Top 150 Elena Armas Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Here,” I heard him say from my side. Looking down, my gaze found something wrapped in wax paper. It was a square, about three or four inches long. “What’s this?” I asked him, my eyes jumping to his profile. “A granola bar,” he answered without looking at me, typing on his keyboard. “You are hungry. Eat it.”

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52. “You want to play, love?′ His voice had a dark to it. His fingers flexed. ‘You want a man that won’t run away scared? A man that’ll leave his bloody skin in he game?’ My heart tripped. ‘I’ll be your man, then.”

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53. “My life-altering moment would never be a measurement of time. It would never be as simple as marking a few points in the timeline of my life that I could identify as transcendent. It was him. Aaron. He was my moment. And for as long as I had him, my life would constantly be changing, be altered. I’d be challenged, cherished, loved. With him, I’d live.”

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54. “Everything I didn’t believe of myself, everything I couldn’t possibly think you saw in me, was there. I saw myself through your eyes. You loved me.”

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55. “Aaron Blackford, scowling Clark Kent look-alike, was in my office. Helping me and feeding me homemade snacks, and I was glad. Thankful even.”

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56. “Five tacos – Aaron had gotten me five and not four, like I had told him.”

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57. “You have to say something, baby. You are very quiet, and that’s starting to freak me out.” Baby. That baby did things to me. I liked it. Far too much.”

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58. “Every time I look at her.” He didn’t even blink as he talked, looking straight into my eyes. And I didn’t think I did either. I didn’t think I was even breathing. “All the time I wasted so foolishly. All the time I could have had with her.”

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59. “I want your heart, Catalina.” Both of his hands rose to my shoulders, trailing up my neck and cupping my face. “I want it for myself, just how I have given you mine.” It’s yours, you beautiful and blind man, I wanted to tell him. Take it. I don’t want it anymore, I wanted to scream at him and anyone that would listen.”

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60. “What they had was the real stuff. Honest, devoted, palpable love. The one that transcended distance, differences, and obstacles. The kind that was meant to be written about in books. Thinking of it filled my chest with warmth and longing for something I didn’t know I’d ever be able to find.”

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61. “Sometimes we keep things from those we love for reasons we don’t even understand ourselves.”

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62. “You like it when I speak in Spanish to you.” Yes. Obviously. “I guess I do.” “I can say it again for you, would you like that?” he offered, and then, instead of waiting for my answer – Yes please, sir, and can you record it, too, so I can play it for years to come?”

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63. “Now, you can let me walk you out and drive you home” – he paused, like a total drama queen – “or I can carry you out of this building and into my car myself.”

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64. “Anything that bothers you matters to me, and I want to hear about it,” he said from his position behind me. “Nothing about you is boring or doesn’t interest me – ever. Understand?”

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65. “Some days, I found excuses to touch her. I’d tell her she had something in her hair. Or that I’d thought there had been something clinging to her clothes. Sometimes, I reached for her and didn’t come up with an excuse in time so I just smiled at her like a total idiot, and hoped for the best.”

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66. “Seattle,” I repeated, chewing on this new piece of information he had given me. More. I wanted just a little more. “That’s Washington up north, right? I know because of Twilight. Forks is supposed to be a few hours away.”

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67. “Aaron’s arms tightened around me. “Just for precaution,” he said, bringing me even closer.”

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68. “You hugged me because you thought I wasn’t coming.” His gaze was searching. As if he couldn’t believe or understand what had just happened. “You’ve never hugged me before.”

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69. “Rosie: you’re supposed to side with me. Lucas: I’ll always be on your side.”

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70. “Because when I finally take those lips in mine, it will be the furthest thing from pretending. I will not be showing you what it would be like if you were mine. I’ll show you what it is. And I sure as hell won’t be showing how good I could make you feel if you called me yours. You’ll already know that I am.”

— Elena Armas

71. “Contrary to what I had hoped, food had done nothing to appease my mood.”

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72. “When someone mistreats you and I have the power to do something about it, I’m going to speak up. I’m not going to wait on the sidelines and watch you take the hit of it on your own.”

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73. “While I was busy wondering if we were expecting anybody, it took me by surprise when an arm – which I was starting to get very well acquainted with at this rate – snaked around my waist and pulled me backward. My ass landed on something hard and hot, immediately molding into the space. Aaron’s lap. His breath caressed the shell of my ear. “You didn’t say good morning.”

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74. “I talked her into believing that she needed me. Then, I showed her-proved to her-that she did.”

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75. “Insanity – that was what this was. What was pumping in my veins.”

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76. “You’ve never needed anyone to fight your battles, Catalina. That’s one of the things I respect the most about you.” His words did something to my chest. Something that created a kind of pressure I wasn’t comfortable with. Aaron never said stuff like that. Not to anyone and particularly not to me. I opened my mouth to tell him that it didn’t matter, that I didn’t care, that we could just drop it, but he held up a hand, stopping me.”

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77. “Life-altering moments spanned from a few seconds to decades. It was part of the magic of life. Of living.”

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78. “There’s no such thing as silly when it comes to dreams. No matter how new or old they are.”

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79. “If you could, tell Aaron that I don’t think one can laugh at, or much less understand, jokes when one lacks a sense of humor, please.”

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80. “You are right.” His voice was unspeakably flat. “Being your friend has always been the last thing on my mind.”

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81. “You always have my undivided attention, Catalina.”

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82. “Or the fact that he’d have to pretend he was in love with me.”

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83. “If you were really mine, I’d do this all the time.”

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84. “And then, as if he had been waiting for me to be ready to hear it, he went for the killing blow. “You are not on your own anymore. It’s you and me now. We are in this together, and we’ve got this.”

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85. “You like The Lion King?” “Of course.”

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86. “My lips parted with a silent curse word that would make my abuela take me to church by the ear.”

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87. “I think I’m going to take it as a compliment,” he said as one of the corners of his lips bent up just the tiniest little bit. Smug Clark Kent look-alike. “Well, it’s not.” I reached for my mouse, clicking to open a random folder. “Thor or Captain America? That would have been a compliment. But you are not a Chris. Plus, no one cares about Superman anymore, Mr. Kent.”

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88. “Aaron dipped his head, his voice dropping too. “Are you trying to impress me with sports lingo, Catalina?” The way he had said my name was new. I couldn’t explain how, but it had been different from any other time he had voiced those four syllables. And it sent a shiver dancing down my arms. “It’s sexy, but don’t ever feel like you need to impress me. I already am.” My lips parted. I thought my breath had hitched too.”

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89. “It’s not about forgetting, but about forgiving yourself and putting in the work to be better. And I tried every day to do that. I’d also learned to live with who I was today without resenting what I’d lost. And I sure as hell knew what I wanted in my future.”

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90. “My eyelids eventually fluttered shut, but right before darkness engulfed me, I thought I heard Aaron whisper, “You feel complete in my arms. You feel like my home.”

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91. “Did you smuggle doughnuts out of the wedding in your pocket?”

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92. “Before I could muster the courage to stop him, the last person in the room I had expected to speak beat me to it. “We are done here.”

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93. “Your family loves you, and that’s a kind of bond you can’t force. It’s a kind of love one doesn’t find anywhere else. It can be overwhelming, but that’s only because it’s always honest. And being a part of that, even if only for a few days, meant... the world. More than you could ever know.”

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94. “I always have time for you.”

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95. “It wouldn’t really matter if I asked her to please listen to me a thousand more times. That wasn’t something my mother excelled at, much less ever practiced. Listening was reserved for those whose vocal cords took breaks.”

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96. “When I finally kiss you, there won’t be any doubt in your mind that it is real.”

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97. “Aaron was never late. He wasn’t programmed for that kind of careless behavior.”

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98. “Because life wasn’t ideal. It turned and bent. It spun you out for a minute and swung you right back in the next.”

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99. “My heart skipped a beat. Then another one. And then one more. Until no air was getting in or out and I could tell my heart had stopped beating completely. For the longest of moments, I remained suspended in time, thinking I’d never bounce back from this because my heart was not functioning anymore, but hey, if those were the parting words I had to leave this earth with, then I’d be happy.”

— Elena Armas

100. “I’m crying because we’re just friends, because none of this is real.”

— Elena Armas