Shattered Hearts Quotes

“I learned how to breathe underwater in the ocean that he kept trying to drown me in, until he was the only oxygen I needed.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“But if there’s one place I refuse to end up, it’s back in a mental hospital with my shoelaces confiscated and foam trays for my food. My stomach fills with dread just thinking of it, and I shudder. Fake it ‘till you make it, right? So I fake it, I pretend. I pretend I don’t have a heart. I pretend I can’t feel. I pretend I’m not triggered.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“Home is not a place but a person. And it’s always been him. And it always will be.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“He’s my favorite sin, and I’m not quite ready to repent.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“Nursing is my way to nurture others the way I wasn’t. I’ve always enjoyed caring for people, and it’s even more special to think of it as healing from my past.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“would be nice for someone to have my back once in a while, to just know what I’m going through and love me regardless.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“My soul recognizes hers–like calls to like, and we are two sides of the same rusted coin. Our jagged pieces fit together, even if they don’t quite line up and there are cracks in the middle.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“I warned him we were no good for each other. If only I had known he would be the one to hurt me instead.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“So hurt me. Hurt me so fucking bad. I’ve never had anything good anyway.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts

“I swear, I’m my own worst fucking enemy. My mind controls me when no one else can.”
― Shae Ruby, Shattered Hearts