“Inside and out, Westley's world was ripping apart and he could do nothing but crack along with it.”
“He felt the muscle of his heart rip apart, and there was nothing he could do but watch it bleed all over the dreams he had never meant to have.”
“He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him...”
“He yearned not to feel... He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him...”
“under his dripping hair, he was as white as parchment, his hands clenched at his sides so tightly that they were shaking. It seemed clear that some terrible turmoil was ripping him apart from the inside out.”
“Tessa is gone, and every moment she is gone is a knife ripping me apart from the inside.”