands pressed into the wall, the heat of his body warming mine.
His eyes are on my mouth, but something hard and angry ticks in his jaw.
“Okay,” I say, sighing dramatically. “I guess you can do me against the wall.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Why do you care so much?"


"Why are you still hiding from me?”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“IF you're broken, I'll fix you”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Don’t be afraid to shatter, baby, if that will set you free. I’ll find you in the pieces and that will unbreak me.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Would you ask me to leave her?” I whisper against her lips. “Would you tell me if you still needed me?”
She flinches as if I’ve struck her. “I can’t do that to her.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“A vocalist joins the organ and the hum of whispers quiets—a swarm of killer bees distracted from their target as they remember the reason for their presence.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“You can only swallow ugly words about yourself so many times before they become part of your DNA.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“Maybe addictions don’t have a beginning. They certainly don’t have an end.”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me

“We all knew you were terrified of getting married. It was right there in your eyes every time we brought it up. You didn’t run away from Will. You ran away from marriage.” She sniffs and wipes her cheek with the back of her hand. “And I swooped in and took him before you had a chance to come back to him.”
I look at my hands. How can I deny what’s she’s saying when I’ve thought the exact same thing?”
― Lexi Ryan, Unbreak Me