Our Thing Quotes

“Everyone is made up of little contradictory pieces and you should never judge another person's decisions because you don't know the pieces they have to choose from.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“God doesn't do terrible things to people, little one. People do terrible things to people.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Looking at it though, I remember what my mum had once told me: 'Everyone is made up of little contradictory pieces and you should never judge another person's decisions because you don't know the pieces they have to choose from.'
A thief is a criminal until he's stealing to feed his kin. A neglectful mother is a bad mother until she is working two jobs to give her children the best opportunities. A gun is terrifying until it's what's keeping you safe, and then you're terrified without it.
Some of us have a lot of contradictory pieces. Some less.
My heart vibrates as I turn to watch Max sleep again. I don't know much about his pieces, but I know he has a lot of them. And they all have weight.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“My body trembles, and I am a silly little girl because I'd thought love would be warmth in my chest and heart, and peace and contentment in my soul. But it's not contentment. It's not peaceful. It's terrifying. It's so strong that I know it could undo me. It could unravel everything that I am, strip me back until I'm nothing but bare bones and a swollen heart.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“I am a jerk," he declares, his tone brazenly unapologetic.
"No, you're not. A jerk doesn't put Panadol out for a girl. A jerk doesn't carry a girl to her room and not even try to sleep with her."
His eyebrows are level and he fixes me with a stare. "You were unconscious. That's not a jerk; that's a rapist. You keep saying shit like that and it's gonna worry me.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“I am a jer," he declares, his tone brazenly unapologetic.
"No, you're not. A jerk doesn't put Panadol out for a girl. A jerk doesn't carry a girl to her room and not even try to sleep with her."
His eyebrows are level and he fixes me with a stare. "You were unconscious. That's not a jerk; that's a rapist. You keep saying shit like that and it's gonna worry me.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“squeezes me closer. "If I knew, I would have come looking for you the second I could think for myself... But I never knew how much I'd want it. I had no idea how good it would feel to make you smile. Fuck me, I’d do just about anything to make you smile. When you smile at me and I'm the reason... it feels better than being inside you. I'd give up sex to make you smile.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“you, my girl, have big girl-boners all the time, but you tuck them in your leotard and get back to acting like an asexual pigeon. You are too afraid that a slice of cock will derail your ambitions.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“I'd rather risk heartbreak than regret.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Everyone is made up of little contradictory pieces and you should never judge another person's decisions because you don't know the pieces they have to choose from.' A thief is a criminal until he's stealing to feed his kin. A neglectful mother is a bad mother until she is working two jobs to give her children the best opportunities. A gun is terrifying until it's what's keeping you safe, and then you're terrified without it. Some of us have a lot of contradictory pieces. Some less.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“There is no way I'd guess this guy was only twenty-four.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Max Butcher.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Gazing into his eyes, I feel as though he's looking inside me. Through skin. Through muscle. Into me. He studies me unapologetically as if it's his right and my privilege. Everyone says that all The Butcher Boys have blue eyes, but his are so much more than just blue. They are a stormy ocean, hinting of a powerful chaos beneath their blue-grey depths. Ugh. . . He's perfect.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Max Butcher”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“I'm not going to lose my virginity on my eighteenth birthday. It's too cliché.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Cassidy Slater.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Konnor is, without a doubt, my favourite person in the whole world, and he's been through so much. He's adopted, but I'd like to see anyone tell me he isn't my real brother. They'd soon be sporting a Cassidy shaped fist in their abdomen.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Sitting down in front of the mirror, I stare at myself and sigh. "You're eighteen today.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“i thought love —would be warmth in my chest and heart, and peace and contentment in my soul. But it's not contentment. It's not peaceful. It's terrifying. It's so strong that I know it could undo me. It could unravel everything that I am, strip me back until I'm nothing but bare bones and a swollen heart.”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing

“Worrying is like a rocking horse. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere”
― Nicci Harris, Our Thing