Top 250 Jewel E. Ann Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Griffin doesn’t send me a dozen roses on my birthday. He hands me a single petal every day. Sometimes it’s a look. Sometimes it’s a whisper. And sometimes it’s opening my door, helping me out, and holding my hand all the way to the top of the steps.”

— Jewel E. Ann

152. “It’s funny how we don’t recognize our own reflections, but the one thing about them is they never lie.”

— Jewel E. Ann

153. “I’m not sure what hurts more, the grenade exploding in my own chest or knowing that beneath that smile of hers, she’s wrecked and lost.”

— Jewel E. Ann

154. “Closing my eyes, my heart dances in this moment, not wishing for the next one. It’s not a destination, and it’s not even a journey. It’s a moment. Life is a moment. Who says we have to go anywhere in life to experience it?”

— Jewel E. Ann

155. “Have you not closed all of your rings?” She holds up her wrist, signaling to her watch. I chuckle. “All rings were closed hours ago.” “We could track each other. Share our rings. Did you know that?”

— Jewel E. Ann

156. “Griffin loves blueberry rooibos ice tea. I love that this amazing man beside me doesn’t need a constant buzz to enjoy life – to enjoy me.”

— Jewel E. Ann

157. “I don’t mind being me. No one else can do it better.”

— Jewel E. Ann

158. “I’m afraid of having everything that means nothing and nothing that means everything.”

— Jewel E. Ann

159. “Truth: You are my greatest song.”

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160. “Make love to me, Levi, but do it like – ” “Like you’re the last woman I’ll ever want for the rest of my life.”

— Jewel E. Ann

161. “Jessica loved Luke. Jillian loved AJ.”

— Jewel E. Ann

162. “So at a young age I learned that if I wanted to spend time with my dad, it was going to be under the hood or beneath a car, handing him greasy tools.”

— Jewel E. Ann

163. “In twenty-four hours, the girl next door had managed to remind him how miserable he was in his marriage, how much fun it was to flirt, and how much trouble she could cause in his life.”

— Jewel E. Ann

164. “Luke’s never looked at me as broken, even though I am. He’s just loved all my pieces – even the ones that have made him bleed.”

— Jewel E. Ann

165. “If Amazon Prime offered a life, she would have one-clicked the hell out of it and selected recurring monthly delivery.”

— Jewel E. Ann

166. “His lack of an immediate answer opened the door for doubt to creep into the mind of a woman who struggled to stay afloat in the pool of insanity.”

— Jewel E. Ann

167. “Surrender. I will never love myself for hating him, nor will I ever hate myself for loving him. So there really is only one choice: love him.”

— Jewel E. Ann

168. “I wanted to always remember that all my yesterdays didn’t matter.”

— Jewel E. Ann

169. “Bravery isn’t a trait, it’s a few moments of time where we pretend that we’re not vulnerable.”

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170. “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

171. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

173. “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

174. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

176. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

178. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

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

— Jewel E. Ann

181. “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

182. “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

183. “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

184. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

186. “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

187. “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

188. “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

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

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190. “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

191. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

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

— Jewel E. Ann

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

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195. “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

196. “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

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

— Jewel E. Ann

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

— Jewel E. Ann

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

— Jewel E. Ann

200. “Dreams are meant to be chased.”

— Jewel E. Ann