Top 500 Christina Lauren Quotes (2024 Update)
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451. “Good, because all of those voices in your head telling you that I wouldn’t be happy with you long-term or you’re not worth giving up my life for are just thoughts, Lil. Just because thoughts are loud or constant doesn’t mean they’re right.”

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452. “I want to watch you come,” he whispers, eyes moving across my face. He pulls his thumb back and paints a wet line across my lower lip. “I want to feel you squeezing me and I want to eat your greedy little noises.”

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453. “Statistics can’t tell us what will happen, they can only tell us what might happen.”

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454. “I want this to be everything you want it to be.” Leaning in, he smiles and says, “I want you to see your dream come to life.”

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455. “Does she know how I want to be her courage?”

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456. “Yeah, well, my family practically walks around wearing Team Chloe shirts under their regular clothes so it’s a little different.”

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457. “I like to think I can be affectionate, but some things are infinitely better when they happen behind closed doors.”

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458. “I’m not an optimist, but I’m not exactly a pessimist, either. I’m a wait-and-see-when-you-have-more-info-ist.”

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459. “The panel shows the girl dissolving into a sky full of stars.”

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460. “Oh, I’m sorry,” she says, hands to her hips, “I can’t hear your man-baby words over the seventy-five phone calls from people wanting to buy my nonexistent Tesla.”

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461. “I had a lot of memories of Will from the summer he’d lived with us while working for Dad: sitting on the couch with him and Jensen while we watched a movie, passing him in the hallway at night wearing nothing more than a towel around his hips, inhaling dinner at the kitchen table after a long day at the lab. But only from the evil influence of dark magic could I have forgotten about the tattoos.”

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462. “When she sits up, her long dark hair slides over her shoulders, covering her breasts. It’s the contrast of the black against her milky skin, the way the ends of her hair just cover her nipples. Now I know why this view of a woman has been drawn a million times.”

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463. “Emotions are live wires, and mine are DOA.”

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464. “I like you,′ I say. But when I look over, I see that these words aren’t enough; they don’t clear away the expression on his face. ‘And I know your church doesn’t allow that kind of feeling.”

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465. “I’d always assumed he held the power and I held none, but in this moment I knew that I could have as much power over him as I wanted. I just had to be brave enough to take it.”

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466. “By the time you and Niall and Rebecca came along, we were letting the dog watch you for a night out.”

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467. “You’re a demon,” I said. “I feel like a bride guarding my virginity before the wedding.”

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468. “Actually, yeah. I don’t think I’ve ever wanted someone so much I would beg for it. A cookie? Yes. A cock? No.”

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469. “He could be mine, still.”

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470. “Contentment comes in a trickle, though. It’s like a faucet dripping; slowly, my bucket is filling.”

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471. “Is this 37-year-old Fizzy’s kink? Honesty, accountability, and open communication?”

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472. “Look, Sara. The way Andrew treated you was unconscionable. We all saw that, and I regret not speaking up on your behalf. But you have the choice to decide how you grow from it. If you’re going to think every man is like him, you don’t deserve Max. Max isn’t that guy.”

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473. “An eight-hour flight, and there’s no movie,” I say to myself, glaring at the screenless seat back in front of me. “Maybe they’re hoping your life flashing in front of your eyes will be distraction enough.”

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474. “Relief and anguish pulse heavily in my blood. I’ve wanted to see him every day. But also, I never wanted to see him again.”

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475. “Without further conversation, we began to read.”

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476. “You always hold out so long. I want it to feel so good you can’t last.” “You’re so evil,” I hissed and she laughed, turning her head to capture my mouth in a kiss.”

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477. “I pulled out my phone, sending Hanna a single note. You’re all I can think about anymore.”

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478. “He was my everybody.”

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479. “He was such a man now. I bet he could shave twice a day and still have a five o’clock shadow.”

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480. “Why should I spend my entire life doing something that doesn’t light me on fire like that?”

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481. “I could practically hear my brain bleeding.”

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482. “Did you know the back of your neck is perfect?”

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483. “The past decade seems like a foggy blur, like we took a long road trip from one point of the earth and back again, traveling in a wide circle, destined to end up here.”

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484. “I say a quiet “I didn’t mean it” to the air around me, wanting to take back whatever bad thing I might have just thrown out.”

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485. “For once I was looking for complicated, and she was trying on simple.”

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486. “He just says a lot more with his eyes than with his mouth.” “Unfortunately for me, I don’t speak Danish Eyeball.” I laughed again and looked at Elliot’s profile as he stared.”

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487. “You don’t have to pretend,” he says. “You always take my breath away.”

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488. “Well, I need to stay in France for another six months or so. You’ll need to live there with me for a bit before we can buy a house Stateside.”

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489. “Elliot was kind of my Everyfriend.”

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490. “The only person whose expectations you have to live up to is yourself.”

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491. “Can you believe me, though?” he asks quietly. “That the worst thing I ever did was for the best reason I ever had?”

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492. “I ask the universe, simply: Can you show me what will make me happy?”

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493. “Do you want to live in the sun?” he asked quietly. “Or do you want to go back in the shadows?”

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494. “Unraveled and bare, Jess knew in her bones that he was her ninety-eight.”

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495. “You’re wound so tight,” he whispers before bending to kiss my neck. “How do I make you unravel?”

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496. “It didn’t really get easier, per se. Our sadness just got quieter.”

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497. “Is it dangerous to want so much to know someone without first knowing yourself?”

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498. “I wanted to lie in bed with her at night, and bemoan the ordeal of planning a wedding. I wanted it all.”

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499. “And that was never his fault, even if it is his greatest failure.”

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500. “I could probably get us both off in, like, two minutes.” She laughed. “I’m not sure that’s something to brag about.” The hell it wasn’t.”

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