Top 160 Emily McIntire Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Water is the most powerful element in the world. Calm when needed and ferocious when tried. Never assume you know something’s power because of how it appears.”

— Emily McIntire

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

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53. “To those who have lost. May your waves of grief never be taller than your strength.”

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

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55. “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

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

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

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58. “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.”

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59. “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

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

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

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

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63. “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.”

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

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

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

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

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68. “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

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

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70. “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.”

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71. “The truth doesn’t change just because people choose to deny it.”

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

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

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

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75. “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.”

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

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

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78. “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

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

— Emily McIntire

80. “No, little doe, not here. They don’t get your tears.”

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

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

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83. “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

84. “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

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

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86. “I guess when you’ve experienced the things I have, you learn quickly that immortality is only granted through people’s memories.”

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87. “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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88. “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.”

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89. “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.”

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90. “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

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

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92. “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.”

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

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94. “There’s something so attractive about a man who can do that. Who can bend and mold you any way he desires, as if you’re just along for the ride.”

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95. “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.”

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96. “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.”

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97. “But I’m worse than any of the wild that lives in these woods, and I’ll hunt down everyone involved like prey, bathing in their blood and dancing to their screams until they repent for their sins.”

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98. “James took that fragile girl and threw her somewhere I can’t find, and at least for now, I’m basking in her absence.”

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99. “I realize that even the most fractured of hearts have further to break. Because mine was just decimated to ash.”

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100. “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