Top 250 Kandi Steiner Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Life doesn’t exactly give us what we need when it’s the perfect time. It’s not a pitching machine straight over the plate. Life throws curve balls – hard and fast, unpredictable. But you still have to hit that sucker or strike out swinging.”

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152. “It reminded me of all that was, all the powerful emotions I’d felt with Clay in the time our lives were tangled together. I never wanted to lose those stinging lashes of pain, never wanted to forget how it felt to be held by him, touched by him, kissed by him. Loved by him. Maybe I didn’t get to have him forever. But I’d hold on to every little piece of him that he gave me for the rest of my life. And after, too.”

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153. “I don’t want to be just comfortable, Mom. I want a love that makes me everything but comfortable. If it doesn’t drive me mad, if it doesn’t break my heart at the thought of losing it, if it doesn’t push me to new places and force me to grow – what kind of love is it, really?”

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154. “So, I guess the biggest thing I want you to take from this is that you are not alone – and you will be okay, even if it doesn’t feel like it right now.”

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155. “I had everything I’d ever wanted. All because I begged my parents to buy me Halo.”

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156. “You can hold true on all your threats,” I continued. “You can take everything else away from me. But you can’t take her.”

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157. “But if I was a river, and he was the ocean, then Cameron was the storm that raged over the point where we met. And lightning was about to strike.”

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158. “It was possessive, the way he cradled me, the way he pulled me in tighter, kissed me harder, his hand slowly pushing up under the hem of my skirt.”

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159. “Oh, GOD!” I balked, panicking when I realized the same crimson liquid that covered my fingers also covered Clay’s. “Hey, it’s okay,” he said, holding up that bloody hand as if to soothe me. “It happens. It’s natural.”

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160. “Because that’s what life’s about. It’s about paddling out and fighting the waves until you find the perfect one to ride home on.”

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161. “Rhodes had a way of bringing out someone inside me who had never existed before. I was bold around him – unabashedly bold. It felt strange and incredible at the same time. Rhodes.”

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162. “Emery was like a firework with the fuse burnt all the way down to the end, momentarily paused, temporarily safe – and I didn’t know if he would remain in tact or blow to bits if I took even one step closer.”

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163. “No matter what I do,” Clay whispered in the shell of my ear. “Keep your eyes on him.” The song ended and another began, and I learned that stamina was another of Clay’s attributes. He never tired of touching me, teasing me, kissing along every bit of exposed skin he could find.”

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164. “It’s a promise that I’ll always help you feel beautiful when you don’t on your own, that I’ll hold you when you need to cry and spin you in my arms when you need to celebrate.”

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165. “Sometimes we’re okay, sometimes we’re not, and the truth of the matter is that in both times – we are human.”

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166. “The truth was I read about a book a day, so they all blurred together after a while.”

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167. “Why does that feel so good?” I breathed, my eyes still closed as Clay’s tongue lashed out against mine again. “Do you want the science of it, or the layman’s terms?” I bit my lip against a smile as he kissed down my neck, and his hips rolled between mine, striking me with that hot spark of electricity again. “Both.” A low rumble of a laugh vibrated at my throat.”

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168. “You thought I would wait, and I thought you changed your mind.” Jamie moved to me then, slowly, as if he was waiting for me to stop him. Then, he bent at the knee to meet me at eye-level. “I could never change my mind about you.”

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169. “They needed a home, and we had one to give. It’s just that simple.”

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170. “You can take anything out on me because you know what? I can handle it. I can take it. I can go to war for you, or with you, if it’s what you need.”

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171. “I felt an ending in that kiss. It was a period, a punctuation mark, and at the time I thought it was the end of the chapter. But later, I would mark it as the end of it all, the end of my addiction, my last taste of whiskey, my final dance with fire.”

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172. “Our past has a funny way of becoming part of who we are in the future, and I think that’s the way it’s meant to be. Without the scars, without the pain, we wouldn’t be able to appreciate the times when everything is magical – the days when life is absolute bliss.”

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173. “Look at you.” He was wearing a Detroit Lions t-shirt.”

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174. “My next breath was shaky and shallow, and Clay pressed a feather-light kiss to the skin just beneath my ear. “Okay?” he asked, simple and soft. That one word seemed to ground me, to bring me back to the room, to reality, to him. I think I nodded. I think I gave some sort of murmur of affirmation before his tongue licked along my jaw line and back to my mouth. He pressed his forehead against mine, and when my lids flickered open, I found his emerald eyes blazing down at me.”

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175. “You brute,” she teased, smacking my chest. “You love it.”

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176. “And a man. A man who also belonged to me. A man I no longer wished to keep. A man who, no doubt, had not slept, though the sun was rising now. Because that house where he waited – that large, desolate, haunting house – was where I’d laid my head to rest every night for the last eight years. Until last night.”

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177. “I’ve missed you,” she breathed against my lips. “You saw me this morning. And all game.” “Shut up and tell me you’ve missed me, too.”

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178. “There’s always this fear that even though I may know what I want, I may never actually make it a reality.”

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179. “They’re both a little crazy, both a little messed up. But they’re choosing to be messed up together.”

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180. “I was still nervous to sit too close to Rhodes. I felt like he was a caged animal. One wrong move might send him running or cause him to attack. I wasn’t sure which was worse. But.”

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181. “I was surprised how easy it was, how effortless it felt to kiss along her neck, to whisper in her ear and elicit a wave of chills over her skin. It was amusing at first, a permanent smile on my face as I found which buttons I could push to make her gasp, or sigh, or arch into me, or dig her nails into my flesh.”

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182. “He kissed me like it was a privilege, like he didn’t want to rush, like we had forever. I think I knew even then that we didn’t.”

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183. “Pack my schedule with more than a normal human being can handle and I’ll show you the impossible.”

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184. “Clay moved my hand to my stomach, pushing it down under the hem of my sweatpants as my eyes fluttered at the sensation. He wasn’t even touching me yet. It was my own damn hand. But his was on top of it.”

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185. “If my life was to be a story, I wanted to take control of the pen. I wanted to change the paper, crumple up what had been written so far and start over. I.”

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186. “She watched me like I had all the answers, like I was her lifeline. Like she trusted me with everything that she was.”

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187. “She gave him this dance. Now, I could only hope she’d give me the last one.”

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188. “Years of waiting, of wanting, of wrong decisions and longing regrets. They all floated to the surface and yet drowned in the depths all at once.”

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189. “Ignorance is a blessing as much as it is a curse. You can’t crave what you don’t know exists.” The.”

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190. “But me and Charlie? We were magic. We were made for each other, plain and simple.”

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191. “There’s more courage in admitting you love someone and fighting for them than letting them go because it hurts less.”

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192. “Everyone thinks if they achieve this or that, then they’ll be happy. Then they can start living. But what they fail to see is that this is it.” He bent down and thumped the ground before raising both hands up to the sky. “This is life. It’s happening right now. And if you don’t stop and soak it in, you’ll miss it.”

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193. “And it was the truth – there was nothing I was more afraid of than waking up one morning to find my heart belonged to the one man I knew could break it.”

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194. “I groaned, pinning her hips against the bed to stop her. “Woman,” I warned. “I’m fine,” she protested, fighting against my hold. “It’ll hurt for a second, yes, but I want it. I want you.” Jesus Christ.”

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195. “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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196. “One more promise,” he said, wiggling the digit. “That you will do whatever makes you happy from this moment on. Regardless of what you think you should do, or what you think other people think you should do.” He paused. “You’ve given a lot to the people you love. Let us return the favor.”

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197. “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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198. “I’m still the same girl he dumped less than three weeks ago. Plus, he saw me yesterday when I’m pretty sure I looked like a sweaty walrus.” She.”

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199. “Oh, God. Bad?” I asked, panicked. Hadn’t the books said those were good? Clay heaved a laugh, shaking his head before he dropped his forehead to mine. “Good,” he breathed. “At least, for me.”

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200. “What are you doing?” he asked after a moment. I smiled. “Finding something beautiful in the chaos.”

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