Top 50 J.B. Salsbury Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Si vis pacem, para bellum – If you want peace, prepare for war.”

— J.B. Salsbury

2. “Anything worth having in this life, you fight to get. And you don’t stop fighting until you get it.”

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3. “You can trust me with your heart, Jade. From now until I breathe my last breath.”

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4. “You, Raven Morretti, are mine. Doesn’t matter if you’re a virgin or an alien. What you’ve told me changes nothing. Not. One. Thing.”

— J.B. Salsbury

5. “To every girl whose been judged unfairly. No one can truly understand your struggle until they walk a day in your shoes.”

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6. “What’s a girl like you doing in a dirty mind like mine?”

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7. “I have never been in love before you. There will never be anyone else. It’s only you.”

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8. “You have me now. You’ve owned me from the start. There’s no playbook on how to love you, so I’ll keep playing by heart.”

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9. “In the words of Ozzy Osbourne, I’m going off the rails on a crazy train. And crazy never felt so good.”

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10. “She is the most fascinating person I’ve ever known, and for the first time in my existence, I’ve met someone who makes me want to give away everything.”

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11. “I don’t deserve you, but I’m going to keep you.”

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12. “This is just my life, the regular life of an abnormal girl who tried to be normal.”

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13. “I can’t change who I am, no matter how much I want to. The guilt and the self-hatred is frustrating and I’m so lost in who I am and who I wish I could be that somewhere along the way, I’ve lost my way.”

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14. “I’d take a punch every day of my life if it means saving him from pain.”

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15. “I love you. You are the first man I have ever been in love with, and I plan on loving you forever.”

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16. “I don’t want her to see me as a married man. I don’t want her to see me as a pastor. I want her to know I’m a warm-blooded male who has his eyes set on her and I’m capable of being the kid of man she needs.”

— J.B. Salsbury

17. “Where you are will always be home to me.”

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18. “If only everything were like that. It’s not easy to do: owning and accepting the pain of our past, the heartbreak, our misgivings, and using them for good. Make our lives better not in spite of it all... but because of it.”

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19. “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff.” – Jim Richardson.”

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20. “It was like I’d gone so long without the missing piece of my soul, I’d forgotten it was even missing. But after seeing you again, the emptiness I feel without you is unbearable.”

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21. “Everything life throws affects who we become. Different experiences wouldn’t have brought me to where I am today.”

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22. “He rests his forehead against mine, eyes closed. “I could easily fall in love with you.”

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23. “Nothing about us makes sense except for what I feel when I’m with you.”

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24. “Confessing my feelings through that song was a risk. But that’s what she does to me. She strips me down, peels back the layers, and leaves me completely dependent. Weakened for that breath of time where I wait for her to let me know she feels the same.”

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25. “Tears born of laughter feel so much better than those born from pain.”

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26. “I want you. I need you. Everyday. Forever.”

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27. “There are hearts big enough to love those who are different than them, who are hard to understand.”

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28. “I’m not ready to give him up. Not now. Maybe not ever.”

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29. “To every child who waited for a savior that never came.”

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30. “When we’re together it’s as if I’m the air and he’s begging for his next breath.”

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31. “I walked away from the one person who’s reminded me what it’s like to feel again, and Lucas let me go.”

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32. “Amazing how quick life can change. There are periods where we soar and some where we plummet, but as long as we hold fast to what matters, fight for the things that count, we die happy knowing we did our best to battle for what matters most.”

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33. “Gage hasn’t always been my curse. Most of the time, he’s been my savior.”

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34. “Surviving is nothing to be ashamed of. It’s something to be proud of.”

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35. “Twenty-seven years, I’ve gotten every single thing I’ve ever wanted. And now, I want you.”

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36. “I want her to like me. I want her to see me as brave. I want to know what it’s like to be normal.”

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37. “Character, like a photograph, develops in darkness.”–Yousuf Karsh.”

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38. “I better go.” I push up from the couch and move to the door like a vapor, there in one aspect, completely gone in another, a body with no life.”

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39. “I move to the next aisle and find Brae studying the silicone cups of a breast pump on display. He turns it in his hand, sticks one cup to his eye, and then the other. What is he doing? I cover my mouth to avoid him hearing me giggle as he presses the cups to his swollen pecs.”

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40. “Sometimes the best defense is to step toward what scares you, not run away from it. You taught me that.”

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41. “There’s something about him that’s impossible to walk away from. Like an injured boy being held captive by his abuser.”

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42. “What we have isn’t conventional, it wouldn’t be considered ideal, but it’s perfect for us. Because love never discriminates. Even when you’re split.”

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43. “Mateo is going to ruin me. And I’m begging for it.”

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44. “You don’t have it in you to be a full-time jerk. Part-time? Maybe. You’re a good guy at heart.”

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45. “I don’t want this to be it.” He cups the back of my head, tilting his chin up to give me more of his throat. “Tell, if we do this, this won’t be it.”

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46. “The guy’s operation was locked up tighter than a Royce Gracie shoulder hold. This little situation was the Golden Goose taking a big fat dump right in their laps.”

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47. “Am I worth it? Maybe not, but we’re worth it.”

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48. “Even though we’ve only spent a handful of nights together, it somehow feels like I’ve always known him. He touches me with the surety of a man who knows exactly how I like to be touched. My heart swells every time our gazes lock together to the point where I feel as if I will burst.”

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49. “I’ve promised him honesty and then tucked tail when I should’ve just talked openly about what I’ve learned.”

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50. “Because I want more. I always want more. That’s my problem. I want to be the girl that a man can’t live without.”

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