Top 100 Ilsa Madden-Mills Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I can’t forget the words you’ve never said.”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

2. “You are the best person in all my universes.”

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3. “Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most. I like your scars. Share them with me.”

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4. “I was responsible for my own happiness.”

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5. “I’ve learned that beauty on the outside doesn’t matter if the inside is rotten.”

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6. “You have bewitched me, body and soul.” –Mr. Darcy from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.”

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7. “She was my queen and I wanted to be her king.”

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8. “You have your entire life to be a jerk. Why not take tonight off?”

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9. “And those eyes. They glitter like topaz. No wonder you rode that stallion.”

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10. “Is it true that soulmates always end up together? I didn’t think so, but I hoped that if there was such a thing as reincarnation, we would meet again in a another life and try again. If it was possible, I’d find him, for another chance at love.”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

11. “I realize that people always leave, even the ones you love the most. They weasel into your life and then slink away as if nothing happened. They leave you in the wake of their destruction and gamble your heart to pursue their own ambitions.”

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12. “Straddle him like a thoroughbred, Elena. Take those reins, dig your spurs in, and ride him until you can’t walk the next day. Pound him so hard he can’t even say “Cloudy with a chance of snow” the next day.”

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13. “Don’t make it hard on me, please. Just, someday in the future, find me. Just find me and come up to me and tell me you still love me and want me and can’t live without me in your arms –.”

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14. “Beauty isn’t on the outside. I learned that in the pageants. I met some beautiful women who were ugly on the inside and some who were incredible. Beauty is how we go on, the life we create around us. Living a life that’s meaningful. I’m not sure I’m there, to be honest. I’m trying hard. We all are.”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

15. “Love is a knife that cuts out your heart piece by piece, feeding it to the boy you love.”

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16. “We think we’re invincible, but we’re not. One way or another, we’re all placed six feet under.”

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17. “Some people think God puts difficult people in our lives for a reason, to make us better people as we sharpen ourselves on the knife of their shortcomings.”

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18. “An unforgiving heart is like rat poison to the one who holds it. One of the nuns told me that once.”

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19. “I don’t know. What do we have to lose?” Only the rest of me. Doesn’t he know I would have kept on with him for as long as he wanted? The worst thing of all is that even after he ended us, I might have taken him back if he’d tried. How awful is that? To know a guy has power over you, to know he can tear down your defenses so much that you’d take any scrap you could get?”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

20. “I came up for air. “It’s you, always you, my Mr. Darcy.” “I love you too, Elizabeth Bennett.”

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21. “I love how he laughs. It’s the color of the sun, soft and warm and golden.”

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22. “And yet morning will come,” I say to myself. “And you will watch the sunrise.”

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23. “No matter the road you take, it doesn’t matter if it’s beautiful or ugly, hard or smooth, paved or pitted with ruts – it’s your road to take. What matters is how it ends.”

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24. “Most of the time I can shove all that down and pretend it doesn’t hurt to be left behind by the people who are supposed to love you.”

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25. “But this girl, she lived in a bubble, and seeing her out at a frat party was like spotting a unicorn.”

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26. “You’re the little girl who always did exactly what she wanted anyway. You have so many gifts, Elena, so much talent and creativity and drive. I’m so proud of you and the person you are. And I never want you to do or be someone you aren’t. I want you to love yourself first and take your own path, even if it isn’t mine but one next to me where you go further than I ever dreamed, where you’re happy. My love for you is strong, baby girl. It holds no laws; it is limitless. I want you to be you.”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

27. “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”

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28. “Family isn’t always about DNA or the people who raised you. It’s about who’s there when things go to hell.”

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29. “I never met a girl I couldn’t say goodbye to.”

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30. “You’re part of the fabric of my life, Giselle, and our quilt is stronger now. You have to see that. Forgive yourself, and things will be clearer, your heart open, major decisions easier.”

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31. “Everything might be falling apart, but hope never stops.”

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32. “Clarity happens to all of us when our heart jumps ship, and mine was no different.”

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33. “Love is never perfect, in fact, it’s the exact opposite of perfect, but that’s okay, because it gives you room to grow and explore.”

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34. “I sat there, letting the idea of starting again soak in, finding beauty in the balance of life. We have ups and downs, and how we deal is up to us.”

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35. “My nana used to say that broken people love the hardest because they appreciate the things that make their heart beat. Do I make your heart beat?”

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36. “I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of stars makes me dream.”

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37. “It feels like the world should stop and wait for me to catch my breath, to wait for this awful emptiness to ease, but it doesn’t.”

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38. “Falling for someone can be a lot like playing roulette. You don’t know what will happen when you place that bet, but you can take a deep breath anyway and put all the chips out there. And when the ball spins around and around, you pray it lands on your number. Probability says you’ll likely lose, and in this game of love with Leo, odds were I would lose, too, but I had to try.”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

39. “A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are they crazy?” –Albert Einstein.”

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40. “You can’t go because I won’t get over you. I won’t ever find someone like you. I won’t ever kiss a girl like you. I love you.”

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41. “Scars serve as medals of honor, and the strongest hearts have the most.”

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42. “He laughs and leans away from me, but not before the air around him shifts and I catch his cologne. He smells like the ocean, salt and sunshine and coconuts, and my chest swells.”

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43. “Now, if she’d said ‘bless your heart,’ we might have had a tussle. Everyone knows what that means. It’s pity with a dash of condescension.”

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44. “Dreams are meant to evolve.”

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45. “I’ve told myself that I’m fine, that I’m slowly getting over him, but I’m lying to myself. Love doesn’t vanish. Even when you wish it would.”

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46. “I’m the guy who’s going to take you up against this wall. I’m going to bury my cock in you and own your body and you’re going to love it. But I’m not going to hurt you. Ever.”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

47. “What’s been bugging you, Remi?” My chest rose and I took a deep breath. “I – I have a theory about London on why you never answered my texts.” His hand stilled. “Oh?” I swallowed, staring down at my hands. At my ring. “It’s – it’s because you did come back with breakfast but you saw me with Hartford when the door was open or you heard him through the door. You left – because you were hurt.” My voice cracked at the end. God, I was taking such a chance here. What if I was wrong?”

— Ilsa Madden-Mills

48. “Finally, she’s satisfied with her appearance and takes the bigger jersey, puts her arms in, and slips it over her head. “How’s this?” she asks, her voice uncertain. I flick my eyes over at her and my heart stops. I swallow. Her hair is down and curling up around her face. A soft bloom tints her cheeks, and her lips are deep red.”

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49. “Men pushing each other around in tight pants, fighting over a ball? Please. Very caveman.”

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50. “Why can’t a devil want an angel?”

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