Top 500 Christina Lauren Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “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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202. “And not interested in anyone in particular?”

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203. “I don’t think. I really noticed before how numb I’ve been. Or cared, maybe.”

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204. “Boobs have always been sort of a problem for me.” Will’s eyes widened. “Boobs are never a problem for anyone. Ever.”

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205. “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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206. “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?”

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207. “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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208. “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!”

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209. “As if that would be my reaction to seeing you naked, Olive.”

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210. “Most nights I was desperate to call him just before I fell asleep, so I could hear his voice.”

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211. “You give good innuendo.”

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

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213. “Romance isn’t gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn’t about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed.” More laughter, but I have their attention now. “It’s about elevating stories of joy above stories of pain. It is about seeing yourself as the main character in a very interesting – or maybe even quiet – life that is entirely yours to control.”

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214. “I don’t want to get your hopes up or anything, but I look really great in this bikini. There’s no revenge like being with someone new who has a great rack.”

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215. “This, what we have, is the most amazing thing I have ever felt. Do you feel it too?”

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216. “Your smoldering might eventually kill me, Will. And the best thing is I think you have no clue that you look at women this way.”

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217. “My couch has never looked so inviting. My television is way better than the one we had in the suite. My bed is fluffy and clean, and I can’t wait until it’s dark enough to justify taking a running leap into my pillows. I am a homebody, through and through, and there’s nothing like being home.”

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218. “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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219. “But he’s also not your only client! Rule number one in business is to not ever let the big dog know how small the other dogs are.”

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220. “I like when you can’t hold back. It’s how I always felt with you.”

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221. “And honestly, the only way to avoid this conversation is to stand when System of a Down comes on, and pretend I am very, very excited to hear all of their songs that I’m not even sure I know. I close my eyes, and for just fifteen minutes, I try to push out all of these emotions. I dance away the feeling that I’m trying to talk myself into being attracted to Tyler.”

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222. “To hell you ride.”

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223. “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.”

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224. “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.”

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225. “I am very clearly the Pigpen to his Schroeder.”

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226. “Will Sumner was Jensen’s college best friend, Dad’s former intern, and the object of every one of my teenage fantasies.”

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227. “But there’s a part of me that believes Elliot and I were always only meant to be best friends. I was so scared of taking the next step with him when we were teens, and as soon as we did, it fell apart.”

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228. “Era ca o febra, punand stapanire pe mintea si pe ratiunea mea .”

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229. “And I already have a strong urge to devour you.”

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230. “The things that I love about you aren’t going to go away when you go on your book tour, and they’re not going to go away when you go on your mission. I’ll still be here, and I’ll still be thinking about all those things. I’ll still be working on being a better person, a better friend, a better son. I’ll still be wondering what it would be like to be a better boyfriend for you. And you will be on your mission, thinking about how much you wish your weren’t gay.”

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231. “High school is such an incestuous little pool.”

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232. “You’ve never been for me, Maisie. I never knew you were an option.”

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233. “In fact,” I add, “if George Clooney is ever accepted into the Oxford English Dictionary as a verb, that activity is immediately getting added to my bucket list. “As in, ‘Have you ever been George Clooneyed?‘” Oliver asks. “Exactly. ‘We went for a walk, and then George Clooneyed until around two. Good night.”

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234. “He smiled, but kept typing. You’re my forever, too.”

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

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

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237. “I feel like we meet people in life and want so much for them to like us that we suck in our stomachs and pretend we don’t fart and tell them a bunch of things we think they want to know. If it works they fall for the person we want to be, and not for the person we are.”

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238. “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.”

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239. “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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240. “Sometimes it feels like I have nothing,” he gasped, “nothing but my job and my friends.” That’s still a lot, I didn’t say. Because I understood: it wasn’t the life he’d imagined for himself.”

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241. “She looked away, and I almost told her to come back. I was growing addicted to the buzz I felt when she was looking directly at me.”

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242. “I met a hot guy,” I said without thinking. “Really hot. And, like, seventeen feet tall.”

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243. “I’d known heartbreak before, but this was a different sensation, like a lit match held to the bloody organ inside, holding steady, waiting patiently for it to dry out, harden into coal, catch fire.”

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244. “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.”

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245. “It’s about finding the woman who gets you thinking. She’ll be the one who’ll change your mind about everything.”

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246. “Hi, Hanna.” Her mouth dropped open and her beautiful eyes went wide. “You didn’t call me Ziggy.” Smiling, I whispered, “I know.” “Say it again?” Her voice came out husky, as if she was asking me to touch her again, to kiss her again.”

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247. “Oh my God, this is terrible. We’re just two dudes meeting to study. Bros. Bros don’t get nervous. Be a bro, Tanner.”

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248. “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.”

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

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250. “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.”

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