Top 40 Amy Tintera Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “Always assume everyone is lying. Don’t trust anyone, except those closest to you.”

— Amy Tintera

2. “There comes a time when we have to accept that people make their own choices, and we’re not responsible for those choices, even if they’re our family.”

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3. “I certainly have never had to pretend to be weak. But your mother is right. There’s a benefit to being underestimated.”

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4. “Maybe ‘coincidence’ is another word for fate.”

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5. “Do that thing where you look blank, like you have no feelings at all. I think that’s just my face.”

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6. “Humans had a brightness to them, a glow that only death extinguished.”

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7. “Now I was only confused as to why a person would want to kiss anyone but Callum. When he lifted his head from mine I.”

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8. “Want to dance? We have music this time. And I don’t have to punch you when we finish.”

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9. “Some of the Reboots were gazing at her with such awe and excitement that I wanted to slap them and tell them to stop being weird.”

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10. “Kind, reasonable, thoughtful. It wasn’t ‘love’ or an admission of wild, passionate feelings, but he realized he liked her three words more. ‘Love’ would have been easy, another easy lie in a long line of lies. ‘Love’ would be easy to dismiss.”

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11. “Fine,” I said, holding my gun out. I didn’t need it anyway. With the way the guy was shaking, I could take his gun, break his neck, and dance on the body in two seconds flat.”

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12. “The memory of how he felt when he cared about her was going to be the most painful thing after he began to hate her.”

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13. “He made disgusted noises every time I touched him, so I fell entirely against him. He yelled and I ended up on the floor. It was not my most well-thought-out plan.”

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14. “I had to admire his ability to keep that smile on his face, even when things sucked.”

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15. “I probably love you,” she said. I let out a surprised laugh. “Probably?” She laced our fingers together and tugged me toward the shuttle, glancing over her shoulder. “Probably. It’s hard to tell with me, you know?” I laughed again. “I probably love you, too.”

— Amy Tintera

16. “He would save her again, and again, no matter how angry he was with her. “Can.”

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17. “I think my wearing a paper-bag dress will actually attract more stares ” he said dryly.”

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18. “You have a tendency to see the good in people, and I admire that, but it will destroy you. I promise you it will.”

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19. “I stayed awake and kept watch. Plus you look all cute and nonlethal when you sleep.”

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20. “I plan, you do the punching people in the face part.”

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21. “You underestimate yourself if you think any woman would have to pretend to have feelings for you.”

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22. “Maybe you need to take a look at who I am, instead of who you wish I were.”

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23. “It’s better to be interesting than likable.”

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24. “We’re not the ones who live, Em. We’re the ones who fight alone, so others can live better.”

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25. “In the end, life is just sweatpants and children who resent you and all your choices.”

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26. “An insult doesn’t have the intended impact when spelled incorrectly.”

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27. “I forgot to breathe for a moment when our eyes met and his lips curved up.”

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28. “People your age are usually so proud of being busy.”

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29. “She wasn’t interested in making other people comfortable, which I really liked about her.”

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30. “You don’t owe anyone your whole story.”

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31. “Sometimes I think about the fact that the twenty-two-year-old version of me would be absolutely horrified by almost-thirty me.”

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32. “Make Today So Awesome That Yesterday Gets Jealous.”

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33. “I am not responsible for the fake version of me you created in your head.”

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34. “I’ve had an IUD for years, so there are no smug babies in my immediate future,...”

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35. “The truth doesn’t matter if you fight back.”

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36. “People don’t believe women who fight back. When a man lashes out, people say he’s lost control of his temper or made a terrible mistake. When a woman does it, she’s a psychopath.”

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37. “Would people say she had a temper if she was a man? They’d say she stood up for herself when it was needed.”

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38. “My life vastly improved once both those men were gone. Men don’t protect us, not really. They only protect themselves, or each other. The only thing men ever protected me from was happiness.”

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39. “You told me once that you didn’t really expect to make it out of the Lera castle alive,′ Olivia said. ‘So this is fitting, right? This is how it was always supposed to go.’ She looked from Em to the soldiers and back again, a sad smile on her face. ‘I don’t think I ever really expected to make it out of this alive either.”

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40. “I’m finding it harder to hold a grudge. And I’m usually so good at holding grudges. It’s one of my best talents.”

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