Top 160 Claire Contreras Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “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.”

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52. “I let her go not because I loved her too much to ask her to stay, but because I couldn’t bear to hear her tell me she wouldn’t. Still, every once in a while I wonder. And nothing is more haunting than regret.”

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53. “Life is short, and brutal, and painful, and it takes loved ones away from us as quickly as it brings them into our lives, but it’s also beautiful.”

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54. “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.”

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55. “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.”

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56. “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.”

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57. “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.”

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58. “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.”

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

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

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61. “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.”

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62. “Be careful what you wish for, little witch. These walls just may grant them to you.”

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

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64. “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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65. “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.”

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66. “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.”

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67. “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.”

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68. “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.”

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

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70. “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.”

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71. “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.”

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

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73. “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.”

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

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

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76. “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.”

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

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78. “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.”

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

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

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82. “I love you. I’m in love with you. There is no after you.”

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

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

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85. “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.”

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86. “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.”

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

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89. “Without preamble, he pushed his mouth against mine, prying my lips apart. My hands flew from my sides to his hair and tugged. I kissed him like I hadn’t seen him in years, hadn’t felt him in ages, and missed every second we’d been apart. We broke the kiss because of the hoots and hollers of those around us, but our foreheads stayed touching.”

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90. “She had the kind of magic that turned me inside out. The kind that would make me believe that maybe I did bleed.”

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91. “Blake, if the world was for sale, I’d buy it for you.”

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92. “You couldn’t just shout comfort into the universe and hope it caught on and gave it back.”

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93. “Your love sustained me and made up for a lifetime of loneliness,” he said. “I’ll love you for eternity.”

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94. “Who never tried to alter my language, but instead learned to translate the meaning behind my silence.”

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95. “If Fran were a car, she’d be in fourth gear at all times.”

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96. “I would never tell him, but he was my favorite subject to photograph.”

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

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98. “It seems like every time we need something, life finds a way to tell us to sit and wait.”

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99. “How did your love story end?” I asked after a moment. He smiled, a wide, slow grin right before he pressed his lips against mine. He backed away slowly and searched my face for a beat. “Real love stories never end,” he whispered.”

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100. “He was unsure of a lot of things, but never of them. She’d built a home in his heart, and he couldn’t rid himself of any of the things she’d left behind. He wanted to go after her, beg her to stay with him, for him, but he was scared. He didn’t let her go because he loved her too much to ask her to stay, but because he couldn’t bear to hear her say that she wouldn’t.”

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