Top 120 A.L. Jackson Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “If I sleep with you, there won’t be any going back for me, Kale Bryant. Don’t make me fall in love with you. I don’t think either of us are ready for that.”

— A.L. Jackson

52. “I know you hate me, Faith. You have every right to. You should hate me every bit as much as I hate myself, but that doesn’t change the fact that I’m here. That I’m going to take care of you. Protect you. Whatever it takes.”

— A.L. Jackson

53. “I loved this girl. I was in love with Aleena Moore. Now that I’d finally admitted it, it was all I could see.”

— A.L. Jackson

54. “I didn’t want to pretend anymore. Didn’t want to keep pretending she was dead when she’d been the only person who’d ever made me feel alive. Didn’t want to keep pretending she meant nothing when she meant everything.”

— A.L. Jackson

55. “I told you that I always get what I want. And what I want is you, and that’s not ever going to change.”

— A.L. Jackson

56. “Live like there are no barriers when there are walls towering in front of you.”

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57. “But I knew... I knew I was the only one who fit I that void, because it was Elizabeth that perfectly filled mine, too.”

— A.L. Jackson

58. “You don’t always need sunshine for the weather to be beautiful.”

— A.L. Jackson

59. “The man would own me with one passing touch, and I was certain that’s exactly what it would be. Passing.”

— A.L. Jackson

60. “If I let myself fall, would you be there to catch me? Just for a little while?”

— A.L. Jackson

61. “That guy’s out there. Promise you, darlin’. He’s out there looking for you, and one day, he’ll find you. He’ll find you because you deserve him. Don’t you dare settle for anything less than him. You got me?”

— A.L. Jackson

62. “His expression was somehow both cruel and dripping with affection. Devastating. And I thought perhaps I’d lost a piece of my mind, a part of my soul, because my mouth watered and my body hummed with need that bordered on unhealthy. Vivid. Violent. Dangerous.”

— A.L. Jackson

63. “Right, Mommy? That’s what brave is, being scared and doing what’s right anyway because you love someone so, so much?”

— A.L. Jackson

64. “I didn’t mean to fall in love with Lyrik West. I’d run from it. Fought it. All the while he’d been the one to fight for me.”

— A.L. Jackson

65. “God. I wanted him. I wanted him so badly, but sometimes it was the things we wanted the most that would destroy us in the end.”

— A.L. Jackson

66. “That I don’t even know you, and somehow you feel like one of the most significant people to have ever walked into my life?”

— A.L. Jackson

67. “Every instinct told me I needed to run, that there was something about this beautiful stranger I couldn’t resist.”

— A.L. Jackson

68. “This girl could bring me to her feet, but I’d always stand for her.”

— A.L. Jackson

69. “He always thought he was the one who needed to stand up and protect me, but it was me who ached to protect him. Shield him and hold him, wishing he’d find that solace in me.”

— A.L. Jackson

70. “When beauty breathes life back into the broken.”

— A.L. Jackson

71. “I don’t understand this, Rynna. The hold you have on me. But when I look at you? I get this feeling that I’m looking at everything right.”

— A.L. Jackson

72. “You take what you’re given and make the very best of it.”

— A.L. Jackson

73. “I don’t remember how to breathe without you.”

— A.L. Jackson

74. “Even as damaged as I knew he was, this gorgeous man was my perfection.”

— A.L. Jackson

75. “But what you haven’t accepted is that the only security we have is how we use the moments we’re given. We waste them or embrace them. We cherish them or we let fear taint them.”

— A.L. Jackson

76. “I wanted someone to look at me the way Shea had. Knowing I had absolutely nothing to give her and still she wanted it all the same. Me.”

— A.L. Jackson

77. “A love as intense as the one we shared, one that had not dimmed through years of betrayal but had only grown, was terrifying. We had the power to destroy, to devastate and ruin, to lay the other to waste.”

— A.L. Jackson

78. “So Shea sang her praise, thanking God she got to be right there, because Shea’s favorite places were the ones where she got to be with her grandma.”

— A.L. Jackson

79. “Don’t ever confuse broken for weak.”

— A.L. Jackson

80. “Fear never negates hope. It just means we want something badly enough that we’re terrified we might not get to keep it.”

— A.L. Jackson

81. “Give me one night. Show me who you are. Show me that anger. Show me why. Fight it out with me and that hot little body”.”

— A.L. Jackson

82. “You find your purpose when your love for someone else becomes bigger than your fears.”

— A.L. Jackson

83. “All moments matter. We just rarely know how important they are until the chance to act on them has already passed.”

— A.L. Jackson

84. “I’m so sorry, Evan,” I whimpered, clutching him tighter. “I’m so sorry.” Sorry he had to see that. Go through it. Feel it. My little man. My savior. My protector.”

— A.L. Jackson

85. “The times I’ve fought hardest in my life are the times I’ve been most scared. Only because I was afraid of losing. And that’s what makes us fight all the harder.”

— A.L. Jackson

86. “It doesn’t matter what anyone says, Jace. It’s what you believe. What you see in yourself. If you want it badly enough, you can have it. If you work hard enough? Fight for it? You’re going to come out stronger on the other side.”

— A.L. Jackson

87. “No, Leif, I want to be with an incredible drummer. A drummer who steals my breath. With a musician whose voice sings to my soul. With a wonderful man who has completely stolen my heart. Kissing you feels like kissing the stars.”

— A.L. Jackson

88. “I will burn the world down for you.”

— A.L. Jackson

89. “Do what makes you happy, child. In my experience, joy is a choice. Life is rough. Don’t expect it not to be. But if we aren’t laughin’, we’re crying. Choose to laugh. Choose what brings you joy. And when you choose your path, it might not always be the easiest one, but it’ll always be the right one.”

— A.L. Jackson

90. “A frown marred his brow. “It’s crazy that I even want to be in your light. I usually run from it. As far as I can. You’re exactly the type of girl I stay away from. And when it comes to you, the only thing I want is more. Again and again. What scares me most is I’m not sure I could ever get enough.”

— A.L. Jackson

91. “Eyes that intense, fathomless blue. It felt as if I were jumping into the coolest waters, floating in the deepest sea, soaring through the warmest sky.”

— A.L. Jackson

92. “Love’s not about right or wrong, just like grief isn’t about counting days. Love is about being given a gift. Sometimes when we least expect it. Usually when we need it most.”

— A.L. Jackson

93. “That’s the way I felt. Every moment of every day. This constant desire for a man who stole my breath and filled up all the missing pieces in my life. The one who stood by me. My support. My foundation. Because times weren’t always easy, and the fear in our lives could never be fully erased. But he was there to hold me up through it.”

— A.L. Jackson

94. “You know, I always thought the two of you would end up together.” My head shook. “No. We have too much in common. Too much history to ever make that work.” “Isn’t that what makes a good relationship?” “Not when all that history is filled with pain.”

— A.L. Jackson

95. “I think it’s the things that hurt the worst that mean the most, don’t you?” she mused, her hair flying around her face as if she’d stirred a new concept that’d been waiting to be revealed. “Good or bad. That’s what’s gonna shape us. Make us into who we are. Guide us on the path to what we want the most.”

— A.L. Jackson

96. “Do I look like the kind of girl who follows a complete stranger out of a bar? You might be on the prowl, but I’m here to celebrate with my friend. Give her my time, because she pretty much gives me all of hers. And honestly, I’m kind of tired of the idea that a man can just snap his fingers and a woman will start peeling off her panties.”

— A.L. Jackson

97. “Take care of yourself. Let yourself off the hook once in a while. You deserve to be happy.”

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98. “The chaotic storm that was getting ready to make landfall. But sometimes it’s the storms that breathe new life.”

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99. “Then hold onto me, Trent. Hold onto me, and don’t let me go.”

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100. “Sometimes dreams are only meant for a moment. They mean the world to us, and then sometimes something takes their place, and they’re not quite as important to us anymore.”

— A.L. Jackson