Top 300 Abby Jimenez Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “I wanted to pull my weight and learn to be self-reliant so that when I did depend on someone, it was by choice and not necessity.”

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202. “I’m never ready for a party. I just come to terms with the fact that I have to go inside.”

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203. “I should just stick with medium-ugly men like I’m used to.”

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204. “My toxic trait is thinking I could change him,” she said. “Ha. My toxic trait is not caring if I could change him.”

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205. “Wakan and Daniel were planted inside of me and they were growing there, like a garden bursting into life. Roots plunging and anchoring me, vines twisting and flowers pushing from the earth and blooming in my soul, filling me up.”

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206. “Let me get one on your phone too,” he said to me. “You can send it to Kristen. Maybe she’ll print it and keep it where she keeps your balls.”

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207. “If you could wipe your whole life clean and rebuild it from scratch and nobody would question how you’ve done it, what order would you put it in?”

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208. “Sometimes the hardest thing isn’t trusting the next person. It’s trusting yourself.”

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209. “I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me sometime,” he whispered. “Four dates. A kiss. No breakup.”

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210. “Hey,” she said. “Try and find a way to reject him on this date.” I looked up. “Huh?” “Tell him no. See how he reacts. Or beat him at a game. If he takes you bowling or to miniature golf or something, destroy him. You can tell a lot about a guy by how they deal with rejection and getting their asses handed to them.”

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211. “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. I would be content just following her around a grocery store in exchange for nothing more than the moment that I wouldn’t even remember later. I’d just remember it had been a good day and that I’d been happy.”

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212. “We’re going to eat, and we’re going to hang out. And I’m going to put effort into that because you’re putting in effort to be here. And it’s going to be like that every time. Okay?”

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213. “Maybe home isn’t a place. Maybe it’s a person.”

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214. “Women need to start robbing men more. You guys act way too invincible.”

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215. “I’d never done drugs before, but I imagined this was what being high felt like. I couldn’t wait for our date tonight.”

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216. “I missed her so much it was physically painful. It was a form of grief. A withdrawal. Starvation. It was unnatural. Because I wasn’t supposed to be without her. My eyes started to tear up. There’s something more final than forever. It’s never. Never is infinite.”

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217. “Home wasn’t a place, it was a person.”

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218. “There’s a special peace in sleeping next to someone you love. When you slip into the dark holding them and wake up and they’re still there and you know that everything that matters is just opening your eyes away.”

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219. “It’s weird knowing what’s going to be in your end-of-life montage, as it’s happening. But I already knew when my life flashed before my eyes, the best parts of it were going to be about her.”

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220. “And there wasn’t a day that went by that I didn’t feel her absence like a void in my soul. I missed her like I missed the sun in the winter.”

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221. “I smiled at him through tears and we stood there, just being.”

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222. “And I was pregnant. Again. I hadn’t known it until that moment in the elevator. I’d felt that tiny wave of nausea, and it was like a lightbulb went on and my brain and body realized it at the same exact time.”

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223. “But will she like my tree puns?” “I’d be stumped if she didn’t.”

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224. “Because sometimes family isn’t what you’re born into. Sometimes family is found. And I’d found mine in Wakan. I’d found mine in him.”

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225. “I think you went through something horrible and that’s who you needed to become to get through it.”

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226. “This is what my skin was for. To be touched like this. To feel this. Every nerve was for this sole purpose and I didn’t even know it until now. To feel his strong hand slide up to cup my breast, his thumb circling my nipple. To feel his breath on my collarbone. I was made to experience him. And he was right. It was magic.”

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227. “They were worried about you. We all are. Bro, you don’t have stairs. We started a GoFundMe.”

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228. “Sometimes love and commitment looks like caring for the person you’re married to by feeding them and putting on their pajamas and brushing their teeth. I will love your mother until the day I die. I will whisper her name with my last breath.”

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229. “I hope you love your life.”

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230. “I swear to God this guy is the epitome of If He Wanted To He Would.”

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231. “But I already knew when my life flashed before my eyes, the best parts of it were going to be about her.”

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232. “You’re like a docking station for small vulnerable dependents.” “Well, we all need a job.” She laughed.”

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233. “I know. I’ve always loved you,” he said simply. “I think I couldn’t forget you because I remember you from a different lifetime. And I loved you then too.”

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234. “When I got like this, I didn’t want to see anyone or talk to anyone. I could shut down for days. Turn off my phone, call out of work, abandon my social media. Not answer the door for anyone or anything, cut off everyone until I felt safe enough to start to let them in again a little at a time.”

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235. “Sometimes your traumas are the reason you know how to help.”

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236. “I’m a woman. I can go into a bar penniless wearing sweats and a questionable rash and come out with leftovers and a buzz.”

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237. “I liked that she didn’t feel the need to impress me and I didn’t feel the need to impress her. There was something comforting about it, about just being you in whatever state you happened to be in.”

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238. “My hands wandered over her body and I pulled her close, kissing the back of her neck, waking her up slowly. I wanted to get lost in her, just for a little while, before the reality of what we had to go back to came into focus.”

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239. “Wow. Somebody in this car never had to ignore their drunk misogynistic uncle at Thanksgiving, and it really shows.”

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240. “I know trust is hard for you. So that’s what I’m going to help you with.”

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241. “I like you more than I’ve ever liked anyone too.” He paused. “I like you more than like.” We held each other’s gaze. “I like you more than like too,” I said quietly.”

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242. “It’s like I wanted to see if he still wanted me around after he knew me. The unscripted me. The real me. The messy me.”

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243. “Be glad you don’t get it. It means your life has been a lot gentler than hers.”

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244. “Use me,” he said, his eye resigned. “Use me for whatever you want. Just stay.”

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245. “Because when you’re in love, you do hard things. And nothing about anything was easy right now.”

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246. “The truth isn’t supposed to be pretty, right? It’s the truth.”

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247. “Even if it was just a tiny moment in a long lifetime of moments, I was happy to be a part of it.”

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248. “Your house is clean,” I said. “I don’t like how I feel when it’s not clean. It messes with me.”

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249. “I’m cool buying tampons, but I’m not walking a tiny dog into a store in a purse.”

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250. “You know, love shows up, Briana. And even if you keep me away from you, my heart will still be where you are. So just let me be where you are.”

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