Top 300 Abby Jimenez Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “You can tell a lot about a guy by how they deal with rejection and getting their asses handed to them.”

— Abby Jimenez

152. “You’ll never use it. Most of the stuff we hang on to we don’t actually need. My entire life packs into two large suitcases. And if it doesn’t, I leave whatever doesn’t fit.”

— Abby Jimenez

153. “What if he’s some gross dude who doesn’t floss and now he’s got a picture for his spank bank?”

— Abby Jimenez

154. “Everything I needed or wanted was wrapped up into one human being. It didn’t even seem possible.”

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155. “He was closing open tabs on a laptop in my brain one at a time until he was the only thing on the screen.”

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156. “I had to let go of any grasp on my old life, on my old insecurities or fears or scars, or I was going to miss out on the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

— Abby Jimenez

157. “You can love someone and still not be willing to give up your way of life for them. And then there are those you love who you’d take a bullet for.”

— Abby Jimenez

158. “He deserved to be the best friend. He wasn’t a technicality.”

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159. “Mom was standing in the door of the gazebo watching us. She was beaming from ear to ear. She knew. Something ingrained that told her she was seeing true love. Her heart remembering even though her brain had forgotten. She didn’t know who I was or who he was. But she still knew what love was.”

— Abby Jimenez

160. “Because I was in love with Jacob unscripted.”

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161. “I’ve been waiting my whole life to feel like this and I thought it was a curse that nobody else ever worked out. But it wasn’t. It’s just that they weren’t you.”

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162. “It was weird to say, but she made me feel alone – the way I felt when I was by myself. Calm and unaffected. Like it was just us here and not a hundred other people.”

— Abby Jimenez

163. “And that was the moment. The first time my brain consciously registered what my heart had been telling me for the last few weeks. I wasn’t falling in love with her. I already was.”

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164. “I wondered if you see things differently in childhood. If innocence can make anything beautiful.”

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165. “All I’ve got left are memories. You still have a chance to make them.”

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166. “You didn’t remember to forget me,” I said, quietly.”

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167. “Like what?” she asked. “What else?” “Well, there’s Scape Goat – that’s Chloe’s mom. Chloe’s full name is Chloe Nose Bleat.” I ticked off on my fingers. “The chickens are Mother Clucker and Chick-a-Las Cage, there’s Barack O-Llama, the miniature horse is Al Capony.”

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168. “It was like there was no peaceful place to exist, no emotional safe space. I could have chaos, or I could have worry. I could be in the tornado, or I could be in the eye. But I could never be out of the storm. It was so, so exhausting to live this way.”

— Abby Jimenez

169. “I wanted his fast breath and the moan in the back of his throat and the gasp in mine. I wanted to forget. To be so lost in him I couldn’t think about what scared me, or the cracks in my heart, or the things that didn’t work right in my soul. I got lost in myself all the time. But I knew now that Justin was the only person in the world I could ever disappear into.”

— Abby Jimenez

170. “Even bad memories are sacred in their own way.”

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171. “A blink of an eye for a redwood, but timeless for me.”

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172. “What is up with this entire generation of aging adults who refuse to accept responsibility for themselves?”

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173. “And I could feel it all pressing on me from the inside, like a scream trying to get out.”

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174. “The small memories are the fabric of your life, the ones so inconsequential that you don’t even remember them. You just remember how you felt when you were making them.”

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175. “We do not go out of our way for men. We do not inconvenience ourselves for men, we do not change our well-laid plans for men. No.”

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176. “My father was trapped in my mother’s illness. He was her person. Every day she woke up and fell in love with him all over again. Every day he woke up living a nightmare. And this is what he got for leaving it, even for an hour.”

— Abby Jimenez

177. “I think you probably want what every introvert wants – to be invited, even though you won’t come.”

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178. “You only have French’s mustard in your fridge,” she said. “I’m sorry,” I said, crossing my arms and leaning in the doorway. “I’ll do better next time.” “I hope so. It’s all fun and games until you ruin your wiener.”

— Abby Jimenez

179. “I am not drunk. I’m just talking in cursive.”

— Abby Jimenez

180. “A quiet observation of her well-being had grown inside of me the way it did for all the people I cared about. Only not the same. Not the same at all.”

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181. “But maybe being a father was like this. Just being there and doing what needed to be done, one small task at a time until they added up to something good.”

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182. “Love shows up, Jacob. So show up.”

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183. “She couldn’t make more memories with me. But I could still make memories with her. I would be a witness to her life, even though she was done witnessing mine.”

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184. “Because you needed me,” he said simply. “I will always come when you call.”

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185. “It was like he was always thinking about me. A crow, bringing me shiny things. But really, all I wanted him to bring me was him.”

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186. “I don’t think she realizes how exceptional she is. I got the sense nobody tells her, which is weird.”

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187. “The breakdown I should have been having all day, but I’d been too busy adulting to properly lose it.”

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188. “A teardrop just ran down my thigh –.”

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189. “It only took me a minute before my thoughts slid back to Kristen. My mind always slid back to Kristen.”

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190. “Even if you don’t love me back. Even if it never matters to you or means anything or goes anywhere. I love you.”

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191. “I didn’t get to shut my brain off very often. Most women don’t. The constant situational awareness that we have to practice is exhausting. But Xavier made me feel like I could mentally check out.”

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192. “At this point I’m convinced the man could sell you an MLM.”

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193. “Kristen, I vow that no matter what health issues lie ahead, I will love and take care of you. I will show you every day of your life that you’re worth everything. I will carry your worries. All I ask is that you carry your own dog purse.”

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194. “You think that it’s the big memories you should be chasing – and it is in a way. Birthdays and vacations and special occasions. But the small memories are the fabric of your life, the ones so inconsequential that you don’t even remember them. You just remember how you felt when you were making them.”

— Abby Jimenez

195. “I was already tired tomorrow, just from today.”

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196. “Sometimes the challenges we face either break us or they make us stronger. And sometimes they do both.”

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197. “That there is nothing more beautiful than being a witness to someone’s life. To know them inside and out and be with them through everything, share the same memories. Memories are everything. I want that.” “A witness to your life?” “Yeah.”

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198. “There was nothing outside of this tent tonight. Nothing. There was nowhere to be, no phone to check. No lights to turn off or doors to wonder whether I’d locked. Not even the faint white noise that comes with civilization. The only person I wanted with me was here, and the serenity of the lake and woods combined with Jason’s gentle affection made me relax in a way I hadn’t known was possible. Like I’d been tense my whole life and hadn’t even known it. All that was left was us.”

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199. “I already know how I’m going to die”... “How?” I asked. “Spider bite. Or being sarcastic at the wrong time.”

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200. “He turned me, and I looked up at him, completely helpless. But it was okay that I was helpless because he’d never hurt me like Neil did. He’d never do anything but what he does for all the people in his life. He’d be devoted to me and cherish me and take care of me.”

— Abby Jimenez