It Ends With Us Quotes From the New York Times Bestseller

Fans of romance novels will love these It Ends With Us quotes!

It Ends with Us was released in 2016 as a romance novel by Colleen Hoover and published by Atria Books.

The popular novel has been well received by critics and became a New York Times Bestseller.

The plot follows new college graduate Lily Bloom as she moves to Boston in hopes of starting her own floral business.

Lily’s father is dead, and because her mother was abused by her father and kept it a secret, Lily resents them both.

Lily soon meets a man named Ryle Kincaid, and the mutual attraction between them both leads to them talking and eventually starting a relationship.

Lily soon sees an angry outburst from Ryle that includes him pushing her to the ground, and although she threatens to leave if anything happens again, she stays with Ryle.

Take a look at these It Ends With Us quotes to learn more about the popular novel.

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Best It Ends With Us Quotes from the book

Enjoy some of the best, truthful quotes from the novel.

1. “Naked truths aren’t always pretty.” — Colleen Hoover

2. “I hope you defy the odds of most dreams and actually accomplish yours.” — Colleen Hoover

3. “I’m supposed to be the one who protects you from the monsters. I’m not supposed to be one.” — Colleen Hoover

4. “Sometimes even grown women need their mother’s comfort so we can just take a break from having to be strong all the time.” — Colleen Hoover

5. “We shouldn’t waste time on things that might happen someday, or maybe even never.” — Colleen Hoover

6. “I’ll keep pretending to swim when really all I’m doing is floating. Barely keeping my head above water.” — Colleen Hoover

7. “Just because we didn’t end up on the same wave, doesn’t mean we aren’t still a part of the same ocean.” — Colleen Hoover

8. ”Our eyes, locked together, speak more naked truths than our mouths ever have.” — Colleen Hoover

9. “There is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things.” — Colleen Hoover

10. “What determines a person’s character aren’t the mistakes we make. It’s how we take those mistakes and turn them into lessons rather than excuses.” — Colleen Hoover

It Ends With Us Quotes for Life

These quotes from the book can be applied to your own.

11. “No one is exclusively bad, nor is anyone exclusively good. Some are just forced to work harder at suppressing the bad.” — Colleen Hoover

12. “And as hard as this choice is, we break the pattern before the pattern breaks us.” — Colleen Hoover

13. “You’re only human. And as humans, we can’t expect to shoulder all of our pain.” — Colleen Hoover

14. “Preventing your heart from forgiving someone you love is actually a hell of a lot harder than simply forgiving them.” — Colleen Hoover

15. “Life is a funny thing. We only get so many years to live it, so we have to do everything we can to make sure those years are as full as they can be.” — Colleen Hoover

16. “I feel like everyone fakes who they really are when deep down we’re all equal amounts of screwed up. Some of us are just better at hiding it than others.” — Colleen Hoover

17. “And as humans, we can’t expect to shoulder all of our pain. Sometimes we have to share it with the people who love us, so we don’t come crashing down from the weight of it all.” — Colleen Hoover

It Ends With Us Quotes About Abuse

The storyline covers the trauma and difficulty of being in and leaving abusive relationships, as shown in these quotes.

18. “I’m sure you didn’t miss me like I missed you, but sometimes the things that matter to you most are also the things that hurt you the most.” — Colleen Hoover

19. “But sometimes you can’t control where your mind goes. You just have to train it not to go there anymore.” — Colleen Hoover

20. “It takes an astronomical amount of pain and courage to disrupt a familiar pattern.” — Colleen Hoover

21. “Cycles exist because they are excruciating to break.” — Colleen Hoover

22. “People spend so much time wondering why the women don’t leave. Where are all the people who wonder why the men are even abusive?” — Colleen Hoover

23. “Every time you choose to stay, it makes the next time that much harder to leave. Eventually, you lose sight of your limit altogether because you start to think, ‘I’ve lasted five years now. What’s five more?’” — Colleen Hoover

24. “I think about how sometimes, no matter how convinced you are that your life will turn out a certain way, all that certainty can be washed away with a simple change in tide.” — Colleen Hoover

25. “It’s easy to say we couldn’t continue to love someone who mistreats us when we aren’t the ones feeling the love of that person. When you experience it firsthand, it isn’t so easy to hate the person who mistreats you when most of the time they’re your godsend.” — Colleen Hoover

Does Lily Make a Mistake Staying With Ryle?

Although Lily is concerned, she and Ryle get married, and he assaults her multiple times.

When an ex-boyfriend and her first love Atlas, reaches out to help her if need be, she refuses at first but later relents.

Lily finds out that she is pregnant, but she and Ryle get a divorce, and she reconnects with Atlas.

Lily lets her daughter know about the abuse and says, “It ends with us,” and restarts her relationship with Atlas.

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