Top 500 Ana Huang Quotes (2024 Update)
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401. “You’ve always been the brightest part of my world, Butterfly.”

— Ana Huang

402. “Sometimes, the greatest threat to a company isn’t external competition. It’s internal incompetence.”

— Ana Huang

403. “You look gorgeous, Butterfly.”

— Ana Huang

404. “I understood why he was upset, but he was making it into something bigger than it was.”

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405. “Give me time, mia cara. That’s all I need, besides you.”

— Ana Huang

406. “I’d abandoned an evening with my books for a nightclub, for Christ’s sake. If that wasn’t a sign of my irreversible spiral, nothing was.”

— Ana Huang

407. “You’ve spent your life living for others. Now you can finally live for yourself.”

— Ana Huang

408. “But hurting Stella? There was no crime greater than that in my book.”

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409. “I’d read online that the physical act of smiling – even if you were unhappy – could improve your mood by tricking your brain into releasing happiness-inducing hormones. So I’d smiled all the time as a teenager, and people probably thought I was crazy, but it was better than sinking into a darkness so deep I might’ve never clawed my way out.”

— Ana Huang

410. “Despite my strange desire to shield Stella from danger, I wasn’t a protector by nature. My version of protection always came wrapped in the pieces of a snuffed-out life and tied with a bloody bow.”

— Ana Huang

411. “I didn’t have time to be in my head, thank God. I’d been in my head for months, and it wasn’t a great place to be. I needed a change of scenery.”

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412. “Do not disrespect any woman like that when I’m in the room.”

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413. “I didn’t know what to make of my strange new feelings toward Josh, but I knew one thing: there was no going back to whatever we used to be.”

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414. “The band played, and the people around us whirled and danced, but in this world we’d carved for ourselves, it was silent save for our ragged intakes of breath.”

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415. “We’d progressed from the days when women couldn’t go anywhere or do anything without their husband’s approval, but the sad truth was, our value was still tied to our ability to “land” a partner, at least in society’s eyes. The number of times people asked me why I didn’t have a boyfriend yet was proof of that. Like my being single was a problem I needed to solve instead of a choice I’d made. Like my lack of a partner somehow meant I was lacking somehow.”

— Ana Huang

416. “Periods sucked, but they were a useful weapon for shutting down questions from men.”

— Ana Huang

417. “Maybe if I tried harder to be a good daughter –.”

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418. “I’ve never loved you more than in this moment. Watching you choose yourself when I didn’t will always prove as a reminder to me of your incredible strength and what a privilege it is to call you mine.”

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419. “It was eat or get eaten, and I for one had no grand aspirations of becoming prey.”

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420. “No, but they certainly don’t include ruining a nice dinner with discourtesy,” Vivian said coolly. “You should buy a nice set of manners to match your suit, Mr. Russo. As a luxury goods CEO, you know better than anyone how one ugly accessory can ruin an outfit.”

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421. “You’re extraordinary.”

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422. “Strong. Comforting. Logical. He was everything I needed when I needed it.”

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423. “The ring nestled against the velvet cushion gave the Wollman Rink a run for its money in terms of size.”

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424. “You don’t seem like someone who believes in coincidence.”

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425. “Where did I want him? Everywhere. Over me. Beneath me. Inside me.”

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426. “My nostrils flared. I was still hard as a rock, and I loathed it. Loathed her, for tempting me this way. Loathed myself, for not having more self-control when it came to her.”

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427. “No falling in love.” I scoffed. “Red, you’ll fall in love with me before I ever fall in love with you.” The mere idea was absurd.”

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428. “The idea that I had to get a boyfriend to be deemed “interesting” made my skin crawl.”

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429. “I never thought I’d see the day, but Rhys blushed. Actually blushed.”

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430. “Minutes. Hours. Days.”

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431. “I see. Next time, refrain from doing so at a public event. It’s disrespectful.”

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432. “Sometimes, you had to take a leap or risk getting stuck forever.”

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433. “There was just the weight of her on my lap, the scent of her in my lungs, and the warmth of her in my soul.”

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434. “For a brief, unbidden moment, dark eyes and a crisp British accent flashed through my mind before I batted them away.”

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435. “I’d raced outside, my mind conjuring all sorts of horrible scenarios while I cursed myself for leaving her alone. For failing her.”

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436. “Alex Volkov doesn’t get hurt. He does the hurting.”

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437. “I wasn’t judging. Like everyone else, I had my masks, and they ran layers deep. But unlike everyone else, I had as much interest in ass-kissing and small talk as I did in injecting bleach into my veins.”

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438. “Another ghost of a smile, followed by a wicked gleam that had my pulse skyrocketing.”

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439. “I’m afraid we don’t serve glow-in-the-dark gin and tonics.”

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440. “What I was trying to say before we got off track is, we should attempt to get along,” she said breathlessly. “Get to know each other. Maybe go on a date or two.” Some of the earlier tension dissipated. “Are you asking me out, mia cara?” A smile touched my lips at her glare. “I told you to stop calling me that.” “Yes, you did.” I was going to call her mia cara every chance I got.”

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441. “One, go someplace where no one knows or cares who I am. Two, eat and read and sunbathe all day without having to worry about an event later or waking up early the next day. Three, do an adrenaline rush activity my grandfather will yell at me for, like bungee jumping. And four, have an orgasm I didn’t give myself... It’s been a while.”

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442. “Your redheaded friend is a menace.”

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443. “I pouted. “Then why did you come this year?” “Because you’ve never been to Vermont, and you wouldn’t shut up about it. Now you’ve been, so we don’t have to come back.” “Don’t try to act all tough. I saw you buy that little porcelain puppy at the artisan fair when you thought I wasn’t looking. And you drag me to that hot cider shop down the road every afternoon.” Crimson stained Alex’s cheeks. “It’s called making lemonade out of lemons,” he growled. “You are asking for it tonight.”

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444. “I could tell she was about to come, but tonight, all her orgasms belonged to me.”

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445. “Like how could she possibly be his when she so clearly, irrevocably belonged to me.”

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446. “Love is like money. Its worth is determined by those who believe in it.”

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447. “My chest felt tight as I speed walked home. What should’ve been one of the best nights of my life had turned into one of the worst.”

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448. “You were nothing more than a means to an end.”

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449. “If there was one thing Rhys hated, it was accompanying me shopping. It was such a stereotypical male weakness, and I fully intended to exploit it.”

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450. “Jesus, does no one in this city know how to drive?”

— Ana Huang