Breaking Point Quotes
"A place that attracted those who thrived in the shadows. People you had to seek to find."
"It was the perfect location for the resistance: hidden in plain sight, on a block so rotten even the soldiers stayed in their patrol cars."
"The more you knew, the more the MM could take from you."
"The narrow corridor had crowded with eleven guys awaiting instruction."
"Sometimes I come up here and watch them. I don’t know, I guess I come up here to feel sorry for myself."
"But more importantly, I’m free, Miller. All those poor folks who follow the rules are trapped in a prison of fear."
"It wasn’t a message to the FBR. It’s a message to the people."
"You figure out what matters. And you do something about it."
"I DRESSED alone in our room, facing the blank wall, wishing it would inspire a clear mind."
"The sterile floor, the threadbare mattress that smelled of bleach and vomit, the overhead lights that buzzed and flickered."
"Curfew ended with a sputtering of yellow light that had me jumping out of my skin."
"I realized he’d never said he would come. Some things he didn’t have to say out loud."
"The Sisters are different here," Sean said. "Remember Brock? She had full authority over the soldiers at the reformatory—you’d never see her back down."
"For a moment I stood on the dark street, holding my breath, expecting something earth-shattering to occur."
"Each sound—the flapping of a pigeon’s wings, a clatter from within a Dumpster—shoved my heart into my throat."
"I glanced back, but the soldiers weren’t following. We passed the abandoned shops filled with squatters."
"I jumped up and wrapped him in a hard hug, then pushed him back into the wall. ‘What took you so long?’ I said."
"Another shot, this time followed by a chorus of shrieks."
"I swallowed the lump in my throat. She didn’t recognize me, she recognized Cara."
"I told myself Article 9 didn’t matter. They had already posted my name on the five most wanted."
"The streets were littered with storm debris. Tree limbs, broken glass blinking in the early morning sun, sopping Statute circulars."
"The next thing I knew Sean’s fist was in my collar as he was shoving me farther down on the floor."
"The world was coming unhinged. I could feel it, like a great crushing weight on my chest, pushing me into the ground beneath my feet."
"With so little to occupy their days, a burning motel was prime entertainment."
"Soldiers arrived, marching in... They carried weapons—guns, nightsticks, and long plastic shields."
"A loud burst of gunfire elicited screams from the crowd."
"Fearing she had recognized us, I backpedaled into Chase."
"What are you doing here? A new dread washed over me as my mind flashed to Sarah and Tubman."
"The fire escapes are blocked. Front and rear doors are out."
"The roof beneath our feet trembled with the strength of an earthquake."
"You're okay!" I shouted, grateful that he was alive.
"We're done," said Riggins, hands on his glistening head.
"I'll drive," he said. "You can barely sit up."
"She's right, you only need one arm to stab me in the back."
"Her name was Lori Whittman! That was her name! That was my mother's name!"
"I could tell there were things he wanted to say... but he didn’t say any of them."
"We stepped outside the stolen FBR cruiser, knowing we left all uncertainty behind."
"Hope, and all her terrible consequences, had struck."
"The truth was she didn’t feel older anymore. I felt older. Years and years older."
"What kind of world was this where people had to die for others to live?"
"You drive me crazy on a pretty regular basis."
"If you keep going that way, you’ll hit the Loop. That’s where the briefing is. Make sure you leave early, it’s a hike."
"We’re not going to get to Rebecca any faster if we broke the rules and got kicked out of the resistance. I should know."
"The farther we moved away from the tracks, the more debris cluttered the area, and the stronger the scent of rust and concrete dust became."
"The dark," he said, and then began to laugh. "You get used to the dark after a while."
"I collapsed on the edge of my makeshift bed and it squeaked. The next cot over felt miles away, too far from him."
"Is that still a way out?" Chase asked. "That’s where they bring supplies down. Guards keep watch up top to make sure no one unapproved gets in."
"I saw my mom," I whispered. "Maybe I was dead."
"It’s a place where they patch up the injured just enough that they can put them on tour and… what did they call it? Deter something…"
"He sighed. 'I know. Sorry. It’s just, we’re so close.'"
"We could have been friends in a different life."
"My still body grew hard and fragile like glass."
"Look at me," Chase said firmly. "Don’t look at her. Look at me."
"You don’t know that!" Harper choked on the words.
"I’m proud of you, baby. I’ll be here when you get home."
"We had nothing. Not a change of clothes, not the letters I’d written Chase, or my mother’s magazine; they’d all been lost along the way."
"And then Rebecca’s head fell to my shoulder, and I wept."
"My heart took a momentary leap from its fear."
"Like a blow it hit me. We’d killed someone, too."
"Why had he helped us? Good deeds didn’t erase evil."
"I was secretly glad my mother had never made it to this doomed place."
"I didn’t know how, but I would tell my mother’s story. I would tell mine, too."