Top 200 Jamie McGuire Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “My front door had seen jean skirts, dresses, even a see-through tube dress over a string bikini. A handful of times, spackled-on makeup and glitter lotion. Never pajamas.”

— Jamie McGuire

102. “It was as if we had fallen down a rabbit hole and landed in a frat house Fu ll of drunken toddlers. Suddenly, Eat Me had a whole new meaning.”

— Jamie McGuire

103. “Nothing was more frightening than being manipulated by my own heart.”

— Jamie McGuire

104. “Forgiveness was not easy for someone like me. When it was granted, more often than not, I was just giving someone a second chance to hurt me.”

— Jamie McGuire

105. “He abruptly pulled back, just a few inches, but kept me tightly in his arms. “I’ll do what i have to do, Nina. If you want to go away, we’ll go. If you need intimacy, I’ll make love to you. I’ll give up everything I have. I’ll give up my family. We can get in the car right now and just drive – I won’t even look back. Just don’t ask me to do this. I can’t do it. I can’t... ,” he choked.”

— Jamie McGuire

106. “I squinted against the light pouring into the room. I couldn’t sleep all night, knowing when the sun came up, it would be all over. Abby stirred, and my teeth clenched. The few hours we spent together wasn’t enough. I wasn’t ready for it to be over.”

— Jamie McGuire

107. “Your yesterdays were the path that led you to this chapel, and your journey to a future of togetherness becomes a little clearer with each new day.” Travis.”

— Jamie McGuire

108. “You must have voodoo in your hoohoo.”

— Jamie McGuire

109. “One I did, Travis flipped off the lamp, and then pulled me against him without permission or apology. He tensed his arms and sighed, and I nestled my face into his neck. I shut my eyes tight, trying to savor the moment. I knew I would wish for that moment back every day of my life, so I lived it with everything I had.”

— Jamie McGuire

110. “I loved a man who I couldn’t love, who loved someone else but loved me more... Love could kiss my ass.”

— Jamie McGuire

111. “Your mom wants to be here with you. She wants that very much. But Jesus wants her with him right now.” I frowned. “I need her more than Jesus does.”

— Jamie McGuire

112. “It was ridiculous to be so emotional, but each time I did something to push him away, I was terrified it would work.”

— Jamie McGuire

113. “She was happy, and that made me happy.”

— Jamie McGuire

114. “Oh my God, dude! You were beginning to freak me out. Don’t do that to me! What do you really need to talk to me about?” His laughter faded when Thomas didn’t crack a smile. “Tommy, knock it off.”

— Jamie McGuire

115. “I kissed her temple, and we continued through the doors. Our past was now and now was in the past. Just as she’d promised, we were together again, in a moment of no sickness or pain – only love. And when love was real, so was forever.”

— Jamie McGuire

116. “Jared cupped my jaw and his thumb brushed my cheek. ?As long as you heart is beating, so is mine.”

— Jamie McGuire

117. “I wanted to sleep with you. I thought about throwing you over my couch fifty different ways, but I haven’t because I don’t see you that way anymore. It’s not that I’m not attracted to you, I just think you’re better than that.”

— Jamie McGuire

118. “It’s somewhere in the unforeseen when the best, most important moments of our lives seem to happen.”

— Jamie McGuire

119. “Don’t do that. Don’t make a promise unless you can keep it.”

— Jamie McGuire

120. “It keeps me awake some nights... how much I’ll think about you when I leave here.”

— Jamie McGuire

121. “I leaned over, barely touching my cheek to his arm. Without hesitation, Tyler reached around my shoulders and hugged me against his side. I stiffened at first, but then relaxed, feeling the warmth of his body thaw my frozen bones.”

— Jamie McGuire

122. “Maybe he used a bit too much hair spray, but the James Dean coif flattered him.”

— Jamie McGuire

123. “Tell him that I’ll keep my promise. By this time tomorrow, he won’t miss me.”

— Jamie McGuire

124. “To have everything and feel nothing was the worst kind of selfishness.”

— Jamie McGuire

125. “Your payback? You’ve made me believe all weekend that you were falling for me!” “I am! I have! Jesus Christ, Camille, how can I get.”

— Jamie McGuire

126. “I had never wanted to kiss a girl so much in my life. “Happy birthday, Pigeon,” I said, trying very hard not to press my lips against hers.”

— Jamie McGuire

127. “Ellie?” he said. Just the reflection of his ice-blue irises seared through me. “Do you know what’s coming?” “Goodbye?” I said, only half-joking. Jubal smiled, concentrating again on the road. “Maybe not.”

— Jamie McGuire

128. “I stumbled into the living room, and Thomas handed me a bottle of whiskey. They all had some in a glass “You told them?” I asked Trenton, my voice broken. Trenton nodded. I collapsed to my knees, and my brothers surrounded me, placing their hands on my head and shoulders for support.”

— Jamie McGuire

129. “Losing Abby wasn’t a story I remembered from early childhood – it was in my face, debilitating me like a sickness, robbing me of my senses and physically, excruciatingly painful. My mother’s words echoed in my ear. Abby was the girl I had to fight for, and I went down fighting. None of it was ever going to be enough.”

— Jamie McGuire

130. “Okay, Trent. Pop my cherry.”

— Jamie McGuire

131. “Kiss the kids, and then you and I can celebrate eleven years of in-your-face-we-made-it.”

— Jamie McGuire

132. “Their marriage had reinforced what I’ve always thought and lived by – that stalking, harassment, and inflicting general misery on a woman will eventually pay off.”

— Jamie McGuire

133. “His baby brother is getting married next month – well, not married but remarried. No, that’s not right either.”

— Jamie McGuire

134. “Holding my camera, freezing, and a mile from flames that could burn me alive, I’d finally found what I didn’t know I was looking for.”

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135. “Taylor glanced up at me, and for just a moment, I was captured by a pair of warm brown irises. In less than a second, I found something familiar behind his eyes. Then he blinked and returned to his menu.”

— Jamie McGuire

136. “We weren’t rich, but I don’t remember wanting for anything.”

— Jamie McGuire

137. “Love isn’t about predictions or behavioural markers. It just happens, and you have no control.”

— Jamie McGuire

138. “As far as everyone is concerned, I’m in love with you today and tomorrow.”

— Jamie McGuire

139. “You reading this letter means that my son loves you. And when a Maddox boy falls in love, he loves forever.”

— Jamie McGuire

140. “The Maddoxes could sense trouble. At least it seemed that way, because whenever there was a fight, they had either started it, or finished it. Usually both.”

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141. “Have you ever wanted so much, something so out of reach, that once it happened you were almost too afraid to believe it?”

— Jamie McGuire

142. “Why buy the cow if you get the milk for free?’ I bet she woulda said yes if you woulda made her wait to share your bed.” I.”

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143. “So you’re spending more than you’re making? What did I tell you about being responsible? Damn it, Camille! How many times have I told you not to get the credit cards?” He wiped his mouth and threw his napkin on the table. “I didn’t whip your ass enough as a child! If I had, you might listen to me once in a goddamn while!” Trenton.”

— Jamie McGuire

144. “Because, once in a while, Liis, I just need to see your face. I need to hear your voice. Some days are tougher for me than others.”

— Jamie McGuire

145. “Just let me be nice to you.”

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146. “I don’t even understand life right now. What is going on?”

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147. “I can’t give you up now. When we spend time together, I feel this peace that I don’t get when you’re not around. It’s kind of like when you’re a kid, and you put on fresh PJs after a bath and get into a made bed with clean sheets straight out of the dryer. That’s what being with you feels like.”

— Jamie McGuire

148. “You have to weigh the joy against the risk.”

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149. “I won’t surprise attack your face.”

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150. “Thomas loved me. He needed me. Maybe I wasn’t the first woman he’d loved, and maybe the kind of love a Maddox man felt lasted forever, but I needed him, too. I wasn’t the first, but I would be the last. That didn’t make me the second prize. It made me his forever.”

— Jamie McGuire