Top 60 Hailey Edwards Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I do believe that sometimes – whether it’s fate or accidental – we cross paths with someone who shatters us on a fundamental level and remakes us into a better version of ourselves.”

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2. “Being a good person is hard. Doing the right thing is hard. That’s why only masochists keep a clean nose.”

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3. “Make no apologies for surviving.”

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4. “How can you tell when someone loves the real you and not the idea of you?” “They see you at your lowest,” he said softly, pitching his voice so Cruz had no hope of overhearing, “and they don’t blink. They don’t offer you a hand up, they offer you a hand to hold while you rise on your own.”

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5. “We all deserve someone who takes care of us, even when we don’t need it.”

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6. “Love isn’t a straight path,” he advised. “You don’t know how twisted it will get until you try walking it.”

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7. “Mai had an unholy obsession with eighties fantasy movies. Labyrinth was her favorite. She was madly in lust with David Bowie’s character, Jareth the Goblin King, who was famous for his tight tights, smoldering stares and a very, ahem, generous codpiece.”

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8. “Considering he was the one with a wild spirit, I got the feeling I was the one being tamed.”

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9. “The idea of a random stranger walking up to me one day and saying, ‘Hey, baby, you smell like forever. Let’s do it,’ isn’t all that appealing honestly.”

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10. “Chemistry is important.” He tapped my nose with the end of his brush. “It’s not as important as mutual respect, financial solvency or humor, but it’s up there. It’s been my experience the better you know a person, the more connected you feel to them, and the more attractive they become to you.”

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11. “A blush swept color into her cheeks. “I’m Branwen.” “Oh. Oh. Hi.” I initiated a hug that left her smiling. “I didn’t recognize you without the rock wall.” Her laughter eased the knot of anger tightening my chest.”

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12. “The thing about love is, when you’re raised with an excess, the overflow splashes onto those around you.”

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13. “Hate comes easy.” He traced my jaw with his fingertip. “This doesn’t feel easy.”

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14. “All good friendships changed the people within them to a better version of themselves.”

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15. “I didn’t agree to be Rook’s wife. It just happened. Like walking through a mountain pass and a boulder falling on top of your head.” I pushed to my feet. “The person squished underneath the rock doesn’t have to ask it for permission to keep breathing. The person can fight to get free all they want, and the rock can stuff it where the moss don’t grow.”

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16. “Faerie was divided into seasons that mirrored the mortal realm, except all four seasons coexisted here. This world wasn’t spherical like Earth. Faerie was more of a geographic map, and it was possible to fall off the edges. Though it was more likely you would be eaten before that happened.”

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17. “Their love wasn’t simple. Practice gave it an effortless appearance, but that was far from the truth. It was a kind word in the morning, a thoughtful meal prepared without request, a kiss before parting ways, a kiss when coming back together. A million tiny kindnesses sprinkled throughout the days, the months, the years.”

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18. “We enjoyed ourselves.” A rare softness blanketed her features. “I wish you had stayed.” After twisting the cap off the water, I drank long and deep. “Well, I wish I hadn’t been ambushed.” “Macsen isn’t used to being around people he can trust,” she said gently. “As long as he understands trust is a two-way street and my lane is under construction.”

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19. “On my way through the living room, I stopped to check on Keet, who hung upside down from his swing like a bat from a cave ceiling. I reached through the bars and scratched his cheek. “Stay weird, my friend.”

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20. “All good partnerships ought to require both people to take turns being the damsel, like a team-building exercise.”

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21. “All day I had sipped and sipped and sipped when what I wanted was to let magic sink its teeth in one of these guys and rip out chunks of soul-meat to quiet the steady grumbling in my poor stomach. Snacking like this was worse than crunching rice cakes to fill the hole where a thick-cut T-bone ought to be.”

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22. “But Boaz was blessed with a silver tongue, and he had slipped it down way too many throats for me to believe mine was anything special.”

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23. “Picture it.” Her tour guide voice came back in full force. “The playground. Kindergarten. Me and you. Sitting on the swings at recess, eating apple slices instead of sour candy straws, because even then Mom didn’t want me to live my best life.”

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24. “Wounded animals heal best in their dens. You owe no one an apology for doing whatever it takes to survive.”

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25. “You don’t play fair.” He placed his hand at the small of my back and pressed. “Fair doesn’t taste like bacon.”

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26. “What’s that smell?” I took a few sniffs. “Did you scramble guilt for breakfast again?” “I’m your mother.” She swatted my behind. “I have a right to worry.”

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27. “Sorry was a two-syllable copout when you had nothing original to add.”

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28. “This thing with Graeson wasn’t love or simple lust. It was undefinable, and a thing without definition that technically couldn’t exist without such parameters shouldn’t hurt so much. But it did.”

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29. “Maybe that apparent ease was what made their unions burn so bright from the outside looking in. Maybe that kind of love wasn’t simple. Maybe it was a goal you strove toward every single day for the rest of your lives. A peak you never reached, but that was okay as long as you kept climbing.”

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30. “Cool.” Mai gathered her things and bolted out the door. “Last one to the car is a rotten egg.” Diode looked alarmed. “What?” “Relax.” I chuckled. “It’s just something people say.” He licked a front paw and smoothed the fur on his face. “People are, quite frankly, ridiculous.” “No argument here.”

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31. “Thierry, you must learn not only when to lift a burden, but when to set it down.” He patted Shaw’s lax face with his paw. “Otherwise, your back will break under the strain, and everyone who depends on you will be left as sheep without their shepherd. Do you understand?”

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32. “Are you babysitting?” I pulled out my phone. “Is this a bad time? I can call for a pick-up. I’m sure Kitty McLitterbox would love to come back for me.” “If you leave me,” she snarled, “I will hunt you down, chop you up and feed you to Grandmother’s koi.” I believed her. “Are all kitsunes this violent, or are you the exception?” She glanced toward the house. “You’ve met my mother and grandmother.” “Good point.”

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33. “Real is an abstract concept. Are we ever ourselves, our whole selves, except when we’re alone?”

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34. “Lies don’t resonate. Only the truth cuts as well as a blade.”

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35. “Everyone always said that, and everything was always fine. Until it wasn’t.”

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36. “After all, he was a firm believer that volume increased understanding.”

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37. “We all kept secrets. Some out of kindness, some in anger, and others to protect ourselves.”

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38. “I don’t know what I want for breakfast most mornings, let alone who I want to share it with.”

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39. “I wasn’t kidding about not tempting fate. I kept to myself as much as possible to avoid giving myself away.”

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40. “Had I not been grinding my teeth so loudly, I might have heard the subtle tick, tick, tick. I definitely heard the boom.”

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41. “Love is a series of small hurts,” he agreed. “Even when everything goes right, your heart gets bruised.” Carrying.”

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42. “There comes a point where you must stop looking back on the person you were and judging the person you are by their standards. You can’t be two people at once. You’re either New You or Old You. There is no in between. Me? I had a crick in my neck from looking over my shoulder.”

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43. “Virginity wasn’t a gift. You don’t give it away. You don’t lose yourself or your worth when you share your body. But it is a moment, and you only get to experience it once. He deserved it to be special.”

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44. “All I can say is we all have our reasons for wearing masks, and most of the time it’s not done out of malice, but either to protect someone we love or ourselves.”

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45. “I have in my possession a piece of paper that says you’re mine.”

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46. “Clay, you know you’re the only one I trust to hold my umbrella at the shitshow.”

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47. “You can’t drown your sorrows in chocolate” was his sage advice. “Literally no one believes you” was my less sage response.”

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48. “What’s the difference between them?” “Graveyards and cemeteries?” I waited for his nod. “Graveyards are attached to churches.” That was the simple answer. “Hence the yard.” “Hence the yard,” I agreed with a grin. “A cemetery is public burial ground not affiliated with a church.”

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49. “You’re not a picture book left on a coffee table for just anyone to flip through at their leisure. Far from it. You’re a grimoire, kept in a private library, wrapped in a girth of chains, and cinched with a padlock. If.”

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50. “He had embraced all the broken parts of me, and I was just as willing to love all his jagged pieces.”

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