Top 160 Claire Contreras Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “I don’t just love you, Sprite. I bleed for you. Only for you.”

— Claire Contreras

52. “She seems to think that running off and leaving me heartbroken is a good idea, so I decided that I’m going to take her home with me every single day to remind her that my heart beats only for her. That my day starts with her running through my mind and ends with her sleeping in my arms.”

— Claire Contreras

53. “That friend date had me going home and taking the longest shower of my life.” “I took one too,” I say in a whisper, my cheeks burning as I look at him through my lashes. His face turns completely serious, and he groans. “God, Elle, why’d you have to say that to me?” I laugh. “Say what? That I touched myself thinking about you?” His eyes hood a little. “If you want me to keep my word, you need to stop talking about that.”

— Claire Contreras

54. “Nobody really labeled themselves, unless they wanted to escape someone else doing it for them.”

— Claire Contreras

55. “Breathe. Suck in your stomach. Smile. No. Don’t smile.”

— Claire Contreras

56. “She made me smile on days that laughter seemed impossible. She made me see hope in things I didn’t know existed. That was when she truly became my Estelle. She just didn’t know it. Hell, neither did I.”

— Claire Contreras

57. “A date,” he repeated, his eyes assessing me closer now, as if he was trying to figure out who would ask me on a date. It was the moment I realized I could definitely grow to hate Prince Elias. How had I ever slept with this man? How could I have given him my virginity? I was disgusted with myself. “Yes, a date.”

— Claire Contreras

58. “I forgot to breathe. People said that was impossible, but I completely forgot to breathe, and when my mouth opened it was to take some of his breath, or maybe some of what I’d left behind inside of him when he left me.”

— Claire Contreras

59. “That was what I found most comforting about it all: we were all confused together, and ultimately, all lost together, despite our ages, races, genders, and anything else that set us apart.”

— Claire Contreras

60. “Some say I loved her to the point of madness, bordering on obsession.”

— Claire Contreras

61. “One more question. Enrique said when your wife left you, you took it well. Did you ever go after her? Try to convince her to stay?” “No.” “Why not?” “I don’t know. I was young, I was over it. She left me for my cousin.” He shrugs. “I just didn’t care enough to chase her.” “But you chased me.” “I did.” “And you’d keep chasing me? If I say no to this? If I turned you away?” “Probably.” I stare at him. “Why?” “Because you’re mine.”

— Claire Contreras

62. “I had to accept the consequences of my actions. I told it because I believed history was something we should learn from. We studied it to not repeat the mistakes of the past. I.”

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63. “I’m in love with you, Blake. I’ve been in love with you from the moment I saw you. I’ve been in love with you from the day I was born and possibly even before then. I belong to you. My body belongs to you. My heart belongs to you. Please let me make love to you.” -Cole.”

— Claire Contreras

64. “He bleeds, you know. Our little boy bleeds.” “I know he does,” he said brokenly. “And out of all the things I’m proud of, that one’s at the top of the list.” He cupped my face, leaned down, and kissed me softly. “I love you, Sprite. Don’t forget that.”

— Claire Contreras

65. “I don’t think I’m in love with you, Catalina. I know I am,” he says. “Stupid in love with you.”

— Claire Contreras

66. “Love always tries, and I never stopped.”

— Claire Contreras

67. “His mouth felt like everything I envisioned heaven and hell must feel like: warm and welcoming, hot and seductive.”

— Claire Contreras

68. “The difference is the heart has a second chance, and maybe it’ll get broken again, but it’s already shattered, so maybe the fall won’t be as bad.”

— Claire Contreras

69. “I swear to God, Gabriel, if you don’t stop, I will lose it. I will go to the bathroom and pull a Britney in the middle of your acceptance speech.”

— Claire Contreras

70. “Trust isn’t something you give people when they ask for it. It’s something that’s earned.”

— Claire Contreras

71. “That’s what family does, isn’t it? We put up with things from each other that we’d never take from anybody else. Even after being dragged through the mud and stomped on a few times somehow we still find it in us to forgive one another.”

— Claire Contreras

72. “Work and wine, maintaining sanity for unhappily married women everywhere.”

— Claire Contreras

73. “Love was an illusion. An idea that society tried to sell to you. I believed in respect and honesty, but love? Love had never been on my radar.”

— Claire Contreras

74. “I don’t want to say that I feel complete when I’m with him – because I’m complete without him – but when I’m with him I feel like a better version of myself.”

— Claire Contreras

75. “I’ve learned that life isn’t about the end, but about the chapters in between. The filling in that we do to get our stories told and how people react to it is what keeps us going.”

— Claire Contreras

76. “He kissed me the way he appeared into my life, intensely and impossible to forget.”

— Claire Contreras

77. “I know because, when she’s not with me, I feel like I lack oxygen, and even when I am with her, I feel like I can’t breathe enough.”

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78. “There are no rules in writing. If the words work for you, use them.”

— Claire Contreras

79. “They say it takes twenty-one days to break a habit. It’s been approximately one thousand eight hundred and twenty six since I last held her hand in mine and I’m still waiting for the remnants of her to break off of me.”

— Claire Contreras

80. “It’s a heart. They always break at some point. Sooner or later someone will come along and shatter it... might as well be you.”

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81. “34 C, baby,” he said loudly. I felt my face turn a shade of red as a woman walked by us. She shot me an amused look.”

— Claire Contreras

82. “You can try to steer your life in a certain direction all you want, but ultimately, the wind is in charge of your sail.”

— Claire Contreras

83. “I’ve lived in pain since the moment I lost you. I’ve learned to live with it, but I haven’t learned to accept it.”

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84. “He looked at me for a moment, seemingly stunned. “You love her.” I scoffed, but it sounded weak in my ears. “Please. I don’t even know what love is.” “I don’t either, but if I had to make a bet, I’d bet it was this – letting go of someone with the knowledge that you’d be miserable without them. You say you’re selfish, but you’re doing the selfless thing here.” “It doesn’t feel like I am.” It felt like I was breaking apart at the seams.”

— Claire Contreras

85. “Survival looks different on everyone. We can’t be judged for what we did or didn’t do, but enough is enough.”

— Claire Contreras

86. “And nothing is more haunting than regret.”

— Claire Contreras

87. “He’s like your drug. No matter how far you go or what crazy measures you take to stay away from him, you always end up back where you started.”

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88. “Just because you’re looking for the one, doesn’t mean that you have to subject yourself to every single lousy date you’re set on.”

— Claire Contreras

89. “It’s as if nothing matters, you know? Like we’re here one minute, and the next, we aren’t, and the world just goes on without us.”

— Claire Contreras

90. “There’s no point in believing in destiny if you’re too stubborn to give in to it.”

— Claire Contreras

91. “THERE’S A LOT to be said about evolution and the way beauty sometimes blossoms from the most unlikely ducklings.”

— Claire Contreras

92. “Real love stories never end,” he whispered.”

— Claire Contreras

93. “Do you have to leave?” she whispered, her voice filled with exhaustion. “I have to,” I said, combing my hand through her hair. “Don’t you like it here?” “I do, but all of my stuff is there,” I said. “So bring it here,” she argued. “You can put it in my closet.”

— Claire Contreras

94. “She loved me, but not enough to stay. Not enough to put me first.”

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95. “Like somebody is gripping your heart, but you don’t want them to let go because the ache would worsen without them.”

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96. “I understand, and I’m sorry to break it to you, but I’m not looking to hook up with you. Been there, done that, bought the shirt.”

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97. “I have a wandering heart – an incessant mind. It’s hard for me to look at something and see forever;.”

— Claire Contreras

98. “Pain isn’t just losing the person you love. Pain is losing the person you love, seeing them with somebody else, and not interfering because you know you can’t give them the life they deserve.”

— Claire Contreras

99. “Jon. Snow. Is. A. Huge. Deal.”

— Claire Contreras

100. “I feel kind of numb today. Maybe it just hasn’t hit me yet. Or maybe I’m trying to hold out hope that she just doesn’t want to soccer right now, but will soon. The thing is, the next time she does want to, if the time ever comes, I need it to be forever. I need her to be willing to run non-stop during practice and games, because I no longer want tryouts with her. I want the World Cup. I want it all. And I’m not going to let her talk me into anything less.”

— Claire Contreras