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.”

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Ryle sends Lily aggressive texts throughout the days following the incident. Eventually, he shows up at Lily's flower shop looking for Lily. Lily lets him know she will be talking to a lawyer about his custody of their daughter. He leaves the flower shop angry. Ryle then goes to Atlas's restaurant and punches him in the face. Atlas does not engage and instead tries to talk him down. Ryle is still frustrated but ends up leaving. And every time I kiss you there, I want you to remember why I kissed you there the first time.” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us I also want to add, I loved the side characters. Every single one of them. Theo and Josh stole my goddamn heart. The only thing I rolled my eyes at was Lily writing to Ellen still but alas a book can’t be too perfect. Great Books for Anyone Who Wants to Get Ahead in Life” and ranked #30 on the #100 Best Personal Development Books of All Time”

alternatively titled: a bland man does the bare minimum and people eat it up like he’s an austen character. What are you doing?” “Helping Josh with his homework. Trying to pretend I’m not thinking about you.” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us sometimes the hardest decisions a person can make will most likely lead to the best outcomes.” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us But even monsters can’t survive without a heart beating inside their chest. There’s a heart in there somewhere. Maybe no one in her life has ever let her know they’re appreciative that it still beats.” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us It Starts With Us quotes provide insight into the characters’ thoughts and emotions and offer commentary on the human condition.

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I don’t just see anger in his expression. I see a hell of a lot of pain” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with UsIf 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.” Atria Books to Publish Colleen Hoover's Sequel to Viral BookTok Novel, It Ends With Us in October 2022". simonandschuster.biz. February 11, 2022 . Retrieved October 18, 2022. For the Ryle apologist and stans: I’m so glad Colleen wrote this book because there’s NO room for y’all’s bullshit. He is an abuser. This isn’t a dark romance. This is a contemporary romance where an abuser stays abusive, continues to be abusive in the tiniest ways and the cycles are broken. He truly and will forever be a terrible person and I’m so glad that this book continuously highlighted that. Abusers don’t “change” and even if they do, the cycle should be broken forever.

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My loyalty is to the people who bring positivity into my life. My loyalty is to the people who want to build me up and see me happy. Those are the people I’m going to make decisions about my life for.” I was jealous of anyone who had ever loved something enough to experience losing it.” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us Y’all can say anything nasty about Ryle and I would completely agree, but you also have to admit that this guy is nothing but ✨ consistent ✨ in his abusive behavior. My face was this 😐 emoji the whole time, except when it came to Ryle, cause at least that guy gave me some emotions.. his texts to Lily even made me laugh… Lily, sweetie I’m sorry but your ex-husband humor is immaculate 🤡🏃🏻‍♀️ Ryle kept me on my toes, cause I never knew what else would come out of his mouth or what would happen at the mercy of his fist. What an unpredictable king. 😌And it is with this spirit that this post is written. I offer three simple wisdoms that will help you uncover your greatness, by digging for the treasures that are already within. I feel like all it takes is one weak, insecure moment in the presence of your ex to convince yourself you made the wrong decision.” ― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us a sequel, which is an outright romance, being written to a book (marketed as a romance which is so gross) about domestic abuse really throws me off.

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year old Theo who talked like he was going on 50 was my favorite character in this book. And you know why? Because this little kid was pretty much bullying Atlas every time they interacted and I loved it. Some adults should be bullied more. 💅

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I’ll admit; the discussion around abuse in this book wasn’t AS bad as in ‘It Ends With Us’, but it still felt pretty one dimensional and pissed me off at times. I can’t for the life of me understand why this series is hailed as one about ending the cycle of abuse, since the cycle of abuse in the books doesn’t even end!