Top 200 Danielle Lori Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “Like regret, there wasn’t room for hate. Hate changed someone’s make-up. It made them reckless. Hate killed its host. I never let myself hate because I loved to live.”

— Danielle Lori

102. “You want to know why I don’t touch you?” I shook my head. “Because if I did, I wouldn’t stop. Not until I’d snuffed out that pretty fire in your eyes.” His gaze flashed. “Don’t shut yourself in a room with me again, Gianna.”

— Danielle Lori

103. “But then he dropped to his haunches in front of me, ran a hand across my cheek, and kissed me. Shock and warmth erupted in my chest. I moaned, wrapped my arms around his shoulders, and climbed onto him until I sat on his thighs. He tasted so good, so addictive. And I savored every lick and dip, every press of our lips. He kissed me without any reservation, like he had a right to, like I was his.”

— Danielle Lori

104. “He didn’t want to want me. I didn’t know how I was supposed to take that, but for some reason a rush of confidence spread through me. I had never undressed for a man before. The only one I’d been with had done it himself, but I should have known Nicolas Russo would demand I do it for him. I wanted to do it for him, whenever he wanted.”

— Danielle Lori

105. “Me: I’m sorry, who is this? Christian: Funny. Me: Todd? Christian: I’m going to spank your ass. Me: Promise?”

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106. “My fingers splayed on the window as I searched for something to hold onto that wasn’t so consuming. So devastating. So him.”

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107. “Finally, the black-hearted Russo knows what it’s like to be whipped.”

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108. “I’m moving back to New York.” My heart dropped. “What? Why?” His gaze touched mine as he said, “I missed the city.” Oh. “You called me flighty,” I breathed. “I meant perfect.”

— Danielle Lori

109. “Whiskey and flame. Sleepless nights. Tattooed skin, white t-shirts, and rough hands. Love and lust and happiness. He was everything.”

— Danielle Lori

110. “We’ll figure the rest out. But I’m not letting you go.” His jaw clenched, eyes fierce. “I can’t.” He meant what he said.”

— Danielle Lori

111. “Sometimes it felt like you needed to be the worst you could be to survive in this world.”

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112. “Maybe they really did exist. Just not with a shining knight in armor, but with the villain.”

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113. “A car alarm sounded from somewhere on the street, but the noise barely registered as his eyes followed his hands over my body. He wasn’t kissing me anymore. Just touching me, in the soft sound of our breaths and the patter of rain.”

— Danielle Lori

114. “I only spoke Italian when I wanted to curse. I hardly ever swore, except for damn, hell, and maybe ass with a hole on the end now that I’d met Nicolas.”

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115. “I almost didn’t hear him over how shirtless he was.”

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116. “Are you going to come on me, kotyonok?” His accented voice grated abrasively as sand. I couldn’t say anything if I wanted to. He pressed his leg harder against me. I put my face into his neck, biting down when the orgasm whipped through me – a sweltering inferno that knocked the breath from my lungs. In its aftermath, I shivered against him.”

— Danielle Lori

117. “Interrogation. It takes about twenty minutes to break someone – to make a grown man cry for his mother. I could have you screaming in two.”

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118. “I knew then I’d follow this man to the fiery gates of hell if he just held my hand.”

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119. “Sometimes the cheapest things are the most valuable.”

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120. “Would you visit my grave if I died?” His eyes grew dark. “I’d die before you were ever in a grave, malyshka.” I loved his possessive side. And I loved his dark side, too.”

— Danielle Lori

121. “And then my sister stared ahead and muttered two little words that would change both of our lives forever. “I’m pregnant.”

— Danielle Lori

122. “They were so close to my breasts I was losing my mind. I fell back until I was leaning against him, and my entire body sang like it never had before.”

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123. “Most of all, I did it because I wanted to. I screamed.”

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124. “They always knocked three times,” I said. “Who?” “The men who made me.”

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125. “I’d let him inside of me. And now I’d never get him out.”

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126. “You’re not afraid of me.” We were so close his cheek brushed my tear-streaked one when he rasped, “And, baby, I’m worse than the dark.”

— Danielle Lori

127. “He was much different than a man I would choose in a crowd, but maybe that was why I found him so appealing. He terrified me a little bit, and I always did like to live on the edge.”

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128. “How about because I love you, Gianna? Because I think I have since the moment I saw you? Because if you weren’t in this world anymore, I would find a way to take myself out of it?”

— Danielle Lori

129. “Control. Precision. He exuded it, like the colorful stripes on a venomous snake.”

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130. “A sudden feeling that I’d met this man before overwhelmed me. Though, the thought soon faded. It would be impossible to forget his face, no matter how much I wanted to forget his presence.”

— Danielle Lori

131. “Hands braced on the bar, he only watched me unclasp his watch. My breath grew dense in my lungs. I was simply removing his watch, yet somehow, it felt like I was undoing his belt.”

— Danielle Lori

132. “I’ve thought about you so much you’re mine now.” It was a growl that lowered into a threat. “You’re lucky you didn’t let him touch you, Gianna, because I really don’t like it when people touch my things.”

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133. “When you’re groomed and praised for being a certain way your entire childhood, sometimes there’s no escape.”

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134. “Most recently, and more so than even that, I regretted signing the contract for Adriana. I wanted her sister. In my bed. Against the wall. On her knees.”

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135. “How could I say every strand was mine any clearer than washing it every goddamn night?”

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136. “His hand ran to the back of my neck and he kissed me deeply. “You’re beautiful, baby.”

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137. “That’s not a good enough reason for me to marry you, Christian.” “Fine.” He shook his head, his eyes flashing with darkness. “How about because I love you, Gianna? Because I think I have since the moment I saw you? Because if you weren’t in this world anymore, I would find a way to take myself out of it?”

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138. “I was so full of him, and with his mouth on mine I felt overwhelmed. Complete. Consumed. And I never wanted to come up for air.”

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139. “The little girl’s scowl at Nadia faded, then she mimicked the feigned look of pity she’d observed countless times this morning. “I’m sure you’re only so rude because of lots of past ’motional trauma.” Then she added, “No offense, of course.”

— Danielle Lori

140. “Because you’ll fall in love with her,” she said. “And she won’t love you back.” The chatter was low, Elvis Presley’s Can’t Help Falling In Love a little quieter. The soft lighting sparkled off the glass view of the city, and Nicolas’s black-suited form.”

— Danielle Lori

141. “He looked at the dessert in my hands as though he’d never tried sugar before. He nodded toward it. “Chocolate?” “Arsenic.” “My favorite.”

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142. “Keep digging yourself into a hole, Celia,” Nonna muttered, taking a sip of coffee. “You’ll be to China in no time.”

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143. “Play with fire, sweetheart,” he rasped, “you’re gonna get burned.”

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144. “Gonna come,” was all he said. My brows pulled together. “That was quick.”

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145. “We lay side by side and watched a girl fall in love. One of us already had, and the other knew she never would.”

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146. “Ronan tipped my chin to meet his eyes, brushing away the tear with a thumb. “Lions don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.”

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147. “Ronan’s Steakhouse. Home of the largest sausage in Moscow.”

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148. “This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine.”

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149. “Keep opening your mouth, I’ll assault you.”

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150. “If you want to turn me in, so be it. I’d go back to prison for you, kotyonok, but when I get out, there’d better be an ocean between us.”

— Danielle Lori