Top 100 Keri Lake Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “How cruel a fate to gift him with the warmth and sunlight, a mere breath of contentment in his otherwise cold and rayless world, only to steal it away.”

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52. “I’ve also come to realize that pain doesn’t strike at once, as one might think. It’s organic. From the moment you fall in love with someone, your pain begins.”

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53. “The wealthy possess an insatiable appetite for the rare and priceless. They stare because you’re the only thing worth staring at.”

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54. “I fell in love with him–his abrasive heart and blood-stained hands. The dangerous and erudite professor, with fiery eyes and cold steel flesh. We hid away in shadows, stealing kisses under midnight stars. He taught me passion and courage, and to seize what I wanted by the teeth. And in return, I taught him to feel again.”

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55. “Everything is poison with the proper dose. Even you.”

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56. “If Heaven existed, I’d found it in those ancient, dark hallways, under cold misty skies with autumn’s wet leaves sticking to the soles of my boots, in the scent of coffee and old books. And him. My moody and devilishly handsome professor.”

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57. “I plucked a piece of lint from my black slacks and offered a small but insincere smile.”

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58. “Refusing to look at her was like trying not to look at a star captured in the palm of his hand.”

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59. “And so the moth befriended the flame.”

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60. “What wicked spells you weave, little witch.”

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61. “There are darknesses in life and there are lights. You are one of the lights.”

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62. “Most people assume that I enjoy sleeping all the time. They never consider that I don’t enjoy being sad.”

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63. “Beg all you like.” He let out a sardonic chuckle. “I’d quite like to see you on your knees.”

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64. “An incredibly beautiful, but annoying, problem.”

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65. “We were rained in together. Alone. In the dungeon of the building. I was going to be sleeping over with Professor Bramwell. Doctor Death.”

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66. “His finger trailed down my temple, and he pushed a stray hair behind my ear. “I shiver when I look at you. Because every cell in my body knows you are the only creature capable of destroying me. The only thing in this world I would die for.”

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67. “Goodnight.” “Goodnight, Lunamiszka.” “Do I still annoy you?” she asked. “Endlessly.”

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68. “They stare because you’re the only thing worth staring at.”

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69. “Are you okay?” Lilia asked, giving a squeeze of my hand. “I will be.” I lifted her hand to my lips and kissed her knuckles. “What did he say to you?” “He just said that I was too beautiful to fret over this scar. And that I should look out for you because you’re all he has left.”

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70. “Allow me to caution you, Miss Vespertine. You are a confused moth dancing about a wild flame. Blind to the incomprehensible danger of your curiosities.”

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71. “It was there that I began to wonder if what I felt for Lilia was something more than I cared to admit.”

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72. “Just to clarify–we’re friends.” Spencer chuckled, shaking his head. “Who hurt you?”

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73. “You’re a sickness inside of me that begs never to be cured. Infecting me with this unshakable craving for things I shouldn’t want.”

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74. “She was the warmth of the sun on a cold and rotting corpse. The first breath after a lifetime of death.”

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75. “No one touched what belonged to me without repercussions. My class. My requirements. My student. Without a doubt, Lilia Vespertine was going to be a massive headache. But she was my headache.”

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76. “The girl with the moon in her eyes and fire in her soul.”

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77. “You’re thinking about feeding me to the fyredrakes again, aren’t you? Perhaps I should meet these terrible beasts, so I can truly appreciate your threat without rolling my eyes.”

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78. “Do I still annoy you?” she asked. “Endlessly.”

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79. “I’m not going anywhere. You and I? This? There’s no escaping it. Doesn’t matter how fast you run, or how far you get, I will always be inside you just like this. In your bones and in your blood and in your head. It doesn’t matter what you tell the universe–what secrets you spill. Nothing can change what we are, what we’ve become.”

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80. “What in the gods’ shriveled balls is this?”

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81. “You’re mine. And I would never hurt what’s mine.”

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82. “No. You pray to a god that doesn’t listen, and you’re shocked when he doesn’t come to save you.”

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83. “Says who? I happen to get very attached to my fictional boyfriends.”

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84. “Lilia. Her name was a dirty scalpel plunged deep inside my chest, past crumbling bones and decayed flesh.”

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85. “Tell me,” he whispered. “Tell me what you refuse to say aloud. What you think every night before you go to sleep. Tell me the words you say in dreams, when no one can hear you.”

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86. “Eyes locked on his, I reached up the hem of my skirt and pulled down my panties, slipping them over my ankles. I balled them in my palm and stuffed them into the pocket of his slacks, next to the hard length that brushed the edge of my thumb. “Panties are for the modest,” I said, and turned for the door.”

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87. “You let any other undeserving prick near it, and I will cut out his tongue and send it to you in a specimen jar.”

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88. “Stay out of trouble, Curious Moth,” he said, as he strode for the door. Curious Moth. A nickname. A fitting one, too, given the fact that I had no intentions of avoiding the flame.”

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89. “One touch would end this agonizing curiosity, but might just send me spiraling into madness.”

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90. “Hands gripped my face as he held me imprisoned in that breathless moment, then pressed his forehead to mine. “I’ll never know what in seven hells inspired the universe to send you to me, Maevyth.” “Some might call it a punishment,” I said, smiling. “If this is punishment, then I welcome an eternity of suffering.” The kiss that followed was gentle and teasing in the way he merely brushed his lips across mine. “You consume me entirely, little moon witch.”

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91. “My, my, Maevyth. You are a naughty girl,” she said with an edge of amusement.”

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92. “Some kisses were said to feel like fireworks. His felt like a slow-drip anesthetic, silently siphoning my senses, until all I could smell, taste, and feel was him.”

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93. “For those who feel lost in a dark and pathless wood. Believe in the magic beyond the trees.”

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94. “A note. I opened it to find a small plastic card with the Dragon’s Lair coffee shop logo on it. The attached paper simply said: Now you can buy coffee whenever you like. –B.”

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95. “Or perhaps it’s the sea who fears the depths of you, Miss Vespertine.”

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96. “What a terrible burden to watch something die.”

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97. “A delicious mixture of coffee and spicy cologne trailed after him.”

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98. “And just how does that benefit you as a reader? A voyeur, essentially. You have no intimate connection with these fictional characters.” “Says who? I happen to get very attached to my fictional boyfriends.” Yet another frown. “Boyfriends?” “I read a lot.”

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99. “I wouldn’t consider reading books in solitary the worst scenario.”

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100. “He groaned. “Must you always prod for an explanation?” “Yes. I like to have clarity of thought. Why are you so hesitant to say?”

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