Top 500 Christina Lauren Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “I wanted his weight on me. I wanted to see him hovering over my body and then burn the image into my brain.”

— Christina Lauren

302. “I reach for my bag, pulling out gum, but he quickly moves to me, sliding his hands up my neck to cup my face. “Don’t.” He leans close, sucking on my mouth the way he seems to like so much. “You taste like me. I taste like you.” He bends, licking my tongue, my lips, my teeth. “I like this so much. Let it stay, just for a bit.”

— Christina Lauren

303. “I’m not sure she even has a millisecond of time to think about romance, but it’s fine; I think about it enough for the both of us.”

— Christina Lauren

304. “I want every wish he ever makes to be for this. A penny in a fountain. The first star. An eyelash. Eleven eleven.”

— Christina Lauren

305. “I know it hurts and feels like it will never be okay again, but it will. Someday. You’ll wake up and it will hurt a little less and a little less, until some boy or girl is smiling at you and it makes you stupid all over again.”

— Christina Lauren

306. “He’s so far buried in his own dogma and his own world of shoulds that he can’t admit to himself that he’s into dudes, that it’s a piece of him, a perfect part of him, and it deserves admiration and respect and space the same way anything else about him does.”

— Christina Lauren

307. “But when I looked up and met her eyes, I lost it. She was staring at me and it was her – Hanna, this girl I saw every morning and fell in love with a little bit more every single time she opened her mouth.”

— Christina Lauren

308. “These red marks that tell the room and the sky and the swollen moon outside for only a tiny trip of time: I belong to him. My body is his.”

— Christina Lauren

309. “But most of all, meu docinha, imagine how proud I am to share this with you. You’re growing up. Starting my period was the process that eventually let me get pregnant with you, when I was ready.”

— Christina Lauren

310. “It means you figure out exactly what you want your life to look like, and I find a way to fit into it.”

— Christina Lauren

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

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312. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

314. “Why did you come up my way anyway? I never got around to asking you that because you were sitting on my face most of the time.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

316. “Can I say it now?, he asks, pulling back a few inches. “Say what?” “That I love you?”

— Christina Lauren

317. “And I might propose to you soon. I stared at my phone, reading this line again, and again. “Okay,” I whispered. So give me a heads-up if you won’t say yes, because I’m mildly terrified.”

— Christina Lauren

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

— Christina Lauren

319. “When I get angry, I cry. It’s like the two wires cross in my emotional brain.”

— Christina Lauren

320. “He’d loved Lily so deeply that it changed his biology. Standing here now, it seemed his love for her hadn’t gone away, it had just been vacuum-sealed and stored. Back in her presence, the physical memory of his infatuation was released in a deluge, gasping to life, and adrenaline flooded his bloodstream.”

— Christina Lauren

321. “We’re going to be horrible parents.” Laughing, I agreed, “The worst.” “We’ve never known failure,” he said, eyes manically searching mine. “I mean, we will probably be the most uptight – ” “Strict – ” “Overbearing – ” “Neurotic – ” “No,” he said, shaking his head, his eyes shining again. “You’re going to be perfect.”

— Christina Lauren

322. “That’s because I’m more dragon than woman,” I replied with a wink.”

— Christina Lauren

323. “It’s too bad I’m only learning my heart and you have yours rolled in bubble wrap.”

— Christina Lauren

324. “Give me those moments where I think he’s coming back. I can take the hurt. The reminder that he’s not coming back-and why-will keep me fighting.”

— Christina Lauren

325. “So maybe if I ever met this Andy twat I wouldn’t actually punch his smug face after all. Maybe I’d shake his hand for messing things up with Sara so epically that she moved to New York and stopped being the woman who did what she was supposed to do, and started to be the woman who did what she bloody well wanted.”

— Christina Lauren

326. “His stomach growls, and it makes me giggle again, and he shushes me. I turn to look at him, and he’s already looking at me, and with a knowing twinkle in his eyes, he lifts his finger to his lips and whispers, “No talking, I just want to be under the tree with you.”

— Christina Lauren

327. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

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

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329. “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.”

— Christina Lauren

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

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

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332. “You give good innuendo.”

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333. “You describe them as my ‘guilty pleasure.’ Do you have any idea how condescending that is?” “Well, don’t they bring you pleasure?” I ask, confused. “How is that condescending?” “Yes, but why should I feel guilty for reading something that makes me happy?” I open my mouth to respond, and she pins me with a look so clear in its meaning it might as well be a warning shot fired overhead.”

— Christina Lauren

334. “Why won’t you give me what I want?”

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335. “I’m open to falling in love with anyone. I’m happy to commit, but the specific parts don’t matter as much as the person.”

— Christina Lauren

336. “Hanna. I don’t know if I’ve ever wanted something more than I want you. I really don’t.”

— Christina Lauren

337. “Looking over at me, she licked her lips and my heart tripped as I registered she could taste herself from my fingers. I wondered if I’d be remembering her taste until the end of time.”

— Christina Lauren

338. “You look mighty proud about something. Fire someone today? Kick a puppy?”

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339. “I minimize the chat window, catching only a gif Millie sent of Kristen Bell pretending her middle finger is a tube of lipstick, and peek at my calendar.”

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340. “He looked back up again, giving me a crooked smile. “You have special underwear for when you’re on your period and I’m the dorky one?”

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341. “Sometimes, the worst day of your life might turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to you – it all depends on the way you look at it.”

— Christina Lauren

342. “I was an upbeat kid, and when I wanted to feel bad, he let me feel bad. The only thing he ever said was “It’ll get better.” And he was never wrong.”

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343. “Remember that thing I alluded to on the plane?” he asked, eyes glued to her. A tiny smile played at her lips. “Jog my memory, Player Will.” He squeezed his eyes closed, took a deep breath before looking back at her, and said, “Marry me?”

— Christina Lauren

344. “I don’t think I’ve ever loved anyone quite like this. In this sort of giddy, obliterating game-changing way. Where I can see myself with her for the rest of my life...”

— Christina Lauren

345. “I miss her so much I need a new language for it.”

— Christina Lauren

346. “Speaking to God feels like instinct, like it’s wired into me. I can’t imagine what I’d do if I left. It’s like standing in an open field and trying to point to the four walls. There’s just no framework to my life without the church.”

— Christina Lauren

347. “He’ll be very good for someone, and I’m sad it won’t be me.”

— Christina Lauren

348. “I always expected to fall in love and feel jittery or hyperaware or overwhelmed. I never expected falling in love with someone would just make me feel even more comfortable in my own skin.”

— Christina Lauren

349. “Good?” she whispered, stroking the sensitive skin there, no smile, no frown, simply needing to know. I nodded, reaching to run my thumb over her cheek. “You’re perfect.”

— Christina Lauren

350. “Drama always settles with the dullest outcome possible.”

— Christina Lauren