Top 160 Jay Crownover Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “Opposites don’t just attract they freaking catch fire and burn the entire city down1.”

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2. “I’ve never trusted anyone all the time. It’s the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.”

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3. “I know you would have, but you’re here now when I need you the most, and that’s all that really matters to me. If you still want my forever, it’s yours, Jet. No one else has ever come close and you’re the only one I have ever wanted to offer it to.”

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4. “People could only hurt you and disappoint you if you let them.”

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5. “I’m good at staying on top of things that are a handful.”

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6. “If you’re the one holding the pen, you’re the one in charge of how the story ends.”

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7. “Bad stuff happens sometimes and it happens to people we care about. You can’t live life insulated because you are scared of getting too close.”

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8. “I feel like you and the past have been chasing me down ever since you walked into that shop, Salem.” She didn’t answer me but I noticed a little pink work its way into her dusky cheeks. “What are you going to do if I decide to let you catch me?”

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9. “I got used to everyone needing me, to them relying on me, and now that I wasn’t needed anymore I simply just didn’t know what to do with myself.”

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10. “There was no good without the bad, no joy without sorrow, no peace without war, and there definitely couldn’t be love without the sour taste of hate. You had to know what one felt like to fully experience and appreciate the other.”

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11. “Thank God. Now maybe he’ll stop acting like a cranky toddler that skipped nap time.”

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12. “I think I wanted it too much and you didn’t want it enough.”

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13. “People could only hurt you and disappoint you if you let them. They only had the power to hurt you if you thought they were special and above that.”

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14. “I don’t need luck. I have you.”

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15. “You have me Shaw, any way you need me, any way you want me, you have me.”

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16. “Karma has a way of catching up with you, especially when you laughed in her face one too many times.”

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17. “Because it’s always been you even when I didn’t want it to be, even when it broke my heart over and over again. It’s just always been you.”

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18. “I’ve been fighting every single day of my life. Sometimes I think all I have left is fight.”

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19. “This is what I have to offer you Shaw and just like you let me be your first, I’m letting you be mine.”

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20. “Most things that are easy aren’t worth much. It’s the things you have to work for that matter the most.”

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21. “Everything was tied together with thin threads of fate, and when one loosened or tightened it was surprising how impactful it could be.”

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22. “You are the last person I want to kiss. The last woman I want in my bed. I want you to be the last girl that touches any and all parts of me, Salem, and that means so much more than a first.”

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23. “Sometimes we get more than we asked for because we’ve settled for less for so long... When you pay your dues, your bound to be rewarded eventually.”

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24. “I KNEW I was a mess. Unhinged and hanging on the precipice of becoming someone who was beyond any kind of redemption. I teetered on the brink of making bad choices every moment I was awake, but somehow, some way, I always managed to keep myself from going completely over.”

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25. “There is no going back but there is accepting your new normal.”

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26. “Is that a Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster behind your desk?” I couldn’t keep the humor and stunned shock out of my voice. She laughed and pulled me toward the kitchen. “Team Spike forever.”

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27. “Dedicated to anyone who is trying to figure out where they are supposed to be. Don’t worry, friends, the universe has a plan for you; you just need to listen to what it’s trying to tell you and you’ll eventually end up exactly where you were always meant to be.”

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28. “We are not interchangeable objects, LEGO pieces that click together just because the parts fit.”

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29. “I needed to go so he could bring me back. Show me my place in life. In this big, bad world. And once he had me, I was going to help him find his heart... because that elusive, tricky thing was mine.”

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30. “Whoever said crime doesn’t pay is an idiot. It pays great, which is why there is so much of it.”

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31. “Dedicated to any of you who might just need a little reminder that you are awesome just the way you are!!!”

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32. “Rule, if this goes bad it’s gonna be so, so bad.” Her voice was just a husky whisper against my chest. “True, but if it’s good, it’s going be so very, very good.”

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33. “I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work. – Thomas A. Edison.”

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34. “Saying sorry wasn’t enough; this time around, I was actually going to have to change. I.”

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35. “A superhot, supersexy nice guy. Do you know how rare that is? He’s like a goddamn unicorn.”

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36. “I understand what you meant about those closest to you hurting you the most now. I’ll be in touch.”

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37. “You were right, you are perfect for me because I’m just as imperfect as you are, but with you, it’s all just flawless.”

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38. “There’s always a first girl, Rowdy, but there is also the girl that is going to come after her until you get to the last girl. The last girl is the one that really matters.”

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39. “No one had ever given me any idea on how to handle it when the right one came along, but you weren’t the right one for him.”

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40. “You found your family tree, Rowdy, and the branches are stronger and sturdier than most people with blood relatives have.”

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41. “I really, really like that even though we both know you deserve so much better, I’m the one you want.”

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42. “It’s not about saving them after they’re lost. It’s about getting to them before they lose their way in the first place.”

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43. “You’re the best bad decision I ever made, and you are, by far, my favorite story to tell.”

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44. “I’ve heard you say my name in a lot of ways, Salem. Gotta say hearing you say it in bed when I’m about to eat you up is probably my favorite to date.”

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45. “No one shines as bright as you in the sky I’m looking at. To me there is no sun, no moon, and no stars in the sky, just endless miles of storm clouds and pretty, pretty gray.”

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46. “If you think about it, love and hate really aren’t that much different when you got right down to it. Both make you crazy. Both make you do things you never thought you would ever do, and both were so, so easy to get lost in.”

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47. “She was going to be my downfall. She was going to be my corruption and my vice. She was going to be my addiction and my compulsion and I was still going to fall headlong into her knowing the landing was going to be rough for both of us.”

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48. “Addiction takes and takes and keeps on taking. It’s the most greedy and selfish thing in the entire world.”

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49. “There were days when all I wanted was a hug and for someone to tell me that it would all be worth it in the end. Every grin, every pat on the back, every thumbs-up and unwavering positive reinforcement I handed off to others, there were days when I longed to know that the universe would turn that back around on me and I would finally be rewarded with the simple dreams that I had nurtured for so long.”

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50. “I’m not saying it couldn’t eventually lead to more, but right now I feel pretty broken and I’m not really sure there are enough pieces lying around to put me back together.”

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