Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “I wanted a spell to bottle this feeling and sip from it whenever I desired.”

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102. “Love and hate are both rooted in passion.”

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103. “I would never know what was best for myself with someone offering unsolicited advice at each step. Mistakes were a learning experience, not the end of the universe.”

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104. “Most stories are too good to be true. That’s what makes them enchanting.”

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105. “Tonight is fall asleep to the image of gold-flecked eyes and a wicked mouth. And all the wonderful ways I might one day explore those lips in dark, empty rooms. Our passion burning brighter than all the stars in the sky. Saints drag me to hell.”

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106. “You can’t apply mathematical formulas to people, Cresswell. There’s no equation for human emotion, there are too many variables.”

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107. “Wield your assets like a blade, Cousin. No man has invented a corset for our brains. Let them think they rule the world. It’s a queen who sits on that throne. Never forget that.”

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108. “Of course. There is nothing more dangerous than a woman who owns who she is and apologizes to no one.”

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109. “We needn’t complete each other, we complemented each other.”

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110. “I rolled my eyes. Leave it to Uncle Jonathan to worry about prostitution being too much for my feminine persuasion, yet think nothing of me seeing a body spliced open before I’d even had my luncheon.”

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111. “Love makes fools of the wisest.”

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112. “Back home, women were taught that those wants were evil, wrong. Men could indulge in their baser needs and no one called them ungodly. They were rakes, rogues – scandalous but not ostracized for their behavior. A man with a healthy sexual appetite was considered to be full of vitality, a prime catch. Experienced for his partner, should he ever decide to wed. While women were taught to remain virginal, pure. As if our wants were dirty, shameful things.”

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113. “Your heart will conquer darkness. Trust in that.”

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114. “One day you might beg me to kiss you.” He stepped close enough for me to stab him.”

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115. “Memories, like hearts, can be stolen.”

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116. “It was more than lust. More than a physical need. I adored every part of her. If she asked me to, I’d unleash every one of my desires, pleasuring her in a way that would let her know precisely how much I cherished her.”

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117. “Greatness lies in being driven, in not settling simply because you’ve reached one goal. It’s a state of perpetual climbing and striving to best yourself.”

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118. “If you can dream without limits, you can soar to great heights. Let the magic of your imagination set you free.”

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119. “You simply need to hone your powers of deduction, Wadsworth. Look at the obvious and go from there. Most people ignore what’s right before their eyes. They believe they see, but oftentimes only view what they want.”

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120. “The first part of being a good scientist was remaining open to studying all variables, even ones we don’t necessarily understand. How little my mind would be if I dismissed a possibility without investigating it, simply because it didn’t fit into a preconceived notion.”

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121. “You can trust me with your life, Camilla. That is something precious. Something I’d never play with. No matter what game is happening. Truth?”

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122. “And I love being a sinner too much to ever be a saint.”

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123. “I was determined to be both pretty and fierce, as Mother had said I could be. Just because I was interested in a man’s job didn’t mean I had to give up being girly. Who defined those roles anyhow?”

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124. “You’ve stared Fear in its nasty face and made it tremble. You will make it through this, Wadsworth. We will mange it through this. That is a fact more tangling than any dream or nightmare. I promised I’d never lie to you. I intend to honor my word.”

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125. “Diamonds were everything I hoped to be; beautiful, yet containing unimaginable strength.”

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126. “Standing back so someone can walk the rest of their path alone is often the most difficult part, especially when you care.”

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127. “Sometimes strength is knowing when to tend to yourself for a bit.”

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128. “The stars incline us, they do not bind us.”

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129. “Being a realist didn’t mean I was a defeatist. Maybe things would be better if I stopped fighting, and waited to see if the devil wanted to claim me.”

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130. “I ignored him and slipped into the shadows, letting him talk to himself. He seemed to enjoy the sound of his own voice well enough. It felt rude to interrupt.”

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131. “Of all the complex puzzles the world offered, who would have guessed my emotions would be the greatest challenge of my life?”

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132. “He’d tasted blood then had the nerve to stare at me like I was another delicacy put on this earth for his pleasure alone.”

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133. “Darkness was never as appealing as the light to most, but that didn’t mean it was any less integral to life. Too much sunshine withered the soul. Balance was the key.”

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134. “You don’t say,” he said. “Personally, I’d rather stay in, reading.”

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135. “Why is it whenever a man throws a tantrum a woman is blamed for his poor behavior?”

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136. “Never forget: forging a bond made from love is as dangerous as those made though hate.”

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137. “Only you can decide how to move forward.”

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138. “It was amazing how much one person could fill up a space and leave it so hollow when they were gone.”

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139. “Grief wasn’t simply a shadow that followed people around; it was the worst sort of companion. It was an emotion that could either encourage someone to wither away through sorrow and tears or turn them into a monster. Craving vengeance like blood. Justice. Retribution. As if spilling blood would bring that one person back. I would know. It was the very same spark that ignited my current path.”

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140. “For there are no limits to the stars; their numbers are infinite. Which is precisely why I measure my love for you by them. An amount too boundless to count.”

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141. “What is a man’s soul made of that a woman’s is not?”

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142. “Grief was a vat of quicksand; the more one struggled against it, the deeper it pulled one under.”

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143. “All my life I’d longed for freedom – freedom to pick and choose every detail of my life. To make good decisions and horrible ones. Decisions that would break my heart and remake it ten times over. I just never knew having choices could be so hard.”

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144. “The devil may be nasty, but he doesn’t perform tricks.” His smile was temptation incarnate. “He bargains.”

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145. “Monsters were in the eye of the beholder. And no one wanted to discover their hero was the true villain of the story.”

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146. “Why don’t you talk to me about what’s really troubling you? What emotional dilemma needs sorting out?” He patted his legs. “Sit here and I’ll rock you gently until you or I or both fall asleep.”

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147. “Some ghosts should remain good and buried, Niece.”

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148. “One day you’ll call me death. For now, Wrath will do.”

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149. “I am your favorite sin.”

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150. “If you wish to go, I’ll never make you stay. I might not do and say the proper thing all the time, but I do know that I love you enough to set you free.”

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