Top 90 Carley Fortune Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “I don’t take things for granted anymore. I don’t take people for granted. And I know time is not infinite.”

— Carley Fortune

2. “It’s not selfish to want something for yourself. It’s human.”

— Carley Fortune

3. “Some people are lucky like that. They meet their best friend, the love of their life, and are wise enough to never let go.”

— Carley Fortune

4. “You’re still the most beautiful woman I’ve ever known.”

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5. “I’d wish you luck, but you don’t need it.”

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6. “Let me tell you something about me: I am extremely picky about people. Most of them, I don’t particularly like. I have very high standards for the ones I let into my life these days. And you, Will Baxter, are my favorite of all of them.”

— Carley Fortune

7. “Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet? – L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables.”

— Carley Fortune

8. “There’s no rush. And anyone who wants to rush isn’t worth rushing for. Does that make sense?”

— Carley Fortune

9. “Opportunities don’t fall in your lap because you want them to. You have to work to make them happen.”

— Carley Fortune

10. “You and me are special,” he started. “There’s no one else I’d rather spend time with than you. There’s no one else I’d rather talk to than you. And there’s no one else I’d rather kiss than you.”

— Carley Fortune

11. “I loved you so much that the word ‘love’ didn’t seem big enough for how I felt.”

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12. “Betrayals don’t cancel each other out. They just hurt more.”

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13. “Sometimes I felt sure he was – like there was an invisible, unbreakable string that ran between us, stretching vast distances and keeping us joined.”

— Carley Fortune

14. “I don’t want you to ever feel like you have to do anything you don’t want to with any boy, no matter how nice he is. There’s no rush. And anyone who wants to rush isn’t worth rushing for.”

— Carley Fortune

15. “It was my mom who saved my life, but it was Will who helped me figure out how to make it my own.”

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16. “The way I felt about you was always so clear to me – even when we were young I knew you and I were meant for each other. Two halves of a whole. I loved you so much that the word ‘love’ didn’t seem big enough for how I felt.”

— Carley Fortune

17. “I did want you. I do want you. I’ve always wanted you.”

— Carley Fortune

18. “He tastes like coffee and maple syrup and coming home after a long day.”

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19. “I pay attention to a lot of things about you, Percy Fraser.”

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20. “I spent just one day with Will, and it changed my life I once thought he might be my soulmate. I thought he and I would be here together under very different circumstances.”

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21. “My mom likes one-syllable names for boys – like Sam and Charles.”

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22. “Boys are fun. Lots of fun. But don’t let one stand in the way of your greatness.”

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23. “You’re my best friend, Percy. Please be my family.”

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24. “A summer away from everything, where I could read my books without worrying about being called a freak and swim whenever I wanted to, felt like heaven.”

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25. “The way I felt about you was always so clear to me – even when we were young I knew you and I were meant for each other. Two halves of a whole.”

— Carley Fortune

26. “We’re not the same people we were at twenty-two. It’s okay to want different things.”

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27. “I rue the day he was born. I rue the people who held each other close nine months before that. I do a lot of rue-ing as I lie there. I.”

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28. “Three weeks went by as if they were seconds, and my dread formed roots in my feet and grew branches that spread to my shoulders and arms.”

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29. “I am fun! I just don’t want to talk about what keeps me awake at night. I don’t want to reveal how I’m beginning to question whether climbing the ladder has made me happy, how sometimes I long to write but can’t seem to find the courage, or how lonely I sometimes feel.”

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30. “We stand staring at each other silently, and then he takes three giant strides toward me and wraps his arms around me so tight it’s like his large body is a cocoon around mine. He smells like sun and soap and something new that I don’t recognize. When he speaks, his voice is a deep rasp that I want to drown in.”

— Carley Fortune

31. “My headphones were both my therapist and my invisibility cloak.”

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32. “It’s not every day you decide to change your entire life.”

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33. “He leans forward, twisting his ring. ‘You do that a lot,’ I say. Will assesses me from the corner of his eye. ‘Who gave it to you?’ ‘My grandmother,’ he says after a moment. ‘It was my grandfather’s.’ ‘You were close.’ ‘With my grandmother, yeah. You remember?’ A hint of a smile graces his lips, and I want to hook my thumbs on the corner of his mouth and pull the edges up higher. ‘Of course,’ I say quietly. ‘I remember everything.”

— Carley Fortune

34. “My feet crunched on the driveway, the air heavy with dew and the lush smell of moss, fungi, and damp earth.”

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35. “You and me in one year, Fern Brookbanks. Don’t let me down.”

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36. “Will tells me how lucky he is to have met his soulmate eleven years ago, and even luckier to have found me again. He tells me I’m his best friend. He tells me he never thought it was possible to be as happy as he is now, with me. He tells me I’m the bravest person he knows. He tells me he loves my loyalty and my playlists and my nose. He tells me he loves me best of all.”

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37. “Just see where the sun takes you. And don’t forget: Good things happen at the lake.”

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38. “She’s gossamer. She’s wind and air and cloud. The embodiment of happiness. So beautiful, my best friend.”

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39. “Twice, Will has crashed into my world like a meteorite, and both times, I’ve been left hollowed out. Cratered.”

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40. “I saw a man who couldn’t keep his eyes off you. A man who hasn’t looked so happy in a very long time. I saw a man who finally found the kind of person he always wanted for himself. A best friend. A smart-ass. A brilliant, talented, caring woman, who deserves so much more than me.”

— Carley Fortune

41. “I’m lucky to have so much past, so many memories. It’s a gift to age.”

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42. “You’re not an escape. You’re everything.”

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43. “It’s Charlie.” Charlie. Not Sam. Charlie. The wrong brother.”

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44. “What’s wrong?” Charlie asks. I look down at him. “I’ve been smiling too much,” I tell him. Charlie’s eyes flash with delight. “No such thing.”

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45. “My eyes caught on the small silver scar on his wrist. “Someone distracted me,” he said, tapping his knife on the mark. I lifted my gaze to his. “It was worth it.” “She must have been cute,” Bridget quipped from behind me. He smiled at me. “The most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen.”

— Carley Fortune

46. “My family was big into teasing,” he says. “It’s basically the Florek love language.” I mellow. “I don’t speak Florek, so you’ll need to translate.” “The one thing you really need to know is that we only make fun of people we like.” “What happens when you fall in love? Do you stage a roast? Gift wrap a rubber chicken?”

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47. “I want cold February nights with him reading me books. I want July mornings in a blossoming garden. Felix will be my home, and I will be a place for him to return to. He’ll be my oasis, and I’ll be his. He’ll save his best words for me, and I’ll save mine for him.”

— Carley Fortune

48. “But there’s an unscripted kind of magic in shooting from my heart. I follow my instincts, not a meticulously planned brief. And, sure, some of the shots aren’t any good, and they’re far from flawless, but even the mediocre images are rich with emotion. Photos of Nan. The water. Charlie’s yellow boat flying across the bay. Memories of this second golden summer.”

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49. “When you aren’t staring at him, he’s staring at you. It’s like watching a tennis match.”

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50. “It’s the kind of night where I can feel something lock into place. This is it, I think. This is everything I want.”

— Carley Fortune