Top 250 Kandi Steiner Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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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152. “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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153. “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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154. “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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155. “I shook my head, looking at Beth. “I left him. Again.” A sniff. “I am so, so stupid.” “You’re not,” she insisted, squeezing my leg. “You were just lost, Eliza. And sometimes that can be easier than being found.”

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156. “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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157. “Those marks on your stomach, while they are forever a part of you, they do not define you. They are not a sign of your weakness or of your failure.” I smiled then, rubbing the pad of my thumb along her cheek. “They are a reminder of your strength, of your love, and of the miracle of life.”

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158. “I’m sorry,” she whispered, fixing her glasses. “I just, I saw them, and I saw you, and I thought – ” I cut off the rest of her words with my hand behind her head, guiding her into me for another bruising kiss. This time, I pinned her against the wall, and she gasped when my abdomen rubbed along her center.”

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159. “Once upon a time, there was a beautiful PR princess named Giana,” he said, showing the stick figure with glasses and curly hair with a headpiece on. He licked his thumb and flipped the page. “And a dumb safety named Clay.” The crowd laughed at the next drawing, which was a.”

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

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

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163. “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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164. “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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165. “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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166. “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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167. “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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168. “The bitter wind swept over my already-chilled face, making my eyes water as a hundred more colorful leaves were swept from tree limbs and blown across the park.”

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169. “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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170. “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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171. “Pack my schedule with more than a normal human being can handle and I’ll show you the impossible.”

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

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

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175. “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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176. “No, it does matter. Because I’m getting married.” “No, you’re not.” “Yes, I am!” Jamie stood, jaw tight. “You’re not marrying anyone but me.”

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177. “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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178. “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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179. “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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180. “Marry me,” I repeated, swiping the fresh tears away. “And I will spend the rest of my life loving you. No matter how long that is. Every minute I am here on Earth is yours. And after that, too.”

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181. “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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182. “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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183. “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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184. “What are you doing?” he asked after a moment. I smiled. “Finding something beautiful in the chaos.”

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185. “When I heard certain songs, they transported me to another time, to another place, and sometimes, to another person.”

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

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187. “The house was once magical, once filled with love and joy and plans for the future. It was entirely too big for the young newlyweds who purchased it, both eager to fill the spare bedrooms with babies, to fill the expansive kitchen with little footprints and messy high chairs, to fill the walls with memories captured in sepia-tone photographs.”

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188. “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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189. “And I don’t want to die before I’ve even had the chance to live.”

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190. “I’m just scared, Willow. He was my best friend. He was my everything.” Saying the words out loud made my chest sting. Willow threw her arm around my shoulder, steering me back toward Hay Stacks. “I know, babe. And maybe that’s part of the issue, you know? If you give your all to someone else, realize you may one day have to change all you know about yourself.” I.”

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191. “Another tip you picked up from my books?” “Those things are like a treasure map. Just follow the tabs and highlights to find the pot of gold.”

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192. “One thing I knew for sure, I wasn’t going down without a fight. If I truly lost her, if he was to have her, he’d have to beat me in a fair fight. So, as the bartender slid me my check and I made my way back into the cold night, I cracked my knuckles and prepared for war.”

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193. “I wasn’t sorry the first time I kissed you, even when you weren’t mine, and I’m not sorry I kissed you the other night, even when I wasn’t yours. Because the truth is you’ve always been mine, and I’ll always be yours, and that’s just the way it is.”

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194. “I was spinning, tipsy, teetering on the edge of being wasted on Whiskey. I’d dreamed of kissing Jamie so many times, but nothing could compare to how it really felt – his hands on me, so strong, his mouth skilled and passionate.”

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195. “I was going to need a chiropractor for the whiplash. Rhodes.”

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196. “I haven’t been able to take my eyes off you since the moment you walked through that door tonight.”

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197. “I watched the love drain from his eyes for years...”

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198. “That safe word was never meant to be used, never meant to be anything more than a joke between us.”

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199. “You wanna be chivalrous?” she asked, spinning to face me as she continued walking backward. Her ponytail swung with the motion, and something tightened in my chest at the sight of her so light and carefree. “Go to a women’s march. Vote for a female to take office. Read a book on feminism.”

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200. “A new life had started for me when I’d met her. She’d opened my eyes, shared her light, and pulled me from the shadows.”

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