Top 200 Jamie McGuire Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “Something about being in a hospital made anything personal impersonal. Bad breath, sexual partners, foot fungus, vaginal odor, gastrointestinal noises, even past relationships and bad habits were no longer private, they were health history. In a hospital, doctors were priests, and anything less than cleansing your soul was an act of aggression against your well-being.”

— Jamie McGuire

202. “Oh, this sounds promising. I guess we should have known two control freaks weren’t going to get along.”

— Jamie McGuire

203. “All my guards were taken off faster than any other offed guards in the history of offed guards.”

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204. “I’m a firefighter, Ellie. I do the saving in this relationship.”

— Jamie McGuire

205. “I belonged with them because I belonged to them.”

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206. “I’ll guard her with my life, little brother,” Trent said, tugging on my arm. “Now go kick this guy’s ass and let’s get out of here.”

— Jamie McGuire

207. “You look lost,” Benji said. “Isn’t everyone?”

— Jamie McGuire

208. “It’s good for him. No man should get every woman he wants. Keeps their douchebaggery to a tolerable level.”

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209. “Lie.” “Well, now,” she said, sitting up and crossing her arms, “look who is honing her craft.”

— Jamie McGuire

210. “I dreamed of Taylor.”

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211. “I’d never seen him before, but he looked a lot like my next mistake.”

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212. “Everything inside me wanted to throw a typical Maddox tantrum, but Abby needed me to man up for the moment.”

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213. “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

214. “It’d better. God owes me one, more than one.”

— Jamie McGuire

215. “I could have been leading him to his death, but I could tell Tyler Maddox was afraid of nothing.”

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216. “Without their mothers nearby, most of my classmates had no clue how to balance their checkbook or even how much Tylenol to take and how often. In school we were babied, scolded, and told when to eat. We even had to raise our hands for permission to go to the bathroom. In just a few short weeks we would be free to rack up credit cards and student loans, or to sign contracts for an apartment we might not be able to afford, because we were taught how to learn, but not how to live.”

— Jamie McGuire

217. “It’s a difference between want and should, isn’t it?” “Yes. You should do what you want.”

— Jamie McGuire

218. “He was the kind of beautiful you couldn’t buy, with his golden-brown eyes and square, scruffy chin – a symphony of perfection only flawless genes could compose.”

— Jamie McGuire

219. “Who says it’s all of a sudden?”

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220. “I’d never realized how quiet the world could be without people in it.”

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221. “It hasn’t seemed like home since you left,” he said, kissing my lips.”

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222. “Love made people hate in a way they never would have before.”

— Jamie McGuire

223. “Anthony pointed his finger, swirling tiny invisible circles in the air. “You must have voodoo in your hoohoo.”

— Jamie McGuire

224. “What’s worse is the louder I am, the less they hear.”

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225. “If I were going to give you my future, I’d need you to move on from the past.”

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226. “He’s not an ogre. Actually, at this point, he might think I’m the ogre.”

— Jamie McGuire

227. “I’m just so bwessed.”

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228. “Sweet potato fries?”

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229. “Family was everything. It was worth dying for, losing your mind over, and facing your greatest fears.”

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230. “I don’t care what you were or what you’re not anymore. I just want you.”

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231. “You’re tomorrow, You’re the apocalypse.”

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232. “Don’t leave this time, okay? I wanna wake up just like this in the morning.” I kissed his chest, feeling guilty that he had to ask. “I’m not going anywhere.”

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233. “It doesn’t matter what it is, Pigeon. You’ve already given me everything I’ve ever wanted.”

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234. “Well, I don’t love you because of the way you look, that’s infatuation. I don’t love you because of our sexual chemistry, that’s lust. I don’t love you because you love me, that’s empathy. I don’t love you because of what you can give me or what you can do for me, that’s transactional. I don’t love you because of the way you treat me, that’s gratitude. I don’t love you because you keep me safe, that’s security. I don’t know why I love you, babe. That’s how I know it’s real.”

— Jamie McGuire

235. “It’s part of the process. It takes people years to navigate something like this. The guilt, the uncertainty, regret... the loss. But it’s okay. Try to live in the right now and take it one second at a time.”

— Jamie McGuire