Top 90 Carley Fortune Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “I also know I’ve gone more years without Sam than I spent with him.”

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52. “I think of all the times in my life when I’ve stayed quiet because it was more comfortable than speaking up.”

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53. “He 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.”

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54. “So other than the fact that he’s nice, what do you like about him?” It wasn’t a snarky question. He seemed genuinely curious. I twisted the embroidered bracelet around my wrist. “He likes me back,” I said truthfully, and Sam didn’t ask any more questions after that.”

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55. “I’ve spent years imagining how different everything would have been if I’d just made one different choice.”

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56. “I’ve spent twelve years thinking about what I would say if I ever saw you again.” I grimace at my own honesty. I pause, counting four breaths in and out. “I’ve missed you so much.” My voice trembles, but I keep going. “I want to make it better. I want to fix things. But I don’t know what to say to do that right now. Please just give me a little more time.”

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57. “I am here now, and everything is okay.”

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58. “I’ve never wanted anything for myself the way I want you. I’m completely in love with you.”

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59. “You feel things deeply. You always have.” I wipe my cheek. “I hate that about me.” Her laugh is kind. “It’s one of your best qualities. In the long run, it will be more difficult to keep pushing your feelings aside than it will be to stare at yourself in the mirror and accept who you are and what you want.”

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60. “But I take strange comfort in these waves of heartache. They’re like annotations in a book, a note in the margin that reads, This is important.”

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61. “You painted a fern on a wall for me.”

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62. “Are you a fan of talking on the phone?” “I’m a fan of listening to your voice.”

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63. “One great thing about meeting someone you’ll likely never see again is that you can tell them anything about yourself without any consequences.” I shook my head. “Everything has a consequence.” I learned that when I was seventeen.”

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64. “I fell in love with you when I was thirteen, and I never stopped. You’re it for me.” Sam closes his eyes for three long seconds, and when he opens them, they are glittering pools under a starry sky.”

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65. “I decided it wasn’t fair of me to ask for their vulnerability without confronting my own. It’s one of the most terrifying things we all do – allow people to see us without all our protective layers.”

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66. “Yeah. I like how the space is so overwhelming, it makes you feel insignificant and alive at the same time. It basically forces you to take a deep breath. It’s the same way I feel when I look at the mountains out West.” I thought it was the loveliest thing I’d ever heard.”

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67. “Fingers laced, we climb up to our bedroom in the home we’ve built together. A house full of books. A field full of flowers. Our own special island.”

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68. “No, it’s because when you speak, he listens. When you smile, he smiles. When you need something, he offers help. When you give him something, he thanks you. You’re peas and carrots – I think you’ve found yourself a lifelong friend.”

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69. “A house full of books. A field full of flowers. Our own special island.”

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70. “Charlie looks at you like he’d follow you anywhere.”

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71. “Felix, I brought you here to tell you that you are in every one of my dreams. I came here to ask whether I’m in any of yours, too.”

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72. “It feels like all the greatest kisses in one. Like kissing your high school crush, and the best friend you’ve fallen in love with, and the person you want to stand beside for as long as time will let you. It’s the starting gun and the finish line. It’s a surge of pleasure and satisfaction and rightness that reaches deep into my soul.”

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73. “I feel like the lightning that splits the sky. I feel like the thunder that’s shaking the ground. I am the black cloud ready to erupt.”

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74. “Bright blue eyes. Strong hands. Ocean breeze on sun-bronze skin. A kiss on a beach. Sand in the sheets. The day when everything changed.”

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75. “I liked how each book was both predictable and unique, comforting and unexpected. Safe but never boring.”

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76. “He waves, and I wave back. This, I decide, is my ideal form of socializing.”

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77. “You.” He kisses me once. “I am so in love with you. Wildly. Deeply. Unrelentingly in love with you.”

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78. “Live your life for you, and no one else.”

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79. “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers,” Anne Shirley said, and now I knew why.”

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80. “I chose Happy Place in May because the idea of Felix holding that bright pink book delighted me to no end and because I could think of no happier place than PEI.”

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81. “She told me to call you,” he says, serious again. I stop breathing. “Before she died. She said he’d need you after.”

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82. “You and me, Alice Everly.”

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83. “I’m not sure when I start crying, only that I’m overwhelmed with how big the galaxy is and how insignificant I am.”

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84. “You were there.” My voice cracks. He nods. “Yeah. I was there.”

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85. “That’s why you should grab onto whatever makes you happy now and hold on for as long as you can. Life’s short.”

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86. “I like who I am with him. I laugh until tears stain my cheeks. I say what I think, and when he senses I’m holding something in, he tells me to spit it out. I don’t have to be a perfectly edited version of myself – it’s okay to have a few bumps. And I don’t have to try.”

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87. “I was wrong,” he began. “So wrong.” My eyes collided with his. “And you were wrong, too. Yesterday, when you said I didn’t want you.” He spoke softly, his blue eyes fixed on mine. “I did want you. I do want you. I’ve always wanted you.” I felt a sharp pressure in my lungs, like his words had sucked all the oxygen out of them. “I’m sorry for making you think otherwise, for confusing you.”

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88. “Everything that’s worth having is some trouble.”

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89. “Sometimes I think no one gets me the way you do.”

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90. “I waited until the sun had sunk low in the sky. I waited for Will Baxter for hours.”

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91. “Knowing one’s own mind is one of the secrets to a good life.”

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92. “Somehow I did fall asleep, and just before I drifted off, I heard Sam whisper, “I’d rather kiss you, too.”

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93. “I pride myself on being a solid friend, a helpful sister, the good daughter. But for the man I loved? I would have done anything.”

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94. “You drive me crazy, you know that? You always have. I never laughed with anyone like I laughed with you. I’ve never been friends with anyone like I was with you. I’ve tried to forget about you for more than ten years, but I don’t want to try anymore.”

— Carley Fortune