Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “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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202. “Show me why they call you the Wicked.”

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203. “The world needed to be better. And if it wasn’t possible for it to be better, we, its inhabitants, needed to do better.”

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204. “Where in a medical dictionary does it say a woman cannot handle such things? What is a man’s soul made of that a woman’s is not? I had no idea my innards were composed of cotton and kittens, while yours are filled with steel and steam-driven parts.”

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205. “Though I knew there were many sides to each person if one searched hard enough. No one was entirely good or evil.”

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206. “Science needed coldness for exploratory advancements, but we were still human. Our minds might be made f steel when needed, but our hearts beat with compassion. We still cared deeply fro people and mourned.”

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207. “We might be in Hell, but he felt like Heaven.”

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208. “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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209. “Our hearts are curious things. So sentimental and easily misguided. Pull the right strings or snap the correct cords, and poof! Love strangles intelligence, even in the best of us.”

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210. “You should follow your heart. Forget the rest. Ileana stood and gathered up the used plates and napkins. Thomas is human and will make mistakes, and as long as he apologizes and it’s something yo can live with? It’s worth loving him today. It’s also worth forgiving him, too. You never know when he might be taken from you.”

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

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213. “The demon of war was a strategist on all levels.”

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214. “She’s the muscle. I’m clearly the charm.”

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215. “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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216. “I want our passion to ignite the stars around us, making even the stars jealous.”

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217. “No matter how far I traveled or how hard I pushed it from may mind, Jack the Ripper stalked me, invading every aspect of my life.”

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218. “I am your favorite sin.”

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219. “No matter how much death and horror existed, there were still things of beauty left to find.”

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220. “While my cousin had the voice of a nightingale, Thomas’s singing was atrocious. A cat in heat held a note in a more pleasant manner than he did. At least it proved he wasn’t limitlessly skilled, which pleased me to no end.”

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221. “One may never know what secrets we’ll uncover when we dare to plunge into less... pleasant places.”

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222. “What if I’m the villain? One who’s so vicious, so terrible, I was punished to forget?”

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223. “Life was beautiful even during the darkest hours.”

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224. “Nonna said you could catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. I figured a cannoli would help me catch a prince of Hell just fine.”

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

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227. “Mistakes were a learning experience, not the end of the universe.”

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228. “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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229. “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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230. “He leaned in, bracing himself on either side of me, his expression smoldering enough to start a fire. “Liar.”

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231. “You simply need to know where to look for the questions. An easy mathematical formula applied to Homo sapiens. And behold! Science reigns over nature once more. No emotions needed.”

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232. “Her admirable qualities run much deeper than beauty, though I could certainly pen a thousand sonnets to that.”

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233. “The promise of death was as alluring, if not more so, than the prospect of falling in love. What morbid creatures we were, craving danger and mystery in place of happily-ever-afters.”

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234. “Lord help the girl he set those eyes on for good. His boyish vulnerability was a weapon, powerful and disarming.”

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235. “My gender didn’t handicap me.”

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236. “What good are you, or do you simply excel at being terrible?”

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237. “I will gladly accept any and all books, however. A person can never have too much reading material. Especially on a fall or winter evening. If you’re feeling extra generous, you may include tea. I love a unique blend.”

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238. “Antique pages were a scent that should be bottled up and sold to those who adored the aroma.”

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239. “He looked like someone who understood, intimately, what it was like to lose everything. To be forced to stand when you wished to fall. To get up on your own and then defy the hand of fate that brought so much pain by smacking you down time and again. To choose to live and flourish despite the bad. And most important, to dare to dream of better days while your current world was a living nightmare.”

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240. “Also, you’re quite welcome for the flower. Do place it on your nightstand and think of me while dressing for bed.”

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241. “You are grieving, Audrey Rose. Grief doesn’t equate breaking. You are rebuilding after something... destructive. You’re coming back stronger.” He swallowed hard. “Is that what you believe? That you’re irreparable?”

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242. “Stories make everything possible.”

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243. “Telling Wadsworth how much I loved her wasn’t selfish at all. Quite the opposite.”

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244. “Determination – not fear – settled in my chest like a raging lion. I had been stalked and hunted and had escaped harm thus far.”

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245. “If the world as I knew it was ending, I deserved a drink before I made a deal with the devil.”

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246. “We were already damned to Hell; it was silly to not at least enjoy our descent.”

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247. “Perhaps we’ve finally found your Achilles’ heel, your majesty.”

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248. “If I end up being devoured by ravenous spiders, at least I’ll be memorable for something other than my good looks.”

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249. “Science could not explain the power of love or hope.”

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250. “Do not turn your back on a love that could jump the barrier between life and death.”

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