Top 500 Christina Lauren Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “When I lost her, it felt like I was drowning in all the love I still had that could never be given.”

— Christina Lauren

102. “I am a homebody, through and through, and there’s nothing like being home.”

— Christina Lauren

103. “Relationships are a lot like houses: without a good foundation, they’ll crumble. When a light bulb goes out, you don’t buy a new house, you change the bulb. When the faucet drips, you don’t start mopping the floor before you fix the leak. In other words, no matter how much digging it takes, it’s important to get to the root of a problem.”

— Christina Lauren

104. “Elliot and words. Peanut butter and chocolate. Coffee and biscotti. Love matches made in heaven.”

— Christina Lauren

105. “I can sense he needs distance and it pushes a small ache between two of my ribs.”

— Christina Lauren

106. “I think you have the prettiest hair I’ve ever seen.”

— Christina Lauren

107. “To think God loves the trees, his brain paraphrases from a book he read once, but condemns that blossoming thing they do in spring.”

— Christina Lauren

108. “Now my heart is pounding so hard, I feel it swooshing between us, and it makes me wonder whether our individual heartaches are silently duking this out from inside our bodies.”

— Christina Lauren

109. “Countries were established, went to war, and split into smaller countries in the time it took for Elliot to answer.”

— Christina Lauren

110. “See, the problem with boobs is if you have big ones, you can never look thin. You get these burns on your shoulders from bra straps, and your back hurts. And unless you’re using them for their intended purpose, they’re always in the way.” “In the way of what? My hands? My face? Don’t you blaspheme in here.” He looked up to the sky. “She didn’t mean it, Lord. Promise.”

— Christina Lauren

111. “I don’t know why people think permanent denial is better than temporary disappointment.”

— Christina Lauren

112. “I wish I knew what was happening, both between us and inside my heart. It feels like the organ itself has gotten bigger, like it’s demanding to be seen and heard, reminding me that I am a warm-blooded female with wants and needs that go beyond the basics.”

— Christina Lauren

113. “Hasn’t my mother warned you that I’ve never been good at sharing?”

— Christina Lauren

114. “I loved you,” he says. “I have always loved you. There was never anyone but you for me, you knew that.”

— Christina Lauren

115. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

116. “Toate raritatile pentru cei rari .”

— Christina Lauren

117. “I won’t have you angry with me all day.”

— Christina Lauren

118. “It’s not a crime to love, you know, he said.”

— Christina Lauren

119. “I’m a terrible liar.” “Really? You hid it so well.” “It’s never been my strength, okay? Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue.”

— Christina Lauren

120. “I’m terrified of what it would feel like if you weren’t in my life anymore.”

— Christina Lauren

121. “It never occurred to me that love could be anything other than all-consuming. Even as a child, I knew I never wanted anything less.”

— Christina Lauren

122. “I’ll take anything you give me. Is that pathetic?”

— Christina Lauren

123. “And girls do want boys who are interesting. Girls want the shy geeks who know everything and have big hands and good teeth and say sweet things.”

— Christina Lauren

124. “Your smile is weird,” Ed says when I reach him. “Like you’re farting.“... “Do you want to sit inside or outside?” He points to my stomach. “Maybe outside, better air circulation?”

— Christina Lauren

125. “Empty companionship was lonelier than being alone.”

— Christina Lauren

126. “It’s hard for me sometimes that we aren’t together. I never know where the lines are. I want to cross them all the time.”

— Christina Lauren

127. “I’m definitely not thinking about the quiet way she mumbled she loved me when I carefully lowered her semiconscious naked body onto her bed.”

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128. “As I slip in, I wonder whether, in ten years, I’ll hear a riff or an opening chord to one of the songs and be transported back immediately to this time in my life. It makes the shadow thought follow – what will I feel when I think of these times? Will I think, Wow, those were the hardest days, trying to figure out who I was? Or will I think, Those days were so easy and free, with so little responsibility?”

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129. “I’m trying to fix all the parts of me that aren’t working because I know I have a choice in how my life goes – that it isn’t all luck – but as soon as I try to be proactive, it’s like no one wants to let me.”

— Christina Lauren

130. “Why are we always expected to share the picture of us with our boobs out on the beach, but dudes can share the candid one with their slobbery dog?”

— Christina Lauren

131. “Rumor has it your dad brought her flowers and she pulled off every petal and used them to spell PUTA in the snow.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

133. “Sean is easy, I get it. He’s a cactus and Elliot is an orchid.”

— Christina Lauren

134. “Sare-bear. I can practically hear you thinking in there,” George called from his desk. “It is shrill and growing hysterical. Calm your tits. I put a flask in your desk drawer. It’s pink and sparkly but don’t fall in love; it’s mine.”

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135. “Of course happy couples fight! Two strong minds coming together are never going to agree on everything, and it’s healthy to express those feelings. But what we had to learn was that it was the way we were expressing our feelings that wasn’t healthy. Shouting doesn’t make anyone feel better. Storming off doesn’t fix any problems.”

— Christina Lauren

136. “It’s so cute how you think everything’s about you.”

— Christina Lauren

137. “And this is when I know we’re only about an hour and a half from Harlow riding Finn reverse-cowgirl on the floor somewhere.”

— Christina Lauren

138. “I hate that I’ve worked so hard but when I look around – compare my life to everyone else’s – it feels like such a small drop in such a massive bucket!”

— Christina Lauren

139. “The way Emily describes it: when I meet someone I love, I become an octopus and wind my tentacles around their heart, tighter and tighter until they can’t deny they love me just the same.”

— Christina Lauren

140. “And rumor has it the man could win a watermelon-eating contest, if you know what I’m saying.”

— Christina Lauren

141. “He was straightforward and quiet: he walked quietly, spoke quietly; even his anger was quiet. It was his love that was booming.”

— Christina Lauren

142. “He surprises me, cupping my face and bending to press his lips to my cheek. It’s far too close to my mouth to be innocent, but not actually touching my lips. It doesn’t quite count as a kiss. Does it?”

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143. “My brain is such a traitorous beast.”

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144. “I hated her so much in that moment. I hated that she was right and I was wrong, and I hated that she was forcing me to make a choice. I hated how much I wanted her, most of all.”

— Christina Lauren

145. “Worrying is not preparation.” So.”

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146. “I’ve wanted this for months. And I know you feel the same. I love you. I feel you thinking it every time I say it, in the way your hands find some part of me to hold on to.”

— Christina Lauren

147. “You are an exceptional human, with depth and heart. Don’t let anyone–or anything–dim that light inside you.”

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148. “I’ve spent years not trusting my ability to make decisions and quietly letting life just happen to me. It can’t be a coincidence that the moment I stopped being passive and followed my instincts, everything seemed to fall into place. I know what makes me happy – trusting myself. What a gift, right? I found happiness.”

— Christina Lauren

149. “I think I’m only now realizing how hard it must be to be a woman. Too thin or not thin enough. Do your job flawlessly, but don’t show up any of the men. Speak up, but don’t be bitchy. Smile. And then you have people like Brad totally playing into it. I.”

— Christina Lauren

150. “He’s not recruiting me to the oiled-up Gay Bliss Club of Northern Utah, but to the LDS Church.”

— Christina Lauren