Top 400 Karina Halle Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “I never understood why anyone would choose to go out into the world without armor on, to feel all the stabs, punches, and stings of life. That’s not how I wanted to live. I wanted to be free from pain, from loss, from broken dreams.”

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152. “His body pressed against mine, our mouths joined, the heat we created, that felt right. That felt more than right. That’s the us that should have always been.”

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153. “Revenge has been my lover for too long,” he said, breath hot on my neck. He began sliding down my body, toward the floor, arms around me. “Power, my savior. I need to learn how to put you first, above those things. I need you to help me, to teach me. I don’t want to love anything more than you, Eden, so please, I’m begging you, show me how. You need to be my everything.”

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154. “I understand these dogs. I know what it’s like to be cast aside, to feel unwanted, to believe you have no one to fight for you. I’ve been there. Time and time again. It hurts like all hell, but if I don’t fight for them, who will?”

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155. “But knowing your wall is just as thin, don’t feel like you have to be quiet when – if – you ever bring a man over. I don’t mind. I like to listen.”

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156. “I want to be consumed... I want to love you, burn for you, until there’s nothing else left. Just your heart and mine.”

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157. “But with knowledge comes confidence. And with happiness comes creativity.”

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158. “To rise from the ashes only to have them rain on you from above.”

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159. “Better to be a catalyst for change than a martyr for lies.”

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160. “Sometimes you are stuck being the person you are and not the person you were. Or could be.”

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161. “We are forever surrounded by ash. But we are fire. And fire rises.”

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162. “We learn so that we may succeed, and that goes for anything in life, including the arts. It’s a falsity that the moment we earn money or wish to earn money for our creations that it ceases to become art.”

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163. “But hearts are made to hold you hostage and I’m captive against my will.”

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164. “I know, I think to myself, wishing she could read me. I know and it’s okay. I’ve got you. I want to protect her. I want her under my arm, under my wing. And I don’t ever want to let her go.”

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165. “My love for him was hitting me like a brick and along with it came my insecurities and the desperate need for his love in return. I hoped I hadn’t come up for air only to drown again.”

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166. “The saying goes, if you love something, let it go. I always though it was better to just shoot the damn thing so it’d never go anywhere.”

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167. “No one is looking out for you or your child but you.”

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168. “Every cell in my body is begging for her, wanting to know what it’s like to have her heart. I want her heart, to possess it, to protect it and never let it go.”

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169. “I wanted to break you,” I murmured against the blood. “I wanted to destroy you, ruin you. But you would not break. You will not break. Why won’t you?”

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170. “Maybe money gets you killed in the end.” “No, no,” he said. “Money is what gets other people killed. By you.”

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171. “That was real. That was something. Tell me you felt something, that you felt what I felt.”

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172. “But love, I guess that’s the difference. Love is like looking at the world through polarized glasses. Every single thing has changed for the better. Everything murky becomes clear again.”

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173. “Life follows many directions and hopefully, eventually, your mind and body and life and love, all catch up with each other.”

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174. “This isn’t over between us. It’s just beginning. I’ve had a taste of you. I’m not going to want anything else.”

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175. “He’s probably the most stunning man I’ve ever laid eyes on, and I immediately want to rub myself all over his face. If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.”

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176. “You’ll have all the power. You’ll have everything.” “And yet all I want is you.”

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177. “I believe in God. Or some great power beyond what we can imagine. But I think religion is a manmade prison.”

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178. “God didn’t create monsters. Monsters created themselves.”

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179. “There is nothing wrong with wanting to be happy and believing you deserve to be happy.”

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180. “What if is fear. Even if is faith. Choose the latter my boy.”

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181. “His smile is infectious. But again, so was the plague.”

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182. “Try and make it right, and if you can’t, that’s on them, not you. Forgiveness shouldn’t be stockpiled by anyone. It should be given freely.”

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183. “Your face never looks better than when you’ve got a gun in your hand and money under your ass.”

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184. “Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars – Gilbert Parker.”

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185. “He’s a liar for a living, all authors are.”

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186. “My love ruined that man’s life.”

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187. “Sometimes I wonder if I’m falling in love with her. Sometimes I wonder how long I can pretend I’m not.”

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188. “I believe in his vision. The underrepresented are the underdogs. They are the ones fighting a fight that no one can imagine. He’s giving a home to those people, the ones who have been cast aside. The strays. The wounded, the ruined, and the lost. Society can’t begin to understand their problems, and it rarely provides a solution either.”

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189. “Something in my chest snaps and shakes loose. I love her. I love her so god damn much.”

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190. “This is not just a fling.” He pulls away and peers at me intently. “I am not that kind of man. You make me richer, you matter to me. I want us to be together.”

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191. “With Jackie it’s totally different. She might be young but her soul speaks to mine. Her soul is bright yet weathered, having endured so much and come out of it still willing to shine. With her I can just be myself. I don’t have to pretend. I don’t have to guard myself. Maybe I should but if I did then I couldn’t feel half of what I’m feeling.”

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192. “But I loved you. Never as a friend. Always as something more. From the moment you walked into the bar, you owned the word and what it meant for me. I prayed and I dreamed that one day I would get to tell you myself. That no matter how you felt, I would tell you that I loved you and nothing could change that. That it was mine to give to you.” He inhales deeply and says, “And so, I love you, baby blue. I am in love with you. You are love to me. And I’m honored I’m finally able to tell you.”

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193. “Aurora,” he whispers against my mouth. “How can I keep you forever?”

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194. “Parents just don’t understand,” I said into the blanket, my voice muffled. “What?” she asked. I rolled over and gave her a weak smile. “Will Smith was onto something.”

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195. “You are my everything,” I say, lips moving against hers. “I’ve said it before and I will say it again, and I’ll go to my grave saying it. You are my star, my light, my love. And it doesn’t matter if you believe in it or not because it is the truth and the truth always finds a way to shine.”

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196. “I don’t tell him this though. I don’t dare. I keep these feelings – I love you, I need you, I crave you – and the fears – you’ll break me, you’ll wreck me, you’ll condemn me – all to myself.”

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197. “I really did love you,” he said softly. Then he straightened up and his eyes were unreadable. Blank. “But there are some things in this world more important than love. Some things that last longer. Empires. You build something great, something large, something that gets people’s attention, and you’re remembered forever. You love a girl, give her your heart, and you won’t be remembered six years later. Love doesn’t last. But empires do. They go on. And on. And on. Even if just in history books.”

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198. “I didn’t just want Lachlan’s muscles, his lips, his endless skills beneath the sheets. I wanted him, every part of him. The dark bits that were hidden away and only hinted at by tattoos. I desired all of him, like a dying man desires one more breath.”

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199. “I don’t think I will ever be the same. No. I know I won’t be. I can’t be, not after this. There is no going back. And then I’m hit with a sledgehammer made of heart and truth that feels like its blowing me to smithereens. I don’t want to ever be with anyone else. I can’t be with anyone else. I want Linden and I want him forever. Tears spring to my eyes as I clamp them shut and think, You’re it, you’re it, you’re it. All this time you’ve been it.”

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200. “He slowly turned around. “What is love? In English.” I raised my brows. “Love, in English, is love?” “What is it in Spanish?” I was so enthralled by his hypnotic eyes, I could barely remember. “Amore?” He shook his head ever so slightly. “No. Love in Spanish is you.”

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