Top 160 Claire Contreras Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “There is nobody out there that will ever be what you are to me. Nobody will ever be pretty enough, smart enough, funny enough, or as big of a pain in my ass as you are. You’re the only one I want. You’re the only one I’ve ever wanted.”

— Claire Contreras

102. “Tessa,” he said over and over and over like a mantra. “My Tessa.”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

104. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

106. “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

107. “The heart wants what it wants, and mine is clearly a sucker for pain.”

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108. “Have you ever stopped to really consider how many people we share the universe with? I mean, really. I did the other day, and it made me feel smaller than an ant.”

— Claire Contreras

109. “Let’s go, Marcus, I have a lot of pent-up tension I need to get rid of,” I said. I looked over my shoulder to where Victor was standing.”

— Claire Contreras

110. “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

111. “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

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

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113. “What I don’t understand is fighting for somebody time and time again, and proving that you’ll be there no matter what, and having them give up. Just like that.”

— Claire Contreras

114. “The thing about falling was that it didn’t happen the way everyone imagined it. Sometimes it happened slowly, over time, and other times you found yourself waiting for the other person to catch up.”

— Claire Contreras

115. “He taught me to understand that the thing about love – real, over the top, makes you feel crazy, overpowering, strips you bare kind of love – is that when you’re soaring, you’re higher than you dreamed possible. But when you fall, you land inside the deepest darkest crevices, and are left alone to pull yourself out.”

— Claire Contreras

116. “Excuse him, he doesn’t Target much,” I said with a smile. The woman laughed and walked away.”

— Claire Contreras

117. “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

118. “I rarely did that, but I figured because of the time it had to be UPS.”

— Claire Contreras

119. “You love me. That’s why this hurts so much.”

— Claire Contreras

120. “I sell love. That’s a lot harder to sell than cars.”

— Claire Contreras

121. “But if that were the case, why did I feel like he was ripping out my heart?”

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122. “We have no time. Actually, I take that back, we make no time to do these things. And I get it.”

— Claire Contreras

123. “Because a million different things can be said about you, about anyone. Some may be true, but in my experience, most accounts aren’t. I don’t want to hear anything about you unless it comes from you.”

— Claire Contreras

124. “I don’t know how to wake up without your good mornings or go to sleep without your good nights.”

— Claire Contreras

125. “Las verdaderas historias de amor no terminan nunca.”

— Claire Contreras

126. “This is our canvas. Let’s paint it how we want it. I love you, always, Oliver.”

— Claire Contreras

127. “I was secure enough on my own. I didn’t need a man’s presence to show me my worth, thank you very much.”

— Claire Contreras

128. “Thank God we’re not in Victoria’s Secret,” I muttered, looking over again.”

— Claire Contreras

129. “I read somewhere that by the age of twenty-five, women are more sure of themselves, more comfortable in their own skin. Sometimes I want to find the person that wrote that and stab her in the eye with a rusty fork.”

— Claire Contreras

130. “I’d give up my career to chase moments with the right woman.”

— Claire Contreras

131. “The thing I loved most about pictures was that with time, it froze our emotions. Even years after taking that picture, after all we’d been through – the heartache, the struggles – when I looked at it, I felt the happiness we’d shared that day.”

— Claire Contreras

132. “If you’re at the other end of the chase, it would be impossible for me to be disappointed.”

— Claire Contreras

133. “This town had been entirely too small for me when we lived here. It had been my father’s way of ensuring I stayed humble during my teenage years, despite the boarding schools and trips around the world.”

— Claire Contreras

134. “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

135. “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

136. “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.”

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137. “I messed up royally. This wasn’t an easy fix. This wasn’t a let me come over tomorrow and fix the training wheel I accidently broke. Or let me replace the canvas I threw a football in the middle of. This is life. This is what happens when you stop living in the moment. People grow up. They change, they move on, and you find yourself wishing you had looked up in time to walk with them.”

— Claire Contreras

138. “He’s freaking hot, but I can’t go out with him! This isn’t the fifteen hundreds. You can’t just go around trying to court me to people!”

— Claire Contreras

139. “You look beautiful. I’m so happy I finally agreed to go on this date with you.” That makes me laugh. “Really? Were you being hounded relentlessly?” “Like you wouldn’t believe,” he says, raising his eyebrows. “It’s been exhausting having to dodge your advances.”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

142. “Yet for some reason I’m around this guy for two seconds and I become a fifteen-year-old girl at a One Direction concert.”

— Claire Contreras

143. “He said the word date with such disdain, I was sure he absolutely hated me. I just couldn’t figure out why I cared so much.”

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144. “It’s been said we’re only given one chance at things in life. I’d love to prove that wrong.”

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145. “Kissing Estelle felt like what I could only imagine kissing a cloud was like – light and sweet, and all consuming.”

— Claire Contreras

146. “Talent is probably the second most overlooked thing in this world.” “What’s the first?” “Love.”

— Claire Contreras

147. “Tessa.” His tone and the way he leaned in made me shut my mouth. “When it comes to you, there’s never any competition. You blow everyone else out of the water.”

— Claire Contreras

148. “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

149. “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

150. “So, I say to you, young writers: You only need one person to believe in you, even if that person is yourself.”

— Claire Contreras