Top 500 Ana Huang Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “We kissed like we were drowning, and the other person was our only source of oxygen. Wild. Frantic. Desperate. And it still wasn’t enough.”

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402. “Why couldn’t I have ended up with someone like him? He was polite, charming, and rich enough to meet my parents’ standards. Instead, I was stuck with a brooding Italian who wouldn’t know good manners.”

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403. “Let’s talk about why that guy is staring at me like he wants to rip my head off for the past fifteen minutes.”

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

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405. “I’m translating the book into Latin.” He flipped the page and scribbled another sentence without looking up or touching his drink. “Why?” “It’s relaxing.” I blinked, certain I’d heard him wrong. “You think translating a five-hundred-page novel into Latin by hand is relaxing?”

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406. “It’s fiction.” Alex grimaced. “Stop crying.”

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407. “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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408. “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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409. “Yet Bridget had gone against my orders and snuck out in the middle of the night to attend the damn concert, only to get kidnapped afterward.”

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

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412. “I’m already a babysitter. Thirty-one years with no promotion. I’m ready to resign.”

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413. “Because I don’t care about punishment or revenge anymore. I care about you.”

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414. “But the more I thought about it, the more I realized I hadn’t been wrong.”

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415. “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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416. “You’re extraordinary.”

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417. “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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418. “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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419. “It wasn’t like I was going to show up at Verve and drag her away from potential suitors like some territorial caveman. I had more pride than that.”

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420. “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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421. “On paper, he was as perfect as they came.”

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422. “Half the time, I couldn’t believe she was real.”

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423. “One second, I thought he would kiss me. The next, he was kicking me out of his apartment. The man flipped hot and cold more often than a broken faucet.”

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424. “Alex would lay his life down on the line for her.”

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425. “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.”

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426. “Deep breaths. You’re fine. You’re on solid ground. The lake will not rise up and drag you.”

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427. “Minutes. Hours. Days.”

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

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

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

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432. “Forget love and passion. What I wanted most was to slap the arrogant expression off his face and knee him in the family jewels while I was at it.”

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

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434. “Because standing less than five feet away, looking bemused and far more handsome than any man had the right to look, was Kai Young.”

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435. “Yes.” I cleared my throat. “I had a big breakthrough at Vivian’s wedding. It’s the Italian air. It was so, um, inspiring.”

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436. “That’s six reasons,” Dante said. “I can work with six. I can even work with a thousand.”

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437. “There is no moving on. Not for me.”

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438. “No matter how terrible of a day I had, I could go home to someone I loved who loved me back, and that made all the difference.”

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439. “I finally gathered enough of my wits to pull back, but before I could, a loud crash shattered the silence in the greenhouse. Steffan and I jumped apart, and my eyes fell on Rhys, who stood next to a broken pot of lilies. “My hand slipped.” His voice held not an ounce of apology.”

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440. “Alex, stop. You’ll kill him!” I adjusted my shirtsleeves, breathing hard. “Is that supposed to deter me?”

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441. “I’ll spend however many lifetimes I need to rediscover those parts of you, because you’re it for me.”

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

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443. “I couldn’t claim her the way I wanted outside these walls, but right here, right now, when it was just the two of us? I was going to take her until we were both utterly ruined.”

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444. “If I didn’t shake things up, I’d be an unfinished manuscript forever. A thousand potential words that never made it onto the page. Someone who could’ve been something instead of someone who did something.”

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445. “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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446. “I have many other places to be.” A brief light illuminated the shadows in his eyes. “But I chose to be here.”

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447. “But he makes me feel like I can be anyone I want to be. Better yet, he makes me feel like I can be who I am.”

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448. “By the time I finished, my room looked like how I felt: empty and hollow.”

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449. “How ironic the two of us were sitting here: me, the girl who remembered almost nothing, and Alex, the man who remembered everything.”

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450. “Because photos of the Young heir engaging in carnal activities at a bar would put his CEO candidacy at risk.” “No. Because if anyone saw you like that, I’d have to kill them.” He said it so simply, so casually, it took a moment for the words to sink in.”

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