Top 400 Kerri Maniscalco Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “It seemed an awful thing for a medical tool to be called a breadknife when its purpose was to carve into specimens and not baked goods.”

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252. “He was the only truth left in this world I understand.”

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253. “A mind is a powerful weapon, but it doesn’t have to be used wickedly,” I said. “That’s a choice.”

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254. “He was in love. How exceptionally wonderful for him. I wished them both a lifetime of misery with ill-mannered children. I swallowed my annoyance down and plastered on a smile. “I hope you’ll both be very happy together.”

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255. “Tell me having a cat’s affection and a good book doesn’t sound like an ideal evening.”

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256. “Grief doesn’t equate breaking.”

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257. “Wrath was the devil.”

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258. “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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259. “On a ship filled with devilish debauchery, hope seemed to be the deadliest sin of them all.”

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260. “If it’s a confession you’re after, I’m afraid you won’t find it here. I’ve not killed anyone or anything. Except a few mosquitoes. And I don’t feel too apologetic about that, especially after they took off with a hefty amount of blood and left wicked itching.”

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261. “What is your issue with prostitutes anyhow? It’s not her fault society is so unjust to women.”

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262. “It was that intensity she’d loved imagining, that feeling of being wholly consumed by another person. Just once she wanted someone to want her. Not her art. Not her talent. Her. Sometimes she felt so alone.”

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263. “You would miss me terribly and know it. Just as I would miss you in ways I cannot fathom, should we ever part.”

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264. “Hope in an invisible yet might force. Don’t dismiss it’s power.”

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265. “The stars are out and they’re falling like feathers.”

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266. “A grandmother’s love was its own sort of powerful magic.”

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267. “Their minds were crying out to be set free, but they refused to unbind them.”

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268. “We humans could not help loving our monsters.”

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269. “Anger was a wall to hide grief behind.”

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270. “Legends are meant to inspire fear. Anastasia stood. They must be larger than the life we lead in order to maintain their lure for generations.”

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271. “Shall we see about solving another gruesome murder, my love?”

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272. “I believe it’s important to incorporate both science and instinct, sir.”

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273. “Part of growing older means letting go. You can’t move forward if you never take those first few steps onto new ground. Now’s the time to be brave, Daughter. Walking into the future means trusting in yourself even when you can’t see around the bend. As long as you’re certain this is what you want, all will be well.”

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274. “People carved words into weapons often, but they only had power if I listened to them instead of trusting in myself.”

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275. “Always foster and grow that unquenchable curiosity of yours.” I smiled. That was a promise I fully intended to keep.”

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

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

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278. “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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279. “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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280. “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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281. “If my enemies wanted to create doubt in me, I’d believe in my own abilities even more. Even if I had to fake it until it felt real.”

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282. “Please assist me with any advice you may possess. I’m much better equipped to extract a heart than encourage one, it seems.”

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283. “It was far better to be angry rather than turn into a ghost of my former self from sadness and grief.”

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284. “I refuse to believe you’ve misinterpreted my affections. I am wholly in love with you. And it is permanent.”

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285. “You fight. You fight for what you want. You do not wallow or surrender. The lesson in not in lying down and allowing yourself to be stabbed, child. It’s in pushing yourself up and battling back.” Her eyes flashed. “You fell down. So? Will you stay there, weeping over skinned knees? Or will you brush off your skirts, adjust your hair, and carry on? Do not relinquish your grasp on hope. It’s one go the best weapons anyone possesses.”

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286. “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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287. “Passion and annoyance were fire, and fire was alive and crackling with power.”

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288. “Flesh-and-blood men were the real monsters, and they could be cut down easily enough.”

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289. “It felt the first indication a violent storm was approaching. The sort where you either stood your ground or ran for cover. It was as if the air between us grew heavy and dark with the promise of nature’s fury. If I closed my eyes, I could imagine thunder rattling my teeth as winds whipped around, threatening to drag me into the swirling vortex and devour me whole. It was the kind of storm that broke cities, destroyed realms.”

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290. “One of the hardest things anyone can do is live in the here and now. Not worry about the future, not rehash the past.”

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291. “He’ll take one look at us and run in the other direction. Lest the lame-legged boy chase him with his walking stick.” “It is a cane, and it is quite a handsome cane. The Ripper should be too pleased to be assaulted by such a work of rustic art.”

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

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294. “One thing I can promise,” his voice was deep and sensual in the dark, “is you won’t ever doubt it’s real when I touch you.” Frustrated, embarrassed, and furious to have submitted to desiring him for even one second, I plucked up his shirt and roughly tugged it back on before flopping onto my side. “Someone’s cocky.” “Says the person rubbing up against my c –.”

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295. “A heart was a curious thing. So contradictory. The way it ached in both good and bad ways. The way it leapt with joy and ceased with sorrow. It could beat madly and wildly during both pleasure and pain.”

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

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297. “You’re both so intelligent in matters involving the mind, but the heart? It’s as if beings from other galaxies are puzzling out fried potatoes.”

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298. “My gender didn’t handicap me.”

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299. “I didn’t expect anyone to be out so early – or so late depending on the circumstances – especially with the threat of another storm approaching. I should have known better than to apply that rule to Audrey Rose. Nothing as pedestrian as the weather would keep her caged when she had a goal to achieve and a young woman’s murder to solve.”

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

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