Top 400 Karina Halle Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Everyone! Can I have your attention please,” Will calls out so that everyone is staring at him. Which was totally unnecessary because everyone already was staring at him. It’s hard not to notice when a six foot two linebacker of a man in an Armani suit stands up on a table in your office. Good thing we have very high ceilings. “This is your doing, Jackie-O,” my father whispers to me. “He was normal before he ever met you.”

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

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

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205. “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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206. “There is no pain, Javier,” I assured him. “Not anymore. I want you to finish your name. I am more yours than I am Salvador’s.”

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207. “I don’t want to be brave for anyone else anymore. I only want to be brave for you.”

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208. “It’s like if you’re not strong all the time, you’re not a real woman or something.”

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209. “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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210. “Dedication For anyone who has ever taken a chance on uncertainty.”

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211. “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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212. “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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213. “He’s also taller than I thought, maybe six feet, with a slim but athletic build. His pants hug his hips just enough to outline a bit of a visible bulge. Or maybe it’s just the lighting in here. Or maybe I’m just a pervert.”

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

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215. “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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216. “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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217. “Something in my chest snaps and shakes loose. I love her. I love her so god damn much.”

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218. “Dinner was a lonely affair. Funny how you could be surrounded by your family, your blood, and yet feel totally alone. Even with the sun shining on the sparkling shores of English Bay and Josh at my side, I felt like I was invisible, and in a dark, dark place.”

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219. “You’re bad.” “You love that I’m bad.” She smiled serenely at me. “You know I do.”

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

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221. “Let me in. Let me be here for everything, all the good, all the bad. All your light and all your dark.”

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222. “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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223. “Losing love is lonely. Losing it because of something you did is deathly.”

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224. “I love him with every part of me, all the whole parts and the broken parts and the parts that are still mending. I.”

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225. “He was still a douchecanoe. The douchecanoe who was going to paddle me to safety.”

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226. “That’s the beauty of traveling. Haven’t you caught on yet? There are no strangers here, just friends you haven’t met yet.”

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227. “Nine years. I’ve been waiting nine years for this. Nine years to finally have you the way I’ve always needed you.”

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228. “We were Dex and Perry and our relationship seemed to thrive on the universe being out of order. Either that or our relationship actually caused the world to turn upside down. It was hard to say.”

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229. “If only, if only, if only. But hindsight has never done anyone any favors.”

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230. “You can’t be happy if you’re hangry all the time.”

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231. “Maybe this wasn’t how we saw our lives going but right now, I can’t think of it going any other way. I know you have your reservations and you’re entitled to them. I have mine too. I know we’ve only known each other for a few weeks and I know we’re not in love. We’re barely in like. But I do know that I want to do this with you and I can only hope you’ll do it with me.”

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232. “The driver seems to have no regard for traffic lights, or other cars, or pedestrians, or roads, or even life itself.”

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233. “My past has such a hold on me, like I’m stopped at a red light that never changes, waiting for that green light that never comes.”

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234. “Some would say karma, but Javier never much believed in that. What he did believe in was that sooner or later, everyone will be at the same level, everything will even out. It was just luck if you were alive to see it happen.”

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235. “No one should be judged for what they read, nor should authors by what they write.”

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236. “I know I only have you like this, in this moment right now, but even just a moment with you is enough. Anything more than that is too good for the likes of me.”

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237. “The surf was out of control and wild. The wind was powerful. So powerful it was hard to stand up. But I felt free. So damn free. It was beyond euphoric. It was practically cathartic. Spiritual. I remember so clearly the feeling of that wind sweeping off the Pacific, assaulting my face with brine and secrets from the deep. I closed my eyes, held my arms back like I was going to fly. The sun beat down on me, birds flew close to shore. I’d never felt so in tune and connected with the world before.”

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238. “It soothed me, coating my heart, making me forget everything I knew. Yes, I was drowning again, but this time for the right reasons. There was no better reason than love.”

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239. “He lied. I lied. Any love that starts out under a lie is bound to kill you. I just didn’t want to die on my feet.”

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240. “Isn’t that the best person to want? The person that knows you inside and out. The person who has seen you at your ugliest and most beautiful and still wants to be with you. The person who believes in you and has your back, no matter what.”

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241. “I wanted him, I wanted his thoughts and his fears and his feelings but I didn’t want to give away a single ounce of myself.”

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242. “I’m stunned by the sight of him. No, floored. My knees actually feel weak, and I dig my heels down into the grass to try and keep upright.”

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243. “You were it for me. I gave my heart to you and I never got it back. I don’t even think I wanted it back.”

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244. “I think dogs come to you when you need them just as much as when they need you.”

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245. “He was once the man I loved more than anything in the world. But he was also the man who would never be mine.”

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246. “So that’s it. It has one ex-girlfriend of mine. And it’s not satisfied. It wants the only person left on this earth that I... that I’d do anything for. Just throw her into the pot, who cares. I lost her once, I cannot lose her again.”

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247. “I think I’m losing myself,” I whisper to her after we’ve come, our bodies naked, sweaty and sated, limbs draped over limbs, hands holding onto hands. My throat feels thick, my breath heavy, my words weigh a ton. “Every time I’m inside you, with you, I think I lose a little bit more.” I turn my head to the side to look at her. She’s staring at me with big, wet eyes so full of everything I could ever want from her. “In the end you might have all my pieces,” I tell her. “Please be gentle with them.”

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248. “She was a dream that was seconds from becoming a nightmare, a present that was about to be taken back.”

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249. “I didn’t know what the future held. But I knew it held Dex. And that was more than good enough for me.”

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250. “She’s beautiful in a dramatic, romantic way. Her face could inspire gothic novels from long ago. If Helen of Troy’s face could launch a thousand ships, Violet McQueen’s face could launch a thousand stories, all filled with lust, heartache, and death.”

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