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

52. “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

53. “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

54. “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

55. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

58. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

60. “I had never deserved this woman. Not when we were kids, not when we were teenagers, not four years ago, and certainly not now. I’d never done anything to deserve her attention or her love, yet, she gave it to me continuously without asking for anything in return.”

— Claire Contreras

61. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

62. “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

63. “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

64. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

66. “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

67. “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

68. “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

69. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

74. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

78. “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

79. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

80. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

82. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

92. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

93. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

94. “You took forever,” I whisper. “I took ten minutes.” “It seemed like forever.” “It always does when I’m not with you,” he murmurs, pulling me into him.”

— Claire Contreras

95. “Talon gasped. “I am thirty-two, thank you very much, and Harry is hot.”

— Claire Contreras

96. “Monday, Monday. Nobody likes you Monday. Nobody likes you when they need to go to school and nobody likes you when they need to go to work. So, Monday, you freaking suck. Take a day off. I.”

— Claire Contreras

97. “The only thing I cared about was Miles and how this would affect him if – huge if – I let Rowan into his life.”

— Claire Contreras

98. “You asked me if I want kids, and the answer is, that I want anything – everything – you want to give me. I want your mornings and your nights. I want your bickering and your eye rolls. I want your nudges when I’m hugging you too tight at night. I want your groans when I tell you a joke, and your moans when I’m making you feel good.” “And what do I get?” I ask, my voice a hoarse whisper. “You get everything,” he says.”

— Claire Contreras

99. “Her heart was a little bruised up His had not yet learned to forget When they hugged, there were fragile parts.” -MJ ABRAHAM.”

— Claire Contreras

100. “So, I say to you, young writers: You only need one person to believe in you, even if that person is yourself. And I say to you, old writers, and there’s a hell of a lot of you in here,” he said, cuing more laughter.”

— Claire Contreras