Top 40 Kalynn Bayron Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I’m lost in the tide of her breathing, the sweet smell of her skin, the push and pull of our bodies against each other...”

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2. “Be very careful what you ask for. Because you just might get it.”

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3. “The pockets,” she says. She puts her hands in them and gives a little twirl. “I love pockets.”

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4. “You will hear people speak of light and dark, but in my experience you must be well versed in both to find a balance.”

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5. “Cinderella has been dead for two hundred years. I’ve been in love with Erin for the better part of three years. And I am about two minutes away from certain death.”

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6. “It’s risky... But sometimes that’s the only way to get things done. Take the risk, light the fuse. Onward.”

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7. “The people we love are never really gone from us,” Mom said. “Try to remember that. I know it’s hard. It feels like the whole world should just stop spinnin’, but it doesn’t. And we’ve gotta find a way to pick up the pieces.”

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8. “Look at your children, your friends, your wives, and your daughters. Don’t do what is right because they hold those titles. Do what is right because they are people.”

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9. “My path has been chosen for me since birth. My future is already written, and I don’t have a say in any of it.”

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10. “We are all trapped here, our stories already written.”

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11. “For all his cruelty, he is a highly intelligent man,” Amina says. “I think we sometimes make the mistake of thinking monsters are abhorrent aberrations, lurking in the darkest recesses, when the truth is far more disturbing. The most monstrous of men are those who sit in plain sight, daring you to challenge them. He’s calculating and manipulative, and believe me when I say he will not stop until he finds you.”

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12. “The truth is tricky. People want to know it, but when they do, sometimes they wish they didn’t.”

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13. “What it sounds like doesn’t make a difference to me. This isn’t just something in your blood. It’s you. It’s who you are. How could I doubt what you’re telling us when I’ve seen what you can do?”

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14. “My mother taught me that I am a whole person with or without a husband,” she says emphatically. “Who I am inside and how I treat others are the only things that matter. The same goes for you. Don’t let anybody tell you different.”

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15. “Whenever you hear a story about villainous women, you should ask who’s telling the story. Medea’s tale has been told and retold a dozen times, but always by men who seem to revel in her heinous actions without addressing what caused it. Sometimes her story is used to showcase women as crazy, unpredictable, or vindictive.”

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16. “The palace underestimates the resourcefulness of women forced into a dark and dangerous place.”

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17. “I don’t discriminate when it comes to good books. I’ll read anything.”

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18. “I have so much to tell you,’” she said.”

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19. “My first thought is to alert the merchant, but when he makes a comment about the length of a young girl’s skirt and how her legs are simply too inviting to resist, I stop in my tracks. He deserves to have his things stolen.”

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20. “Can’t be done no other way. You fixin’ somethin’ for somebody you love, for this healin’. Gotta do it with your bare hands and your whole heart. Understand?”

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21. “We’ve also rarely heard about people like us and yet here we are. Just because they deny us doesn’t mean we cease to exist.”

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22. “It broke last summer, and when I googled the make and model to see if I could fix it myself, it said it was built in 1990.”

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23. “We had this one precious life and what we did with it was entirely up to us.”

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24. “Take the risk, light the fuse. Onward.”

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25. “Every moment he spent with Wendy was a happy one. She had captured his heart. He put his left arm around her shoulder and pulled her in close. She nestled into his chest, and James was all but lost in the tide of her breathing.”

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26. “This story is for everyone who has ever wondered if you are enough, just as you are. The answer is yes.”

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27. “Have you ever heard of a man marrying another man? A woman being in love with another woman? Of people who find their hearts lie somewhere in the middle or with neither?”

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28. “Happiness is a bonus, Sophia. You’re not entitled to it, and the sooner you accept that, the easier your life will be.”

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29. “What effect do the fairy tales we are told as children have on us? What happens to our view of the world when the characters in these stories don’t look like us or love like us? When do we get to be the heroes of our stories?”

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30. “We put you in a position to succeed in finding a good match. You could have wooed the king himself. You would have been chosen by someone.” My father rubs his forehead, squeezing his eyes closed. “You don’t even know what happened up there! It was worse than anything I could have imagined. Some of those men were older than Grandpa, and some of them were looking for two girls at a time.”

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31. “People wear masks so that they can fit in and stay safe. Can you blame them?”

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32. “I was twelve when I told my parents that I would much rather find a princess than a prince. They had gone into a state of panic, from which they emerged with a renewed sense of determination. They told me that in order to survive I would have to hide how I felt. I was never very good at it, and the weight of that mask grows heavier with each passing year. I want nothing more than to cast it aside.”

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33. “I’ve been playing the part of a girl who escapes a serial killer every night for months. It’s not a game this time. The consequences are real, but we still have to play.”

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34. “You weren’t selfish. You saw a future for yourself that she couldn’t imagine. You wanted her to believe that the two of you could find a way through all this. That’s what happens when you care about someone. And when you’re brave enough to imagine a different life.”

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35. “Nope. That kid is a whole demon. He told his grandma to shut up the other day and nobody said anything. He’s mad disrespectful. My grandma would’ve snatched my soul right out my body.”

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36. “She shouldn’t be suffering, and neither should I. It is this feeling that strengthens my resolve to do whatever must be done.”

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37. “Just outside the palace grounds is the gated section of Eastern Lille, where the highest-ranking members of the aristocracy live. Close enough to the king to make themselves feel special but far enough away so they didn’t get the impression they were equal to him. The people there hoarded their wealth, improving their own lives while the rest of the city fell into decay.”

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38. “I wonder how he manages to do that, to make something so terrible seem so inviting. This isn’t a dream; it is a nightmare made real, and there is no waking up.”

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39. “When the leader of this kingdom treats women as property, it sets an awful precedent. People think it’s okay to do the same.”

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40. “That you try to flatter me when I have a blade at your neck makes me want to slit your throat and spare the world your ignorance.”

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41. “Be a light in the dark.”

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42. “The heels of the glittering monstrosities are nearly five inches tall, and the toes are so pointed that a normal human foot could never fill its proportions. “Am I supposed to wear those?” I ask. “Obviously,” my mother says. I’m reminded that this isn’t about what I want or what I like. It’s about what everyone else thinks is best, and I’m not sure how much more of this I can take.”

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43. “People who don’t fit nicely into the boxes the kings of Mersailles have defined are simply erased, as if our lives don’t matter.”

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