Top 160 Emily McIntire Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “To those who have lost. May your waves of grief never be taller than your strength.”

— Emily McIntire

52. “All I knew was that I couldn’t let her fall. And maybe that makes me stupid, maybe it makes me weak. Maybe she’s manipulated me into becoming something I never wanted to be. Whatever the case, I don’t care. Because she’s changed me fundamentally. Irrevocably. And there’s no going back. I don’t love Eveline in spite of her flaws. I love her because of them.”

— Emily McIntire

53. “But people see the world through a personal lens, and sometimes it’s easier to believe what you think is true instead of having to figure out others.”

— Emily McIntire

54. “And the stars don’t shine as brightly when you stare at them alone.”

— Emily McIntire

55. “Grief is a weird thing. It’s the only emotion in the world people claim to understand yet treat as an inconvenience.”

— Emily McIntire

56. “Ma petite menteuse, pretending to be so pure.”

— Emily McIntire

57. “I want to reach into your chest and hold your heart in my hands, making sure it only beats for me,” I rasp. “But I don’t want your firsts, Yasmin. I want your forever.”

— Emily McIntire

58. “Because the eyes don’t lie, and I’d recognize Morgan’s anywhere.”

— Emily McIntire

59. “I think,” I say carefully, “the only love you can count on is the way you love yourself.”

— Emily McIntire

60. “Is it possible to be jealous of God? Because when His name leaves her lips, I want to slit my wrists and fly up to his kingdom, just to burn it to the ground.”

— Emily McIntire

61. “I’d like to draw you,” I rephrase, moving in closer, my fingers dancing across her skin. “Just like this, with your face kissing the stars... I think it’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”

— Emily McIntire

62. “Loyalty. One word. Three syllables. Seven letters. Zero meaning.”

— Emily McIntire

63. “I’m going to kiss you now,” I tell her. “Why?” she whispers. “Because, ma petite menteuse, the thought of not kissing you makes me want to die.”

— Emily McIntire

64. “I love capturing memories. Emotion that’s usually fleeting being frozen forever in time. The wisdom in the gaze of a person who’s lived a full life. The look in someone’s eyes when they realize they’re in love. The joy in their face when they’re laughing at a joke. Photographs help us remember things we’d otherwise forget.”

— Emily McIntire

65. “True power lies in the ability to harness energy and wield it like a sword, becoming the puppeteer that masters all the strings instead of the marionette being forced to dance.”

— Emily McIntire

66. “I just want to be left the hell alone.”

— Emily McIntire

67. “We spin tales and weave stories, creating a narrative that dictates how we’re perceived. Or in some cases, how others live.”

— Emily McIntire

68. “It isn’t fair for you to do this to me. Why did it have to be you?” He lets out a humorless laugh. “You think I wished for you?” His grip tightens against my jaw. “I would scourge the earth if I thought it would erase you from my brain.”

— Emily McIntire

69. “I feel like a blank jigsaw puzzle with a thousand scattered pieces.”

— Emily McIntire

70. “She’s changing me. Or maybe she’s simply making me feel alive.”

— Emily McIntire

71. “When you’re all alone in your room, how do you make yourself come?”

— Emily McIntire

72. “Having the urge is one thing; losing yourself to temptation is quite another.”

— Emily McIntire

73. “And until I decide otherwise, Wendy Michaels is mine.”

— Emily McIntire

74. “If this is where death finds me, at least it will be my choice.”

— Emily McIntire

75. “Most importantly, I learned not to trust anyone who says they love you, because in the end, they always love themselves the most.”

— Emily McIntire

76. “I hate her for making me feel like this; for making me covet yet another thing that my brother gets. She bewitches me, and I would rather rid her from the face of the earth than exist in a world where she tempts me but leaves me with empty arms.”

— Emily McIntire

77. “There’s no one like family, Evie, and there’s no place like home. We have to stick together.”

— Emily McIntire

78. “I would light myself on fire and revel in the burn if I knew it would please him.”

— Emily McIntire

79. “But I regret, with every fiber of my being, that for even one moment you suffered under my hands.” Her eyes widen, the beautiful shades of brown glossing over. “You are, without a doubt, the only good I’ve ever known.” I rest my forehead on hers, my shaky breaths ghosting across her lips, my thumb rubbing against her cheek. “So don’t lie to me, Wendy darling. Because my heart won’t survive it if you do.”

— Emily McIntire

80. “Yeah, starting to burn? That’s hydrofluoric acid for you. Do you want to know what it’s doing as it melts through your skin? It has fluoride ions that migrate through the body, destroying tissue until it lodges in your bones.”

— Emily McIntire

81. “My heart stutters. “I’m no one’s queen. I’m just the one who will burn the crown.”

— Emily McIntire

82. “People don’t expect to see darkness in the daylight.”

— Emily McIntire

83. “I want you to say it because you are mine. Because you’re going to stay, even though we both know you should leave.” Her breathing stutters, her hands framing my face as she stares deep into my eyes. “I’m yours, James.”

— Emily McIntire

84. “Go to sleep, darling. Your soul is safe tonight.”

— Emily McIntire

85. “My torn-up heart rattles against its blackened cage, beating just for her, hoping she’ll learn to love it through the dirt.”

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86. “Somewhere along the way, I’ve started to care. The realization that I no longer wish to use her against her father slams into me, sucking the breath from my lungs and making my tortured heart skip a beat. But if I give her freedom, she’ll run far, far away.”

— Emily McIntire

87. “I’m going to kiss you now,” I tell her. “Why?” she whispers. “Because, ma petite menteuse, the thought of not kissing you makes me want to die.” Our lips collide, and with just one touch – one single moment – I know I’ll never let her go.”

— Emily McIntire

88. “There is nothing I wouldn’t do to keep her by my side. She is everything. And if she’s hurting, I will torture the people who caused it until they beg me to let them die.”

— Emily McIntire

89. “We’re the same country, yet we’re worlds apart.”

— Emily McIntire

90. “If maybe I haven’t irrevocably ruined everything.”

— Emily McIntire

91. “In a world of people who don’t see me, sometimes, it feels as if he’s the only one who does.”

— Emily McIntire

92. “The truth is, I am yours. Wholly. Inexplicably. Painfully. Unconditionally.”

— Emily McIntire

93. “So you found a picture of me after all, huh?” I grin up at him. His brow raises, a flash of victory shining through his eyes. “That’s not you, Detective. That’s Morgan Jensen. And that’s the last day she was seen alive.”

— Emily McIntire

94. “It’s a cruel place here on earth, filled with people who don’t get it. Who choose not to understand that just because someone is different, it doesn’t mean they’re less than.”

— Emily McIntire

95. “And to think, it all started with a little bit of faith. Misplaced trust. Missing pixie dust. And a villain who just needed to steal a little love.”

— Emily McIntire

96. “I wonder how two places within the same country can be so vastly different, yet coexist within the same borders. I suppose it’s because borders are man-made, and mother nature doesn’t confine herself to the rules of man. If only we all could be so lucky.”

— Emily McIntire

97. “There’s something strangely gratifying about becoming someone’s judge, jury, and executioner. A type of thrill that can’t be replicated. One that courses through your insides and makes you feel untouchable. Infallible. Like a god.”

— Emily McIntire

98. “For so long, I hated her because I feared her. And now I fear her because I crave her.”

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99. “My hands come down to rest on top of corded forearms, my fingers tracing along the veins as my eyes slowly open, glancing down at the inked-up skin that’s wrapped around me. I’ve never been a big tattoo girl, but on him they’re so attractive they hurt to look at. The drawings are intricate, and I can’t help but wonder if maybe they’re his own. A way for his soul to shine through his skin.”

— Emily McIntire

100. “And just so we’re clear.” He presses his thumb into my chin. “If someone else touches you, I’ll cut off their hands so they can never touch anything again.”

— Emily McIntire