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Lily’s Mother
Allysa is Marshall’s wife, the younger sister of Ryle, sister-in-law of Lily, and later, the mother of Rylee. Allysa meets Lily when she responds to a help-wanted sign in the window of the building Lily’s new flower shop. Allysa admits she is looking for work not for money—her husband has become very wealthy thanks to his software designs—but instead as a distraction from their struggles with infertility. Lily hires Allysa on the spot, and Allysa soon becomes Lily’s most indispensable worker and best friend. Lily soon realizes that Ryle, whom she met months before on his rooftop deck, is Allysa’s brother. This mutual connection to Allysa ends up drawing Ryle and Lily closer together, and they begin a relationship despite Lily’s initial reservations. When Lily and Ryle choose to stay together and get married, Allysa is their biggest champion. Lily’s friendship with Allysa makes her even more excited to be a part of Ryle’s family, a sentiment that deepens with the arrival of Allysa and Marshall’s daughter, Rylee. Later, when Lily tells Allysa about Ryle’s abuse, Allysa supports Lily. Lily also learns from Allysa that Allysa and Ryle have an older brother, Emerson, who died in childhood. Allysa pushes Ryle to tell Lily the truth about Emerson’s death (Ryle accidentally shot and killed Emerson) to help Lily understand the root cause of Ryle’s issues, but when Ryle’s behavior continues, Allysa still supports Lily’s decision to leave Ryle.
Allysa Quotes in It Ends with Us
The It Ends with Us quotes below are all either spoken by Allysa or refer to Allysa. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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“Someone once told me that there is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things. That stuck with me, because it’s so true. We’ve all got a little bit of good and evil in us. I want to make that our theme. Instead of painting the walls a putrid sweet color, we paint them dark purple with black accents. And instead of only putting out the usual pastel displays of flowers in boring crystal vases that make people think about life, we go edgy. Brave and bold.”
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Chapter 12
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I run inside the store and grab the steampunk flowers and run them back to their car. Her face lights up when I hand them to her.
“I’m happy you’re pregnant but that’s not why I’m giving you these flowers. I just want you to have them. Because you’re my best friend.”
Allysa squeezes me and whispers in my ear. “I hope he marries you someday. We’ll be even better sisters.”
She climbs inside the car and they leave, and I just stand there watching them because I don’t know that I’ve ever had a friend like her in my whole life. Maybe it’s the wine. I don’t know, but I love today.
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Chapter 20
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“I shot him, Lily. My best friend. My big brother. I was only six years old. I didn’t even know I was holding a real gun.”
[…] “I was trying to put everything back inside his head. I thought I could fix him, Lily.”
[…] “Allysa wanted me to tell you all of this because since that happened, there are things I can’t control. I get angry. I black out. I’ve been in therapy since I was six years old. But it’s not my excuse. It is my reality…I don’t remember the moment I pushed you. But I know I did…You’re my wife. I’m supposed to be the one who protects you from the monsters. I’m not supposed to be one.”
[…] It breaks me. It rips me apart from the inside out. All my heart wants to do is wrap tightly around his.
Chapter 29
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“My brother loves you, Lily. He loves you so much. You have changed his entire life and have made him someone that I never thought he could be. As his sister, I wish more than anything that you find a way to forgive him. But as your best friend, I have to tell you that if you take him back, I will never speak to you again.”
It takes a moment for her words to register, but when they do, I start sobbing.
She starts sobbing.
She wraps her arms around me and we cry over the mutual love we have for Ryle. We cry over how much we hate him right now.
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Allysa Quotes in It Ends with Us
The It Ends with Us quotes below are all either spoken by Allysa or refer to Allysa. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
Quotes
“Someone once told me that there is no such thing as bad people. We’re all just people who sometimes do bad things. That stuck with me, because it’s so true. We’ve all got a little bit of good and evil in us. I want to make that our theme. Instead of painting the walls a putrid sweet color, we paint them dark purple with black accents. And instead of only putting out the usual pastel displays of flowers in boring crystal vases that make people think about life, we go edgy. Brave and bold.”
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Chapter 12
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I run inside the store and grab the steampunk flowers and run them back to their car. Her face lights up when I hand them to her.
“I’m happy you’re pregnant but that’s not why I’m giving you these flowers. I just want you to have them. Because you’re my best friend.”
Allysa squeezes me and whispers in my ear. “I hope he marries you someday. We’ll be even better sisters.”
She climbs inside the car and they leave, and I just stand there watching them because I don’t know that I’ve ever had a friend like her in my whole life. Maybe it’s the wine. I don’t know, but I love today.
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Chapter 20
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“I shot him, Lily. My best friend. My big brother. I was only six years old. I didn’t even know I was holding a real gun.”
[…] “I was trying to put everything back inside his head. I thought I could fix him, Lily.”
[…] “Allysa wanted me to tell you all of this because since that happened, there are things I can’t control. I get angry. I black out. I’ve been in therapy since I was six years old. But it’s not my excuse. It is my reality…I don’t remember the moment I pushed you. But I know I did…You’re my wife. I’m supposed to be the one who protects you from the monsters. I’m not supposed to be one.”
[…] It breaks me. It rips me apart from the inside out. All my heart wants to do is wrap tightly around his.
Chapter 29
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“My brother loves you, Lily. He loves you so much. You have changed his entire life and have made him someone that I never thought he could be. As his sister, I wish more than anything that you find a way to forgive him. But as your best friend, I have to tell you that if you take him back, I will never speak to you again.”
It takes a moment for her words to register, but when they do, I start sobbing.
She starts sobbing.
She wraps her arms around me and we cry over the mutual love we have for Ryle. We cry over how much we hate him right now.
