Top 250 Kandi Steiner Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “You gained my respect when you proved me wrong. And even more so moments ago when you brought joy back to my daughter’s face that I didn’t know could even exist anymore.”

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152. “I blame the dirty books.”

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153. “He kissed me like the horizon kisses the sun as it sets – tenderly, with the blinding promise that another day would come. With that kiss, we sealed our choice. With that kiss, we shut the door on the past. And with that kiss, with my hands over his, and his over our child, we began a new chapter in our story – together. And I knew this one would be brighter than the last.”

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154. “I didn’t have to answer. Giana buried her face in my chest and I kissed her hair as Zeke and Riley walked by.”

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155. “He squeezed my hands in his own, kissing my chin until I tipped it up and allowed him access to my neck. “This isn’t fake,” he swore against my skin, kissing and nipping it along the way. “Nothing between us has ever been fake.” His mouth was on mine in the next breath, and then I was being carried through my apartment.”

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156. “I can give to the ones I love without sacrificing everything that brings me joy in the process.”

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157. “How could a seemingly ordinary girl from Colorado who wasn’t even supposed to be on my boat at all, become the center of my focus and attention, of my every waking thought and every sleepless night?”

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158. “Stay. Stay with me. Live with me.”

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159. “It’s okay to love him.” “Even if he doesn’t love me back?” “That’s the thing about love,” he said, kissing my hair. “It doesn’t need to be reciprocated to be real.”

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160. “Words don’t get written from a heart that’s never felt. They come from pain, from love, from unspeakable depths – and they were my only release.”

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161. “I love you, you idiot.”

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162. “It was heaven. It was hell. It was wrong and right and I wished I’d never started yet I never wanted to stop.”

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163. “That’s the thing about love,” he said, kissing my hair. “It doesn’t need to be reciprocated to be real.”

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164. “Finding something beautiful in the chaos.” Rhodes.”

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165. “Maybe it was about finding love in the one person who loved you before you had the chance to love yourself.”

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166. “Because even though marriage brings us together as a unit, there are still two individuals who make that whole. And they need to be able to have their own things, their own time, their own privacy.”

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167. “They have three hearts, which I thought was pretty rad. But I think the connection I really made was with the fact that with three organs pumping blood into them, and eight arms that essentially all have a mind of their own – they must feel pulled in so many different directions, you know? Like they’re made up of too much to be confined into one little being.”

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168. “You are the voice I’ve always been afraid to have.” Theo held me closer. “And you are the life I’ve been waiting to live.”

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169. “Stop trying to laugh me off,” he said, voice reverberating through my ribcage. “And look at me when I tell you how enamorating you are.” “That’s not a word.” “It is now,” he argued. “And it was made for you.”

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170. “I saw him first, but it didn’t matter. Because he saw her.”

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171. “Books aren’t meant to be in perfect shape,” she said when we reached her room. “They’re meant to be read, to be inhaled like oxygen.” Her fingers ran over the spine again, and she smiled. “This book has been breathed. It’s been loved.”

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172. “Sometimes, we have to trust the ones we love, the ones who love us, even when it’s hard to do.” Her eyes skirted to my tent, to the journal, before they found mine. “Because even though marriage brings us together as a unit, there are still two individuals who make that whole. And they need to be able to have their own things, their own time, their own privacy.”

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173. “Calm your tits, bossy pants. I’ve got a plan.”

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174. “And maybe that’s what love was, giving someone the power to shatter you and trusting that they wouldn’t.”

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175. “I wrapped my arms fiercely around him, squeezing my eyes shut as we both exhaled in relief at finally being together again.”

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176. “Look, what happens to me is none of your business.” “What if I want it to be?”

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177. “Words don’t get written from a heart that’s never felt.”

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178. “His heart belonged to me, just like mine would always belong to him.”

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179. “No one is the same once they lose someone they love.”

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180. “I think I’d almost forgotten how badly he’d broken me until I heard his voice saying my name the way he used to.”

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181. “Kitten,” he whispered in a pained breath.”

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182. “Something about that wrinkled my nose – mostly because I absolutely loathed the you’re not like other girls line. It felt divisive and like more of an insult to womanhood than a compliment to me.”

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183. “And he’s not going to kill me,” I added, scrunching my nose. “I don’t think.” “Real comforting.” “At least, if he does, you’ll know where to find the body.”

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184. “Again, thank you for reading my book, for continuing on long enough to read this note, too. I hope as you file this book away on the “read” shelf, you take a piece of it with you and hold it close to your heart, as I hold all of you close to mine.”

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185. “You love him,” she whispered. My throat constricted. “I do.” “Isn’t it the worst?” I choked on a laugh at that. “Yes,” I agreed. “It really, truly is.”

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186. “I’d been so focused on losing weight, on getting to a certain point where I thought I’d find happiness. It turned out that joy wasn’t made by the destination, but rather discovered in the journey. I looked forward to the next mile in mine.”

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187. “Clay, who was now holding up a small book for everyone to see.”

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188. “I threw a wave over my shoulder as I turned, trying to keep my smile calm and collected. But the way he stood with his hands in his pockets, one brow arched, told me he saw right through the act. It also told me he liked that he’d ruffled me.”

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189. “Like I’d waste my time on a book without spice.”

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190. “I wanted her. I wanted her so badly my chest had a gaping hole in it whenever I wasn’t with her.”

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191. “The more I pretended like she was mine to tease like that, the more it felt like she really was.”

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192. “He’d fill me with life, even when I hadn’t asked for it.”

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193. “All you could do was ask yourself what you regretted, what you loved, and what you learned. Then, you moved forward.”

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194. “I read romance because it’s fun to fall in love. And with romance books, I get to do it over and over. I get to be different types of lovers, I get to feel the heartbreak of love and the successes. Love is the most powerful and real emotion we feel, and I think it’s sort of magical that we can experience some of the greatest loves of all time through books.”

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195. “Do you want to know what I thought the first time I saw you?” His hands fisted in my dress at my hips, hiking the fabric just an inch higher, but I felt the cool air of the room sweep in like a whispered warning. “Mine.”

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196. “Leo: You’re right, school sucks. I miss summer days with you.”

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197. “You need to rest after last night.” She pouted, sagging in my arms. “Trust me,” I assured her. “You’re going to be more sore there than you realize.”

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198. “I don’t think my story will be as light as yours.” “So, let me sit in the darkness with you.”

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199. “The Scottish are the only ones who can technically spell whiskey as “whisky.” They claim more vowels wastes good drinking time, and I wish I could have realized that then, because that’s exactly what I was doing – wasting time. Letting days and weeks and months of incredible, soul-shattering love pass me by because I thought I knew the right way to spell out the path of my life.”

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200. “She was so strange, and intelligent, and curious, and full of wonder. She was like a child and a grown ass woman somehow wrapped up in one.”

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