The Break Quotes
"Some people call it nothing and likely don’t think about it at all."
"Houses built up and broken down around them, people flooding in and out."
"In the winter, the Break is just a lake of wind and white."
"Someone’s hurt! It’s a girl, a woman, I think. Oh my god!"
"There is no way Paulina is going to let you go!"
"You think you have it bad, you should’ve seen the men of my generation."
"You should come out with me, it’s Friday, you know. People go out on Fridays."
"Everything seems to be repeating, over and over."
"You’re supposed to celebrate a moon. They’re powerful."
"You have to make sure each piece of wood is firmly in place before getting the next one. I can’t have this pile just falling over."
"Everyone in the room is all buzzing but somehow still dull with fear."
"Life is just a series of steps for Hannah. It’s simple really, one thing after another."
"Emily shakes, not so much her head, but her whole body, and turns away."
"It’s all red and poofy and pretty scary looking. Her cheek is puffed out, and her lips are so chapped they’ve broken open."
"The ceiling shows discoloration, small cracks that have browned with something, a leak that should be fixed."
"The sun goes behind the building, and everything looks dark but it’s only three."
"Everything seems to hurt more as the day goes on."
"The snow stings her eyes, but Phoenix takes another, long drag off her stub of a cigarette."
"She wants to keep them shut and pretend she’s back by the river tobogganing down the bank."
"Rita squeezes back and Ziggy thinks she might cry for the first time today."
"She didn’t know what to think. But she didn’t see Emily. Emily got away."
"The room is thick with it. Somewhere, Dez coughs."
"Phoenix wonders what this would be like, houses on a hill."
"His thin, tatted arm falls across the naked girl."
"I’ll remember, Phoenix," she had said and nodded, looking like she took the task very seriously."
"Phoenix tries to laugh, just a little laugh to show him how much she really doesn’t care."
"The wind constantly pushes the snow into the yard, like a long hand trying to bury them."
"Stella greets her in the kitchen, empty cup in hand."
"I’ve missed you, my Stella," Kookoo tells her as she rocks the baby to an easy sleep."
"The house is dark when I get back, the blue green glow of Jake’s video game the only light inside."
"She didn’t know what to believe anymore. Check your gut, that’s what her mom would say."
"It never feels like home until you are here." Kookoo’s voice is soothing."
"She never did find out what happened to Elsie, she never saw her best friend again."
"Stella never heard from her, her best friend."
"I am so, so sorry. I hurt every day and I am so sorry."
"It meant that it was all her mom’s fault. All her mom’s fault. Her mom was dead and it was all her own fault."
"For the first time she feels she is exactly where she is supposed to be."
"In the end, all that matters is what is right here."
"I've always been hard on myself. So, so hard on myself."
"You’re harder on yourself than anyone else will ever be."
"In the end, all that matters is what has been given."
"It only matters that she can heal. That she still has life to heal."
"In the end, all that matters is what is left behind."
"As long as they hold on to each other, they will always be okay."