Top 250 Jewel E. Ann Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Bravery isn’t a trait, it’s a few moments of time where we pretend that we’re not vulnerable.”

— Jewel E. Ann

152. “I try to swallow back emotion as he catches my tear with his thumb. “You’re not going to stop until you’ve claimed every single piece of my heart, are you?” I whisper. He ghosts his fingers along my jaw, tilting his head to the side with a gripping intensity to his eyes. “I’m not going to stop until I feel your soul take my last breath.” I think his just took mine.”

— Jewel E. Ann

153. “Because all I wanted was to live a day at a time and figure things out one moment at a time. That’s all I wanted to do. And all I wanted to be was yours.”

— Jewel E. Ann

154. “I was her now. She was my always. And I thought that would add up to forever.”

— Jewel E. Ann

155. “I would never tell you what to believe, Daniel, so please don’t tell me that my opinion is wrong. We should be allowed a few basic human rights in life: the right to decide what goes into our bodies and the right to have an opinion without feeling shamed for it.”

— Jewel E. Ann

156. “The things he did and said to me were, in many ways, unforgivable. We divorced. But I kept telling myself I forgave him. I thought if you truly love someone, nothing should be unforgivable... But if I’m honest, I don’t know if I’ll ever completely forgive him. I will love him forever. Emotions are ours. They are intimate and personal. And they shouldn’t be right or wrong. No one should tell you what to feel, who to love, or how to live.”

— Jewel E. Ann

157. “She was a chaotic mess to my diligent organization.”

— Jewel E. Ann

158. “Men are dogs... they just are. They need constant praise and rewards. Women are pack mules – we work without praise for long days, recover quickly, and wake up the next day plodding right along again. No treats. No pats on the head. No belly rubs.”

— Jewel E. Ann

159. “Don’t let her guilt you out of having a life beyond Harrison.”

— Jewel E. Ann

160. “We are human. Claiming to be infallible is risky. A professor I had in college told her students that certainty leads to nowhere except one’s demise. Sparingly use the words promise, guarantee, always, and never.”

— Jewel E. Ann

161. “Not every truth made sense, but it didn’t make it less true.”

— Jewel E. Ann

162. “Feelings are our greatest compass. They will always lead you to the truth.”

— Jewel E. Ann

163. “Here’s the problem. I don’t know how to live if I’m not loving you. It’s like asking my lungs to expand without air, my heart to beat without blood, my eyes to see without light. It’s just not possible.”

— Jewel E. Ann

164. “There are no words for what I’ve done to us – to you. You will be my greatest masterpiece. I will build you with the strongest materials. Nothing will be rushed. Even if it takes a lifetime... every little detail will be perfect.”

— Jewel E. Ann

165. “I just want you. Since the day we met, it’s been that simple for me. And I’ll take you with the souls of a million lives woven into yours.”

— Jewel E. Ann

166. “This man didn’t come here to just take care of me, he came here to take care of what means the most to me. Those who love you the most, will cherish what you cherish. They’ll nurture what makes you – you.”

— Jewel E. Ann

167. “Lucky were the bastards who learned life lessons from close calls.”

— Jewel E. Ann

168. “She needed to tell him to stop. It was wrong. He was the devil, a drug, and she didn’t want to be the sinner and the addict.”

— Jewel E. Ann

169. “My whole life, I’ve known stuff that hasn’t made sense for me to know. It stole my childhood, but I never felt truly different until you.”

— Jewel E. Ann

170. “This,” he grits, pushing my hand harder against his chest like he’s using it to punctuate his words. “I can’t fix this.”

— Jewel E. Ann

171. “Happiness moves you forward, but pain keeps you balanced.”

— Jewel E. Ann

172. “It’s just what’s always been in my heart. You died, but I lived and so has my love for you.”

— Jewel E. Ann

173. “Control never lasted. Eventually the illusion of time, the pull of gravity, and catastrophic events reminded everyone of their mortality and their utter insignificance in the great big world. Life was nothing more than one lone blink. Here today. Gone tomorrow.”

— Jewel E. Ann

174. “Yeah, well lucky for you, once you stop gagging on your testicles you’ll be fine.”

— Jewel E. Ann

175. “Sometimes the world ends and forgets to take you with it. I get it.”

— Jewel E. Ann

176. “Thinking is what people do when they’re not following their dreams.”

— Jewel E. Ann

177. “I don’t know what this is, but it scares the ever living hell out of me. And it hurts. The unexplainable should be miraculous and exhilarating – giving birth to promise and something greater than ever imagined. But this, whatever the hell this is, feels like it’s ripping me apart.”

— Jewel E. Ann

178. “Labels shouldn’t matter. Deep down, I know this. But sometimes a label feels like validation. Validation of one’s feelings. Validation of one’s intentions.”

— Jewel E. Ann

179. “My love for you is unapologetic and forever.”

— Jewel E. Ann

180. “You risked everything for me. Your love for me knows no boundaries. You’re my someone.”

— Jewel E. Ann

181. “Life was about breaths and heartbeats. A smile. A wink. The squeeze of a hand. Sunrises and sunsets.”

— Jewel E. Ann

182. “Dreams are meant to be chased.”

— Jewel E. Ann

183. “My parents have been married for forty years. Both sets of my grandparents made it past their sixtieth anniversaries. I think they all attributed the longevity of their marriages to passion. Live to love. Fight to keep the love. Make up to do it all over again.”

— Jewel E. Ann

184. “I will love you always.” My eyes squeeze shut, forcing out a few residual tears. “Please don’t ever forget it.”

— Jewel E. Ann

185. “That’s how you know you’re living. If your heart’s not racing, if your teeth aren’t chattering, then you’re not doing it right.”

— Jewel E. Ann

186. “I know they say love is patient, but it’s not. Love is the brightest star in the sky. It doesn’t have an off switch or a timer. It doesn’t wear a watch or look at a calendar. It’s why we’re here. It’s the only true reason for our existence.”

— Jewel E. Ann

187. “I want to be his greatest strength – and his greatest weakness. I want to be where he hides his lies and finds his truth.”

— Jewel E. Ann

188. “I don’t know if I’ll ever truly find my path again, but if I do, you’ll always be my favorite detour.”

— Jewel E. Ann

189. “Love was not a problem to solve or a choice to make, simply an involuntary feeling that explained human existence.”

— Jewel E. Ann

190. “In life, there were truths and lies, and then there were intimate moments that stayed between two people.”

— Jewel E. Ann

191. “I’m sure there’s a lot of gray area when it comes to relationships and why we do what we do to connect, love, and navigate this crazy life.”

— Jewel E. Ann

192. “I’m not hitting on you. I’m just reminding you that touch is a basic human need, and it’s an expression of love. If you were self-soothing you wouldn’t be seeing Dr. Greyson.” I remove my hand. “Touch is the only kind of love Morgan can feel right now. So remember that the next time you count the hours I spend holding her while you’re at work.”

— Jewel E. Ann

193. “That can only mean one thing: Swayze has magical breasts.”

— Jewel E. Ann

194. “He gave you something very personal, and while I’m sure it came out a bit harsh, the fact is he trusted you explicitly with something so raw. It sounded ugly because it didn’t just flow from him, it ripped past his heart to get to you.”

— Jewel E. Ann

195. “He erases every trace that another man held me – kissed me. It’s not right and it’s not wrong. It simply is. It’s Griffin and Swayze.”

— Jewel E. Ann

196. “I didn’t find her. She didn’t find me. We found each other. It was effortless. It was perfect.”

— Jewel E. Ann

197. “A lot of highly-educated people have been told what to think, therefore, they think they know it all. The other segment of the population has to figure out how to think, therefore they question everything.”

— Jewel E. Ann

198. “Not accepting something doesn’t change the fact that it happened or that something just is. Acceptance is this illusion that we’re in control.”

— Jewel E. Ann

199. “Parker had been to a handful of funerals in her lifetime but never had she seen something so heartbreaking as a son carrying his mother away from the casket of her daughter. She blinked back more tears as she pressed the wad of tissues to her nose.”

— Jewel E. Ann

200. “Your emus have over five hundred thousand followers? Is that for real?” “Real.” I shrug. “What can I say? People like animals better than humans. I know I do.”

— Jewel E. Ann