Top 500 Christina Lauren Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “But when he kissed me? I didn’t feel lost in him the way I get lost in you.”

— Christina Lauren

252. “Do you want to join me at the park for a run?” “You run?” I asked. “On purpose?”

— Christina Lauren

253. “Nothing is harder in a relationship than not respecting the person you’re with.” He leans his chin heavily into his hand. “I didn’t like myself with her. I was willing to try to be the guy she wanted rather than who I really am.”

— Christina Lauren

254. “Stop being so emotionally balanced!”

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255. “Biological compatibility is independent of whether or not we like each other.”

— Christina Lauren

256. “It wasn’t just a physical attraction between us. Of course I’d been attracted to women before. But there was something more with Hanna, some chemistry in our blood, something between us that snapped and crackled, that made me always want just a little more than I should take. She offered her friendship, I wanted her body. She offered her body, I wanted to hijack her thoughts. She offered her thoughts, I wanted her heart.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

259. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

261. “My God, we are too young to be this old.”

— Christina Lauren

262. “Being near him is a little like slipping into a warm bath.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

264. “Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue.”

— Christina Lauren

265. “I’ve never met anyone like her, as strong-willed as me and yet, just handing me everything, letting me take her apart one touch at a time.”

— Christina Lauren

266. “Little did she know I’d follow her down this hallway even if it caught fire. I’d come to this dirty bohemian party with her after all.”

— Christina Lauren

267. “You don’t need him to like you. Or, you know, know that you continue to exist.”

— Christina Lauren

268. “Hanna,” I cut in. “I promise to do my best not to motorboat you at the altar.”

— Christina Lauren

269. “You’re looking at me like I’m food.” She held out her carrot, grinned wickedly. “Want some?” I shook my head. “I want you.”

— Christina Lauren

270. “Is that really how the human heart works? You tell it to chill, and it chills?”

— Christina Lauren

271. “It will be hard for me to just be your friend, Macy. It’s not in my DNA.” He meets my eyes and puts the menu back down near his arm. “I’ll try, but I already know this about myself.”

— Christina Lauren

272. “Andrew tasted like peppermint and chocolate, smells like the smoke from the wood in the fireplace, and feels like sunshine. If you put all my favorite things in a Willy Wonka machine, I’m pretty sure Andrew Hollis is the candy that would come out.”

— Christina Lauren

273. “You’re shirtless with the world’s sweetest baby cuddled on those muscles. Put a shirt on, you beast, or I can’t be held responsible for my actions.”

— Christina Lauren

274. “Just thanking Miss Harlow for breakfast.′ ‘I’m offended, Finn. I made you dinner the other day and would’ve appreciated at the very least a sharp pat on the ass. I see how you are.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

276. “But come on. I know you well enough to know that you’re not carrying baggage.” He was holding her gaze, and she felt physically unable to look away. “You’ve chosen your circumstances, Jess. I like that about you. You take what you want and leave the rest behind. You decide.”

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277. “This throws me. As in I am a brick, and have been hurled at the glass window.”

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

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279. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

280. “I like your face.”

— Christina Lauren

281. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

282. “When I lost her, it felt like I was drowning in all the love I still had that could never be given. It filled me up, choked me like a rag doused in kerosene, spilled out in tears and screams and in heavy, pulsing silence.”

— Christina Lauren

283. “Maybe a boy would kiss me in those woods someday.”

— Christina Lauren

284. “But I’m afraid you’ll have to find your luck somewhere else. I’m quite fond of my testicles; I’d like to keep them. I’m not going to smooth the way for you here.”

— Christina Lauren

285. “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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286. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

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

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288. “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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289. “To hell you ride.”

— Christina Lauren

290. “I just had an out-of-body experience. Niall Stella just took off my shirt and admired my chest.” “Do you need to text someone?”

— Christina Lauren

291. “We were always too busy memorizing each other.”

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292. “I’m woman enough to admit that I’m completely obsessed with his forearms. They’re roped, thick, every single muscle defined. I want to see him haul a big net onto the deck of his ship. God, he would make majestic fisherman porn.”

— Christina Lauren

293. “I shook my head. “I’ve never said ‘I love you’ before, if that’s what you mean.” Though Hanna would have no way of knowing I said it to her, silently, nearly every time we touched.”

— Christina Lauren

294. “Because the biggest mistake of his life – his infidelity – had given me the best part of mine.”

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295. “His skin is sun-warmed, firm, distracting. It’s like having a single bite of something delicious; I want to go back for more.”

— Christina Lauren

296. “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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297. “And not interested in anyone in particular?”

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

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299. “I’ve essentially handed my heart over to the person who’s had it on reserve for half my life, and I’m terrified that he doesn’t realize what he’s holding.”

— Christina Lauren

300. “I want to make her life better by being the best thing in it.”

— Christina Lauren