Top 500 Christina Lauren Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Most nights I was desperate to call him just before I fell asleep, so I could hear his voice.”

— Christina Lauren

202. “You give good innuendo.”

— Christina Lauren

203. “Maybe it’s because we can be quiet together, and it’s never weird.”

— Christina Lauren

204. “As soon as we open our hearts up to love, we show the universe the easiest way to break them in half.”

— Christina Lauren

205. “I wanted to slap him, and then pull him up by his shirt and lick his neck.”

— Christina Lauren

206. “Hesitating, he says, “But it has to be more than that.” “What do you mean, ‘more than that’? I’m not going to wear a thong.” “No, just – ” He runs an exasperated hand through his hair. “It’s not only about me being with someone hot now.” Wait, what? Hot?”

— Christina Lauren

207. “You two are a mess. Tomorrow night we’re doing Buck Up Sara Time the gay way.”

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208. “Steve Perry versus Arnel Pineda. At his confused expression, I explain, “The guy on YouTube who gained a following for covering Journey songs... then eventually became the new lead singer for the band?”

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209. “I feel a little like the way I used to when I’d dump out a bin full of Lincoln Logs, both overwhelmed and excited – except this is my life, with all these pieces to choose from, and I’m not sure what shape I even want to build.”

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210. “But at the end of the day”, she says, and puts her hand outside the open window, letting the wind pass through her fingers, “being myself is enough. I’m enough.”

— Christina Lauren

211. “Maybe the reason I can’t write about fictional life is because I haven’t actually lived.”

— Christina Lauren

212. “That look, that tenderness in her eyes, made me realize for the first time what was happening to me: I was falling in love.”

— Christina Lauren

213. “He tilted his head and closed his eyes, moving in just enough to kiss me once, lips parted. “Tell me to stop, Hanna.”

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214. “The first mile was always the hardest. By the second, the world grew fuzzy at the edges and only the muffled sound of feet on the trail and the blood pumping in my ears filtered through the haze.”

— Christina Lauren

215. “Everything feels yes. His mouth is yes, and his hands are yes, and over me, on top of me now, he’s moving and yes, yes, yes.”

— Christina Lauren

216. “It isn’t his first kiss – I know that – but it’s his first real one.”

— Christina Lauren

217. “For the first time in my life I get it: home isn’t always a space; it can be a person.”

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218. “I believe now that the universe delivers random acts of kindness, and it’s on us to decide what to do with them.”

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219. “There is no way to mess this up,” I said, right against her mouth. “Even if we didn’t get married tomorrow, you’re the love of my life. I’m with you until we both die, at the same time, when I am one hundred and you are ninety three.”

— Christina Lauren

220. “She was such a surprising mix of gentle and brash, of focused and flighty. It was almost as if I could see the little girl in her battling with the responsible woman, figuring out which would lead the way.”

— Christina Lauren

221. “We would lie on the floor of my closet – slowly being converted into a tiny library – and read for hours.”

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222. “I have no idea what I want to do. I want to write and read and talk about books with people. I want to listen to music and go out to dinner and just live.”

— Christina Lauren

223. “Ethan Thomas is doing something weird to my emotions.”

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224. “I realized it would have been dramatic, but I wanted to storm out and make him follow me and grovel for, like, an entire day.”

— Christina Lauren

225. “We need to be able to escape the source of pain before we’re debilitated by it.”

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226. “But the thing is,” he said, smiling, “I don’t want anyone else. You’ve rather ruined me for other women.”

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227. “I don’t know. Because I love to read? I love that you can use words to convince people, or anger people, or entertain people.”

— Christina Lauren

228. “The world seems full of men who are initially infatuated by our eccentricities, but who ultimately expect them to be temporary.”

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229. “Maybe we should do things because we love them, not because we’ve always done them that way.”

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230. “He looked to me, his eyes softening. “This is my Hanna.”

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231. “You look great, by the way.” Her head shot to me, eyes surprised, and I quickly added, “I’m glad you didn’t let them cover you up with makeup. I would miss your freckles.” “You would miss my freckles?” she asked in a whisper and I winced inwardly at how forward I sounded. “What man says that? Are you trying to make me have an orgasm right now?”

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232. “Something about her made me feel hungry, like I wanted to be as honest and calm about everything in my life as she was. I wanted to know Hanna, to hear her thoughts on everything.”

— Christina Lauren

233. “I like living alone, but would rather live with you.”

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234. “My stomach twisted with warmth when he said my name, and I knew I’d stand out in the cold all night if it meant he’d say it again.”

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235. “This is why hookups never work for me: I don’t like having to mentally process it all after. I don’t like questioning my behaviour, questioning theirs. There are too many rules to such a game that are purported to have no strings attached.”

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236. “He was always so calm, always adaptable. She realized, watching him, that he met challenges as if they were an expected part of his path. By contrast, she resented every tiny roadblock.”

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

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238. “Well, I meant it. And you can show me your appreciation when you get that hot little ass to France. Deal?”

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239. “She’d looked out for me when she knew I was broken and lost without Chloe. In contrast, I’d let Sara continue on with a man I knew was unfaithful, all because I felt it wasn’t my place to interfere. Where would I be if Sara had done the same?”

— Christina Lauren

240. “What is it?” I follow the path of his eyes to the pan on the stove where I’ve tossed the prawns with the pasta and vegetables. He winces. “It looks unbelievable. It’s just... ” He swipes a palm across the back of his neck. “I’m allergic to shellfish.”

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241. “She’s candy-sweet at the surface and probably terrible at communicating negative emotions. Meanwhile, I’m like a sour patch kid on the surface, but will happily detail all the ways I think the world is going to hell.”

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242. “I loved her in the way we love in high school, sort of intensely, idealistically, and without knowing each other all that well.”

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243. “I think I want to know you feel the way I do.”

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244. “But how can I send my heart to him when he’s just said, in no uncertain terms, that he doesn’t speak its language?”

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245. “Being with him feels a little like letting go of the handlebars and racing down a hill. And it also feels like being wrapped up in the warmest blanket. How can he feel both like an adventure and a comfort?”

— Christina Lauren

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

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248. “You’re like my blanket fort.” “I’ve been called worse things,” I tell her.”

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249. “I want you to call me for help – without an apology already on the tip of your tongue. I want to feel like I can kiss you again by your car at the end of the night.” He swallowed. “I want you in my bed.”

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250. “I’d somehow always expected love to be primarily a mental state, so I still felt unaccustomed to the physical manifestation of my feelings for her: the way my stomach would grow tight, the way my chest would press in, my heart pounding blood hard and fast through my arteries.”

— Christina Lauren