Top 160 Claire Contreras Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “But if that were the case, why did I feel like he was ripping out my heart?”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

104. “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?”

— Claire Contreras

105. “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

106. “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

107. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

110. “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

111. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

118. “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

119. “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

120. “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

121. “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

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

— 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.”

— Claire Contreras

124. “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

125. “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

126. “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

127. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

129. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

132. “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

133. “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

134. “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

135. “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

136. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

138. “I’m not saying I hate you right now; I’m saying that if I had a knife in my hand, you would be bleeding.”

— Claire Contreras

139. “Life is short. We’re only here to chase moments. I’d rather make those moments worthwhile.”

— Claire Contreras

140. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

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.”

— Claire Contreras

146. “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

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

— Claire Contreras

148. “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.”

— Claire Contreras

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

— Claire Contreras

150. “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