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. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

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

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106. “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

107. “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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108. “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

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

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

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

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

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113. “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

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

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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

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118. “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.”

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

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120. “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.”

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121. “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

122. “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

123. “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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124. “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

125. “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!”

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126. “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.”

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

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128. “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.”

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

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

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132. “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.”

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133. “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.”

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

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

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

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

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138. “I’m not any kind of girl. I don’t need a man, but I don’t hate romance. I think I’m kind of obsessed with romance, really, which is probably why I’m still single.”

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139. “And I say to you, Mia Bennett – my photographer, my eyes, the girl of my dreams, the villain in my nightmares – that everything I owe, I owe to the night you let me look into your eyes and see the possibilities the world had to offer.”

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140. “Mia was love. She was everything. She loved me, she pushed me, and she inspired me.”

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141. “I didn’t think love was about falling in or out; it was about staying in.”

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142. “How many things happen in the course of a life? How many broken promises and happily ever afters can you be promised before you realize that you’re supposed to take it upon yourself to find your own happiness?”

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

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144. “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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145. “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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146. “I have a wandering heart – an incessant mind. It’s hard for me to look at something and see forever;.”

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147. “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.”

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148. “Jon. Snow. Is. A. Huge. Deal.”

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149. “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

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

— Claire Contreras