Michelle Hazen > Quotes

“Look.” He held their hands up in front of her face, her fingers starkly pale against his. “Just look, for once. They’re never going to look the same. And when white people claim they’re color-blind, they don’t notice the difference, it’s a lie. My history is not your history; my culture is not your culture. I don’t want them to be. I’m proud of who I am and where I come from. All I want is to not be the last one rescued in a flood but the first one to wind up in handcuffs.”
― Michelle Hazen, Unbreak Me

“It’s hard to love something so much and see it hurting when you can’t fix it. After a while, it starts to eat you alive inside.” He met her eyes. “Maybe that’s why I left.”
― Michelle Hazen, Unbreak Me

“I know it ain’t right, but I can’t stand the idea of letting you go so you can look for somebody better.”
“I don’t know what I need,” she said, her voice breaking. “But if it’s not you, I don’t want it.”
― Michelle Hazen, Unbreak Me

“His knuckles skimmed down the back of her arm so lightly that the rough yarn of her sweater woke up her entire body, her skin rippling with goose bumps. “Now that might be flirting.”
“Might be?” she asked breathlessly.
His breath stirred her hair, as if he’d bent a little closer. “Depends on if you want it to be.”
― Michelle Hazen, Unbreak Me