Top 180 Kennedy Ryan Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Rhyson’s words set my heart free like a stampede of wild notes across a music staff, falling off the lines, running off the page. I’m a composition out of control, without form. Freestyled. Improvised.”

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152. “Nothing against fake lashes. I just don’t like it when the woman blinking them is fake, too.”

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153. “Tomorrow,” she says from the screen, from a wheelchair precipitously close to the edge of a pier, “is the most presumptuous word in the world, because who knows if you even get that.”

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154. “How do people do this? When the rug is pulled out from under the life the thought they would have forever, how do they pretend it’s not seismic? That the roof hasn’t fallen in and they’re trapped under a concrete beam?”

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155. “Children and bored adults need to be entertained. Grown men living with purpose require time and quiet and energy.”

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156. “What color are you?” he repeats, his eyes never leaving my face. “You, Bristol, are a freaking prism.”

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157. “I guide her back down to the couch, and with a hand at her shoulder, urge her to stretch out. I’d shave points off my GPA for a glimpse of her, but she doesn’t want that. I get it, so I settle for a taste.”

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158. “A miracle you can count on.”

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159. “The heart speaks in whispers. I heard too late.”

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160. “I don’t give a damn about odds,” she says. “Odds don’t tell me what I can’t do. Odds just tell me how hard I’ll have to work to get what I want. Don’t allow anyone to make you feel less.”

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161. “It means seeing myself clearly – good, bad, beautiful, ugly, faults, mistakes – acknowledging what I really think and feel, and not judging those emotions. Understanding myself. Not censoring it. Having compassion for myself.”

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162. “Thank you, MiMi.” I blink at my tears with my head tucked into her long, silver braid. “I feel so weak sometimes, and you make me feel strong.”

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163. “I don’t know if it’s mine or if it’s hers, but this moment, this perfect glass-blown moment where our bodies unite and our souls intersect, this moment belongs to us.”

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164. “We are artists,” she quotes softly, her eyes set on mine. “When there is no joy to be found, we have the power in our hands, the will of our souls, to make it.”

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165. “I love your body because it has you in it.”

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166. “You have no idea what I’d do for you if you’d let me.” He runs his thumb over my bottom lip., his touch light, but enough to seize my breath. Enough to triple my heartbeat. “But one day you will.”

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167. “He’s looking at me like I’m the sunrise and he’s grateful for a brand new day.”

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168. “But now and for the rest of my life, Kai is the living, breathing address that is my home. She’s my entire damn zip code. In.”

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169. “Your zip code shouldn’t determine the quality of your education.”

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170. “Seeing you wear my number is like a wet dream wrapped in a hand job.”

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171. “Oh.” That’s the best I can do. It’s been so many years, and I hope we can put this behind us, but I hadn’t planned on confronting this particular demon for Christmas.”

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172. “Don’t you feel how connected we are?” I ask. “If I break your heart, I break mine.” A sweet smile spreads over her lips and she nods.”

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173. “Every time I’m near her I want to pour accelerant all over my anger so it burns us both to ash.”

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174. “Iris said they come from a long line of voodoo high priestesses. I see it in Lotus. A regalness – a mystery and an aura, like she knows your thoughts before you think them and is fully capable of changing your mind.”

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175. “No.” I want to take her with him just yards away.”

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176. “And every time I make you smile, I feel like I’ve conquered the world.”

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177. “I look at her, cataloging her features one by one and realizing the most fascinating thing about this girl isn’t visible to the naked eye.”

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178. “No matter what happens, my heart and my soul, I give them to you. They’re yours to keep.” “Yours to keep,” I echo back to him, threading our fingers together. “The only thing that’s true, that’s real, is this, Pep.” He pulls my other hand over his heart, pressing his hand over mine. “So you don’t have to worry about losing me. You can’t lose me. My soul is lodged that deeply in yours. I’m completely yours.”

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179. “Your story is your most powerful weapon. We must use our hurts to help. I.”

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180. “Say it again.” He advances deeper into the room until he stands right in front of me. “I need to hear it again.” “I love you,” I say, my voice sober and honest. “I think I have for a long time.” He cups my cheek and kisses my hair. “Me, too,” he says, the look in his eyes belying the casual tone of his voice. “Since senior year, to be exact.”

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181. “She is bright and good. And I can be dark, bad when I have to be. Sometimes when I don’t have to be, but just want to be. She is day and I am night. When day and night are absolutely equal, it’s equinox. Banner is my equinox. My equal. The revelation rattles around inside me, but my face, my surface remains smooth.”

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182. “Breathe out the lies. That it was your fault. That you failed. That you are what they said you were. Breathe in truth. You are pure. You are enough. You are strong.”

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183. “No one has to tell a queen to wear her crown.”

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184. “I’ve never felt like this about anyone else, and I’m not giving you up once I have you. You better get used to that.”

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185. “But you have one more time to put your finger in my face and step to me.”

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186. “My waters rise, and like a river bursting free of its banks, I overflow.”

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187. “Grief is a grind. It is the work of breathing and waking and rising and moving through a world that feels emptier. A gaping hole has been torn into your existence, and everyone around you just walks right past it like it’s not even there. But all you can do is stand and stare.”

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188. “We splinter into a thousand pieces in her kitchen, becoming more together than we were apart. More than we were alone. With whispered promises and words of love, we exchange hearts.”

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189. “There is no place, no spot on the continuum of time that could have hidden this man from me.”

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190. “Everyone falls for Banner. Whether they feel like she’s the daughter they never had, like Karen does, or like she’s the best thing that ever happened to their business, like that blowhard Cal Bagley. Or that she’s the only girl for them, like Zo does. Too bad about Zo because she’s actually the only girl for me. He’ll find someone else. I have faith in him.”

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191. “You’re not asking the wrong question. Is it the most important question, though?”

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192. “Question is, how did you live? Did you live or just wait for death to come? Not me. I ain’t waiting for nothing.”

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193. “Give yourself permission to let it hurt, but allow yourself permission to let it heal.” Nikki Rowe, Once a Girl, Now a Woman.”

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194. “So what color am I then?” I ask before thinking better of it. He’ll probably just say I’m white, obviously. “What color are you?” he repeats, his eyes never leaving my face. “You, Bristol, are a freaking prism.”

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195. “I will kiss him a million times in our life together and never tire of it. My lips will always cling, curious and searching. His touch is an endless thrill.”

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196. “It’s us admitting to the universe we don’t have all the answers. Too often religion says yes, I do have all the answers, and if you don’t like them, you can’t sit at my table. So we have all these tables. Too many tables, and not enough love.”

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197. “I’m so ready, Bristol could breathe on me and I’d probably come all over her.”

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198. “He’s also sharp. I’d know immediately if someone wanted my girl, and I could be wrong, but I think Zo is sharp enough to at least suspect I want his. Only I don’t think of Banner as his. Banner was taken from me.”

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199. “She looks like me,” he says. “I told you we’re twins. Lemme check the Cloud for a picture.” Did.”

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