The Break Quotes

“We’re all walking around with these big brains that can misfire and split and repress and obsess or hurtle into insanity at any second.”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“Love is love in all its deadly forms, and we all want it like something primal.”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“Traumas from our childhood hold power over our present,” Sylvie says. “Especially those for which we never received any professional help. The big ones like death and abuse, but so many others, even things that as adults we might perceive as small can be traumatic for a child.”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“Her love was the ultimate dopamine hit—intermittent and unpredictable—and now I look for it everywhere.”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“Maybe marriage hardens things for every couple, makes the edges sharper and dulls the surface so it isn’t a shiny, perfect thing anymore.”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“How much of where we are determines who we are?”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“Opening conflict. Introduce your characters. Main character is actionable and drives the plot forward. Obstacles galore. Emotional conflicts everywhere. Setbacks. Twist—three or four, if you’ve got them. All characters hurtle toward a boil, and then boom: unexpected consequences. Twist again. Revelation: the truth surfaces. Resolution.”
― Katie Sise, The Break

“if I had those kind of parents. I just don’t think my”
― Katie Sise, The Break