Top 30 Emily Curtis Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “They say freedom is expressed through goodbyes “Goodbye,” I say, “Goodbye!”

— Emily Curtis

2. “You’re not out of my league, there are no leagues.”

— Emily Curtis

3. “Thank you for being my armor even on the days when my battle cry was “it’s impossible.”

— Emily Curtis

4. “You act like I need you to survive but I don’t I have plenty of oxygen, thanks.”

— Emily Curtis

5. “I wish I had the ability to sleep so peacefully, easily, but I am among the few who remain awake with the owls -in the absence of the sun.”

— Emily Curtis

6. “The love you are selling has been expired for some time -discounts won’t make it better.”

— Emily Curtis

7. “We compete to see who can prove they care less.”

— Emily Curtis

8. “One word is all it takes to erase the word “Stranger” -hello.”

— Emily Curtis

9. “She was told so many times “She can’t” that now She won’t.”

— Emily Curtis

10. “Empathy tugs lightly on my shirt sleeve and gently whispers in my ear, “they are struggling too.”

— Emily Curtis

11. “Her death was not Her end.”

— Emily Curtis

12. “Falling for you was like rereading my favorite book.”

— Emily Curtis

13. “These words I write, why I decided to write them, none of it will matter.”

— Emily Curtis

14. “Learn to take a compliment with grace even if you don’t believe it.”

— Emily Curtis

15. “He had second thoughts because I didn’t own a tiara I didn’t wear gowns I wore ripped jeans and kicks I slurped my soup and let my hair hang loosely, wildly off my shoulders I wasn’t a damsel in distress and didn’t need a prince to sweep me off my feet.”

— Emily Curtis

16. “When we were younger we fought with our fists but now we have discovered deadlier weapons -words.”

— Emily Curtis

17. “You are not allowed to be the main character of someone else’s memoir.”

— Emily Curtis

18. “They are all breathing slower, in sync with the soft humming of silence, and I wonder as their eyelids flutter who they are dreaming of.”

— Emily Curtis

19. “And right after your ABC’s you learn that God created everyone equal, pink is not just a girl’s color, and boys are allowed to cry -how it should be.”

— Emily Curtis

20. “You fear the damage they could do if you let them know your secrets -why you push them away.”

— Emily Curtis

21. “And here I am, pouring my life into a notebook that will never know its importance.”

— Emily Curtis

22. “I heard the footsteps of my fathers steel-toed boots as he left before the sun had risen and I thought for a moment that I took for granted how hard he works How dedicated he is.”

— Emily Curtis

23. “Not quite sure if this is love or just me pretending he is something I should have.”

— Emily Curtis

24. “I figured if I held my breath long enough and sucked my stomach up under my ribs far enough and powdered my face pale enough and gave myself enough razor burns and plucked the hairs between my eyebrows until my eyes watered and painted my nails girly enough and squeezed my jeans on tight enough and demolished my natural beauty enough I’d be pretty enough.”

— Emily Curtis

25. “People tend to ignore her like a crying baby in church -Truth.”

— Emily Curtis

26. “They compete over who can become the best version of generic.”

— Emily Curtis

27. “To cry over spilled milk is completely acceptable -the tears will not end you.”

— Emily Curtis

28. “Some people were just designed to be destructive.”

— Emily Curtis

29. “We keep white flags in our back pockets in case of emergencies.”

— Emily Curtis

30. “She looked worn from a long day in the office but she did not let one single complaint slip from her lips as she turned on the stove to feed her two nagging kids -working mother of 2.”

— Emily Curtis

31. “She told me she would barter her body for a prom date and I think that is the saddest thing I have ever heard.”

— Emily Curtis

32. “The rest of my small but loving family, who I know will read this and wonder where it all came from.”

— Emily Curtis

33. “It is a monstrous noise -silence.”

— Emily Curtis

34. “Fatigue dances behind my eyelids, but my brain still hums to the melody of the moonlight.”

— Emily Curtis