Top 200 J.M. Darhower Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “He once envied the humans because they were given the Earth, but looking at her, he wondered if maybe Paradise was to be found in a person and not a place.”

— J.M. Darhower

52. “She’s oxygen, and without her, I’m dead.”

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53. “No one is more grateful to be alive than someone who thought they were going to die.”

— J.M. Darhower

54. “You may growl, and hiss, and meow, and maybe sometimes you bring out those claws, but I know how to make you purr. I’m the king of the jungle. I’m the predator.”

— J.M. Darhower

55. “Perfection doesn’t exist,” I reply. “It’s a mask people wear to conceal their ugly truths. Never trust someone who only ever smiles at you.”

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56. “You wanna be God? Go rule Hell, kid.”

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57. “I don’t want him to stop. I want to be his. I want to be his everything. I want him to take me, and make me, and use me, and abuse me, because he thinks he has control and I know now that’s what he craves.”

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58. “I know I should let you go, should let you walk away from me right now, but I can’t do it. I can’t. I’m selfish, and I’m in love with you, and I want nothing more than to keep you for myself.”

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59. “Machiavelli believed it was better to be feared than loved, because attachment is easily severed, but the terror of pain is ever present.”

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60. “There’s a downside to everything, a dark side to everyone, and those who willingly walk in the shadows are a hell of a lot more convincing than those who only acknowledge the sunshine.”

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61. “Melody’s an F5 tornado, and I’ve easily settled into my roll of playing National Guard and cleaning up her messes.”

— J.M. Darhower

62. “Go to your happy place. Go to the house, the one with the red door and the white picket fence. Go back to where nighttime meant kisses and hugs, bedtime stories and cuddles with Buster. Go to where sunrises were promises instead of just false hope. Go to where love still lives.”

— J.M. Darhower

63. “Good night, my hummingbird,” Carmine whispered. “I’ll keep you in my dreams.”

— J.M. Darhower

64. “Get haven to my house and fix her before your son resorts to resuscitating people just to kill them again.”

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65. “Your hate is poison, Vincenzo. It eats you from the inside out. You must find it in your heart to let go. Then, and only then, will you find the peace you seek. Only then will you be forgiven.”

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66. “Life is a struggle, and it would be so easy if it came with an eraser, but it didn’t.”

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67. “Because God knows, if He ever took Celia from me, I’d burn the world down around us all.”

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68. “You smell like my brother. His scent is all over you. It reeks.”

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69. “We’re the gray area, angel. We’re the pieces of the puzzle they don’t know what to do with, the pieces that don’t quite fit into their perfect little picture, so they choose to discard us, to keep their image untainted, but we can only be ignored for so long. Because eventually, whether they want to admit it or not, all of their black and white will bleed together anyway.”

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70. “Don’t say it, unless you mean it...”

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71. “You’re not asking me to choose you. There’s no choice about it. It’s always been you. Your father once told me that we always have a choice, but I think he was wrong. I think sometimes things choose us. It’s like with breathing. It’s natural. It’s a part of us. It just happens. We can hold our breath and try not to breathe anymore, and it’ll work for a few minutes, but we’ll eventually pass out and nature takes over. We can’t just not breathe, just like I can’t just not love you.”

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72. “No one had understood him before, but he wanted her to. He needed her to, because for the first time in years, he wondered if someone finally could.”

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73. “My blood runs cold when she says his name... his last name... the name those people use for him. This isn’t right. She doesn’t know him. They don’t know each other. They can’t. “I’m not going to hurt her, Carmela, but I’m not letting her go.”

— J.M. Darhower

74. “So what are you afraid of?” She paused, considering how to answer. “Hope.” His brow furrowed. “Hope scares you?” “I try not to hope for anything,” she said. “If you expect nothing, you aren’t disappointed when you get nothing.”

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75. “Maybe that’s why you love acting so much. Maybe you’re tired of being yourself.”

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76. “To Jar Jar Binks. I’m sorry everyone in the universe seems to hate you.”

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77. “The faint sound of music filtered into the room, a welcome disruption from the agonizing silence. The soft melody comforted Haven. She relaxed as the tension left her body, but it did nothing to shut off her mind. She lay awake, listening as she stared at the clock, wishing for relief.”

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78. “He’s a force of nature. The wind would carry me right back to him.”

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79. “The way I see it, since you’re staying here, it’s only right for me to be hospitable. So if I get you a sandwich, don’t feel like you have to make it up to me. It’s just a sandwich.” She said nothing, but he was wrong. It wasn’t just a sandwich. It was more than that to her. “And I appreciate the offer to help with my laundry. Thanks, Haven.”

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80. “It amazes me, how the pursuit of wisdom tends to turn people into shells of their former selves.”

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81. “Shaking my head, I can’t help the smile that fights to break free. It’s completely ridiculous. It’s probably the most absurd few minutes of my life. But the sound of her laughter, of her happiness, does to me something nothing else can. It cuts straight through my darkness. With her, I almost feel light.”

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82. “To me, she was the center of the universe, the sunlight that burned so bright, but she writes herself in the shadows, secondary in her own life. Instead, she made me the hero, the center of this alternate universe she invented around her.”

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83. “A girl would be lucky to have you, but not like this, Carmine. Not the way you treat people now. You’re wasting your time, and it’s not worth it. You need to find something that is. So, maybe your life isn’t boring, but it has to be unfulfilling.”

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84. “When you love people, you want what’s best for them, and sometimes what’s best for them isn’t you.”

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85. “Sometimes secrets have the power to kill. The power to destroy. We each hold nuclear weapons inside of us.”

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86. “I’ve never met a Naz before.”

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87. “You can’t go back and change things once they’re done. You can’t rewrite history. Dwelling on it, wondering what could’ve been different, wondering how things might be in a perfect world, is a waste of time. Because this world isn’t perfect, life isn’t perfect, and it never will be.”

— J.M. Darhower

88. “I know, baby,” she said, “and it’s okay to be scared, but remember what we talked about? Remember what Mommy said about what to do when something scares you?” “Name it,” she whispered. “Exactly.” Her mother’s smile softened. “If you give the monster a name, it takes away its power, because we’re really just afraid of what we don’t know. If you name it, if you know what it is, you can be stronger than it. So face your fears and wipe your tears, remember? Face your fears and wipe your tears.”

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89. “Rats die. That’s just how it is. Loose lips get sewn shut before they’re tossed right off the ship.”

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90. “Every step you take – everywhere you stand – the ground beneath your feet is tainted by some kind of casualty. It’s an inescapable fact. Nothing is untouched by death. Nothing.”

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91. “His thumb grazed her lips, slightly swollen from his hard kisses, as a smile softened his expression. “I didn’t think you could be more beautiful,” he said, “but then you went and screamed my name.” Blush.”

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92. “All I know is wherever you are, I’m gonna be, because we belong together. We’re like two peas in a pod. Like peanut butter and jelly, or macaroni and cheese.”

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93. “That girl would’ve promised you forever. As long as you love her, for as long as you care, she’s yours. So walking to the park with you and climbing in that Porsche? Easiest decision she’s ever made.”

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94. “I waited a decade,” she said. “And then I waited some more. I’ve waited enough. It’s your turn to catch up.”

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95. “It’s like the man is an open book but whatever his story is just happens to be written in a different language. One I can’t read at all. It’s there, but what does it mean?”

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96. “When you’re mortal, life is nothing more than a drawn-out game of Russian Roulette. Every moment is the spin of a gun cylinder, every decision pointing the barrel at your head. Over and over, again and again, you pull the trigger, hoping it won’t be your last turn in the game.”

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97. “The smell of chemicals clings to the kitchen, a strange mixture of bleach and noxious lemon. The floor glistens, everything within eyesight scoured.”

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98. “That’s not what I asked... I don’t care about those boys who might’ve fumbled around between your legs a time or two. I want to know if you’ve been with a man.”

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99. “The sensation of being inside of her, their bodies connected, sent a chill down Corrado’s spine that rivaled only the thrill he got from hearing her whimper and moan. He did that. He caused that. His hands – hands that roamed her flushed skin, hands that cupped her warm cheeks as he kissed her deeply – didn’t just cause pain. Those hands didn’t just brutalize. They were capable of pleasure, too, pleasure reserved for her.”

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100. “Because nobody is hopeless as long as they’re still breathing.”

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