Top 50 Cassia Leo Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “The quickest path to self-destruction is to push away the people you love.”

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2. “It’s not our mistakes that define us. It’s the lessons we learn that show our true character.”

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3. “Family is not always the people with whom you share DNA. Sometimes, family is the person who fights the hardest for your happiness.”

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4. “Love is not black and white. It’s not even gray. Love is every shade of color in the spectrum, changing with every ray of light given and stolen.”

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5. “Then, she let it go.”

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6. “Because sometimes you have to suffer without the things you want now so you can have everything you need later.”

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7. “Sometimes letting someone go is the ultimate act of love.”

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8. “Sometimes, you just have to reassure the ones you love in precise language that you’ll always be there. Sometimes words are enough.”

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9. “It’s not really the love that I envy, it’s the trust. The feeling that no matter how bad you screw up, there is always someone who will accept you and love you for who you are; not because they have to, just because they can’t not love you.”

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10. “Sometimes you forget how much you love someone, until you realize their smile is like a spotlight shined on your heart.”

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11. “The world can fall to pieces around us, but in the end, we’ll always make it back to us.”

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12. “They say love is just two souls recognizing each other.”

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13. “Life has shown me all too often that there is no rhyme or reason to the cruelty inflicted upon humanity.”

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14. “If love is a drug, then it’s the kind that should be prescribed.”

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15. “That time of day when the sun hasn’t come up yet, but you can already feel it coming. It’s an elusive warmth, like a subtle promise whispered in your ear and you can go on with your day knowing you’ve been given another chance to get it right.”

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16. “With every choice you risk the life you could have had. With every decision you lose it.”

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17. “Once you see the good in someone, it’s hard not to notice the good in everyone.”

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18. “There’s a little blackness inside all of us.”

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19. “I am in training to be nobody special.”

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20. “We feel the love of strangers every day in the things they do that affect us without our knowledge.”

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21. “No one’s perfect. And anyone who expects you to be perfect is just hiding something.”

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22. “The lies we tell ourselves have more power to destroy us than any lie we are ever told by another.”

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23. “We may only ever have one great, passionate love, but sometimes it’s best to leave that kind of love in the past. A love like that can’t last forever.”

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24. “Fate can save you and it can kill you. Either way, fate binds us through an invisible web of circumstances. Change one undesirable fate and another desirable fate is canceled out.”

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25. “If ignorance is bliss, believing lies is orgasmic.”

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26. “This black box is yours to keep, to stash your troubles away. Just lock it up and call my name and I’ll be there always.”

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27. “You can’t erase love without erasing yourself.”

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28. “Fear is crippling. Fear of the future can convince us that there is no way out and nothing is ever going to get better. Fear is blinding; it can make us miss the warning signs flashing right in front of our eyes. It can also make you miss those brilliant flashes of color, when the world isn’t so gray. But, if you think about it, being afraid isn’t such a bad thing. Because fear is a reminder that you still have something to lose. Something worth holding onto.”

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29. “Because blackbirds can’t touch the sky if you never set them free.”

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30. “Love is a strange concept. That the very sight of someone, the very mention of their name, can cause an intense chemical reaction inside you is crazy.”

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31. “She was the drug that numbed the pain, but only temporarily.”

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32. “It’s about us,” I whisper. He looks confused. “What are you talking about?” “The book. It’s the story of us.” He sighs as if he’s been waiting to hear these words all his life. “I hope it never ends.”

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33. “I’d like to think there’s a simple reason why people visit reflection pools. When you look into one on a clear day, you see your own mirror image. When there’s a storm, and the rain is splashing the surface, or the wind whips the water up in rippling waves, it becomes impossible to see a clear image of anything. It’s easy to feel as if you’re lost in the storm. But storms don’t last.”

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34. “There are moments in life, and they happen so infrequently that they tend to really stand out, when life hands you the gift of perspective. Sometimes, we forget to show our appreciation. Sometimes, we get our priorities mixed up. And, sometimes, we forget how far we’ve come. But life always has a way of nudging you to remind you about these important things.”

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35. “This is called ‘Black Box’, for the girl who holds the key to mine.”

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36. “Nothing has caused more foolishness in this world than the pursuit of beauty. It’s foolish to pursue something that is everywhere.”

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37. “You’re afraid of being vulnerable, physically and emotionally. You’re afraid of loving completely. Most of all, you’re afraid you’ll live your whole life without ever being truly happy because you don’t even know what it is that will make you happy. You’re afraid of not being passionate enough or brave enough to live. But you are. You are brave because not only did you go to the library with me today, you were the one who insisted we go.”

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38. “Love is a strange concept. That the very sight of someone, the very mention of their name, can cause an intense chemical reaction inside you is crazy. The fact that many people settle for less than that explosive chemical reaction is even crazier.”

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39. “Love is not black and white. It’s not even gray. Love is every shade of color in the spectrum, changing with every ray of light given and stolen. Sometimes you forget how much you love someone, until you realize their smile is like a spotlight shined on your heart.”

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40. “Eventually, you’re gonna have to let someone in.”

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41. “It’s funny how nothing really turns out the way we expect it to, no matter how certain the future seems. I guess we need to keep adjusting our dreams to fit.”

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42. “I think I need you to save me this time.”

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43. “I need you to do something for me.” “I’ll do anything for you. What do you need?” “I need you to teach me how to breathe when you’re gone.”

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44. “Having a mental illness is like riding a really fast merry-go-round that never stops. There’s no escape. You’re stuck. But once in a while, you can give the operator some good drugs and he’ll slow it down a little; just enough for you to see the trees and the normal people as they stroll by. But that ride operator needs to be supplied often. And sometimes, like any typical junkie, he’s just plain unreliable. He stops showing up and you’re spinning again. You can’t see clearly.”

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45. “You’re one tough egg to crack. You know that? You’re like a Kinder egg wrapped inside a mystery wrapped inside an enigma.”

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46. “I need you to know how serious I am first.” He takes my face in his hands again and I draw in a sharp breath. “Promise me you’ll wait for me and I promise I’ll tell you everything.”

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47. “Conformity and exclusion. If you’re not the best or the.”

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48. “But, if you think about it, being afraid isn’t such a bad thing. Because fear is a reminder that you still have something to lose. Something worth holding onto.”

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49. “This is the way we fall. First we lose our balance, teetering precariously on the edge of uncertainty, until, mercilessly, gravity takes over. You can’t outshine gravity.”

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50. “It’s always tempting to choose the safer road. The one you think will get you to your destination in one piece. But as you learned today, sometimes the safe roads are nothing but dead ends. And I’ll tell you one thing I know for sure. No matter what your destination is, there’s no safer road than the one you take with someone you love.”

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