Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ

“You're going to drive five miles just to give me a hug?"
"I'd run five miles just to give you a hug.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“She's my person, and I am hers, and that's something I've known since the first week we met.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“If it takes a million kisses for her not to think about the scars that surround her heart tattoo, then I'll kiss her there a million and one times.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“Everyone deserves another chance. Especially the people who mean the most to you.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Dear Ellen,
"Just keep swimming."
Recognize that quote, Ellen? It's what Dory says to Marlin in Finding Nemo.
"Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming."
I'm not a huge fan of cartoons, but I'll give you props for that one. I like cartoons that can make you laughter, but also make you feel something. After today, think that's my favorite cartoon. Because I've been feeling like drowning lately, and sometimes people need a reminder that they just need to keep swimming.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I had that picture made the day after I took it," he says. "It's been in my apartment for months now, because you were the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen and I wanted to look at it every single day."
”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“If you truly believe that I would have been unfaithful to you, then go ahead and believe that. I don't have the energy to keep convincing you otherwise. I've explained this to you before, so I'm not saying it again. I never would have left you for Atlas. I didn't leave you for Atlas. I left you because I deserve to be treated better than the way I was treated by you.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“Ryle," I say carefully. "Did you seriously just knock on twenty-nine doors so you could tell me that the thought of me is making your life hell and I should have sex with you so that you'll never have to think of me again? Are you ”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“It stops here, With me and you, It ends with us.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“This is the only negative aspect to finally being with the person you’re meant to be with. You go years aching to be with them, and when they finally become a significant part of your life, it somehow hurts even more.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“I realize in this moment that the hardest part about ending an abusive relationship is that you aren't necessarily putting an end to the bad moments. The bad moments still rear their ugly heads every now and then. When you end an abusive relationship, it's the good moments you put an end to.

In our marriage, the few terrifying incidents were blanketed by so many good ones, but now that our marriage is over, the blanket has lifted and all I'm left with are the worst pieces of him. When our marriage was once full of heart and flesh that cushioned the skeleton, all that's left is the skeleton now. Sharp, bony edges that slice right through me.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“I can't afford to allow anyone to break me anymore. I have a daughter I need to be whole for.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“I'm a Pinterest whore.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“The patience he still owes me from all the times he had none”
― Colleen Hoover

“I'm so happy you're happy. That's all I've ever wanted for you.
But I will say, nothing beats knowing I'm the one you get to be happy with now.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“What are you doing?"
"Helping Josh with his homework. Trying to pretend I'm not thinking about you.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“He's a broken man, but he isn't broken because of me. He was broken before he met me. Sometimes people think if they love a broken person enough, they can be what finally repairs them, but the problem with that is the other person just ends up broken, too.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“My brother loves you, Lily. He loves you so much. You have changed his entire life and have made him someone that I never thought he could be. As his sister, I wish more than anything that you find a way to forgive him. But as your best friend, I have to tell you that if you take him back, I will never speak to you again.â€�

It takes a moment for her words to register, but when they do, I start sobbing.

She starts sobbing.

She wraps her arms around me and we cry over the mutual love we have for Ryle. We cry over how much we hate him right now.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Continue a nadar”
― colleen hoover

“Es obvio que la sociedad ha elegido mal los héroes a los que adoramos, porque no me cabe duda de que es más fácil levantar un edificio que abandonar definitivamente la relación con un maltratador”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“I’ve been feeling like drowning lately, and sometimes people need a reminder that they just need to keep swimming.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Fifteen seconds. That’s all it takes to completely change everything about a person.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“It breaks me. It rips me apart from the inside out. All my heart wants to do is wrap tightly around his.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“His arm comes around my waist from behind. He slides a hand up my stomach and takes a firm hold of one of my breasts. His other hand feathers my shoulder as he moves the hair away from my neck.

I squeeze my eyes shut, just as his fingers begin to trace across my skin, up to my shoulder. He slowly runs his finger over the heart and a shudder runs over my whole body. His lips meet my skin, right over the tattoo, and then he sinks his teeth into me so hard, I scream.

I try to pull away from him, but he has such a tight grip on me he doesn’t even budge. The pain from his teeth piercing my collarbone rips through my shoulder and down my arm. I immediately start crying. Sobbing.

“Ryle, let me go,� I say, my voice pleading. “Please. Walk away.� His arms are cutting into mine as he holds me tightly from behind.

He spins me, but my eyes are still closed. I’m too scared to look at him. His hands are digging into my shoulders as he pushes me toward the bed. I start trying to fight him off of me, but it’s useless. He’s too strong for me. He’s angry. He’s hurt. And he’s not Ryle.

My back meets the bed and I frantically scoot back toward the headboard, trying to get away from him. “Why is he still here, Lily?� His voice isn’t as composed as it was in the kitchen. He’s really angry now. “He’s in everything. The magnet on the fridge. The journal in the box I found in our closet. The fucking tattoo on your body that used to be my favorite goddamn part of you!�

He’s on the bed now.

“Ryle,� I beg. “I can explain.� Tears streak down my temples and into my hair. “You’re angry. Please don’t hurt me, please. Walk away, and when you come back, I’ll explain.�

His hand grips my ankle and he yanks me until I’m beneath him. “I’m not angry, Lily,� he says, his voice disturbingly calm now. “I just think I haven’t proved to you how much I love you.� His body comes down against mine and he takes my wrists with one hand above my head, pressing them against the mattress.

“Ryle, please.� I’m sobbing, trying to push him off of me with any part of my body. “Get off me. Please.�

No, no, no, no.

“I love you, Lily,� he says, his words crashing against my cheek. “More than he ever did. Why can’t you see that?�

My fear folds in on itself, and I become diluted with rage. All I can see when I squeeze my eyes shut is my mother crying on our old living room couch; my father forcing himself on top of her. Hatred rips through me and I start screaming.

Ryle tries to muffle my screams with his mouth.

I bite down on his tongue.

His forehead comes crashing down against mine.

In an instant, all the pain fades as a blanket of darkness rolls over my eyes and consumes me.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“He wraps his arms around me and pulls me to him. My body is tired and weak, but it remembers him. My body remembers how his body can soothe everything I’m feeling. How his has a gentleness in it that my body has been craving for two months now.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“I love you,â€� he whispers against my mouth. His tongue sweeps softly against mine and it’s so wrong and so good and so painful. Before I know it, I’m on my back and he’s crawling on top of me. His touch is everything I need and everything I shouldn’t.
His hand wraps in my hair and in an instant, I’m transferred back to that night.
I’m in the kitchen, and his hand is tugging my hair so hard it hurts.
He brushes the hair from my face and in an instant, I’m transferred back to that night.
I’m standing in the doorway, and his hand is trailing across my shoulder, right before he bites into me with all the strength in his jaw.
His forehead rests gently against mine and in an instant, I’m transferred back to that night.
I’m on this same bed beneath him when he slams his head against mine so hard I have to get six stitches.
My body becomes unresponsive to his. The anger begins to roll back over me. His mouth stops moving against mine when he feels me freeze.
When he pulls back and looks down on me, I don’t even have to say anything. Our eyes, locked together, speak more naked truths than our mouths ever have. My eyes are telling his that I can no longer stand being touched by him. His eyes are telling mine that he already knows.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Ends with Us

“Marshall looks at me with sincerity. "When I think about Ryle hitting you.... I get absurdly angry. Because I love him. I do. He's been my best friend since we were kids. But I also hate him for not being better. Nothing you have done and nothing you could do would excuse any man's hands on you out of anger. Remember that Lily. You made the right choice by leaving that situation. You should never feel guilty for that. Price is the only thing you should feel.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“Marshall looks at me with sincerity. "When I think about Ryle hitting you.... I get absurdly angry. Because I love him. I do. He's been my best friend since we were kids. But I also hate him for not being better. Nothing you have done and nothing you could do would excuse any man's hands on you out of anger. Remember that Lily. You made the right choice by leaving that situation. You should never feel guilty for that. Pride is the only thing you should feel.”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us