Top 500 Krista Ritchie Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “I spent my time running towards goals and ambitions. I never wasted a moment to consider the loneliness around me, and to this day, all I see are the things I achieved, not the things I lost. So I can’t relate to you, no matter if I took more time to try.”

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152. “I want you for eternity, not for a brief moment in time.”

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153. “I check the tag: horse cock. I swear I’m not lying. I rotate to Connor. He’s not the least bit flustered. “For you,” I say with a tight smile.”

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154. “I’m afraid of watching the people I love get hurt. I’m afraid of hurting the people I love. Sometimes I feel like no matter what I do, I’m going to fall into one of the two.”

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155. “It’s just me and her. We.”

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156. “Friends aren’t forever.”

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157. “His lips rise. “I usually dumb down around the intellectually deficient so I don’t come off like a complete prick.” I think he just called me stupid.”

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158. “We’re like lightning and thunder, inherently different but alike enough to share the same sky.”

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159. “I’m clawing at something that doesn’t want me. And to say goodbye is like severing a part of me that I can’t easily replace.”

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160. “I realize that he took a piece of me with him. When I told this to Rose, she patted my shoulder and said I was being irrational.”

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161. “Diet Fizz as a chaser,” Nikolai says, “or a Fizz Life.”

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162. “I found solace in fashion. I found peace and happiness.”

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163. “He’s a true friend,” Lo says with a bitter smile. He says things just to agitate people, I swear.”

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164. “I fear the moment where neither of us can breathe again – when someone discovers our secrets. At any moment, everything can crumble beneath us. The dangerous game both excites and terrifies me.”

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165. “I am not the girl you want to sleep with every week. I’m the chase. The one you catch and then release.”

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166. “He pushes back, still trapping me against the elevator wall. His breath hitches against my mouth, maybe overwhelmed at the newness of being with a man. Like he’s been starving for this his whole life and wants to drink his entire fill in one go.”

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167. “I gave you my heart a long time ago, and I’m not sure I remind you enough that you still have it. All of it.”

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168. “The man who raised me sat me down and said not to hate who I am because that’s a surefire way to die before you’re dead.”

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169. “Strength comes in all different sizes and packages and molds.”

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170. “Happiness. I sense it all around me. For however fleeting it may be, I grasp it now. I hang on and I ride this moment out.”

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171. “You have a place in my heart no one else could ever have.”

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172. “Life does move too quickly. And I can’t predict a second of it.”

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173. “Lo,” I interject. Please don’t leave me just yet. “Yeah?” “I’m waiting for you.” I love you.”

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174. “My advice,” I say, “don’t seek love from other people. Just love who you are enough that it won’t matter whether or not you find your Rochester.”

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175. “I’m a man of extraordinary talents, but I need you.” He swallows. “Do you hear what I’m saying?”

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176. “You’re pretty miserable, Mother, and you’re married.” – Rose Calloway.”

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177. “I’m the shield that protects Maximoff Hale, and I’m never going to break and leave him defenceless.”

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178. “Vegas may be a genie, willing to grant wishes, but it’s also a devil in disguise, here to slay our dreams just as quickly.”

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179. “Being in a real relationship was supposed to fix the kinks in our lives. It should’ve made our problems easier. We no longer have to pretend. We can be ourselves. We’re free from one lie. Isn’t this the part where our love overcomes our addictions? Where our problems magically solve from a kiss and a promise?”

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180. “The greatest medicine on Earth isn’t a pill. It’s compassion. The ability to make someone feel less alone.”

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181. “Will you let me know when you get your superpower?” He nods, and his fingers slide across the base o my neck. I love that he touches me so much more. “I have to warn you though, I may not have one.” “That’s okay,” I say. “Sometimes I like the idea of just being mortal with you.”

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182. “There is absolutely nothing you could do or say or anything that could happen that’d make me embarrassed to be your husband.”

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183. “I tuck a strand of my dyed blonde hair behind my ear. It’s waist-length and has a habit of being everywhere all the time. Like right now. I am pretty much swaddled in it. I empathize greatly with Rapunzel. She had it rough.”

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184. “I glance back at Connor and Rose and realize they’ve been pretty much silent. They just stare at each other for a really, really long time, as though talking through their eyes. “Is this what smart people do?” I whisper to Lo. “They must have some superhuman telepathic power that we don’t have.”

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185. “We speak of moving mountains, but sometimes people can completely rotate the world, just so someone else can land upright on their feet.”

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186. “I never even dreamed about falling in love until I fell in love with him.”

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187. “No cuddling?” “Not tonight.” “That’s my line.”

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188. “I know what it’s like to be second-best to people you love. Hell, not even second-best. Third-best. Fifth best. In some scenarios, the worst.”

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189. “I’m alive,′ I whisper, ’for these kinds of moments.”

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190. “And I’m happy for me. Because I finally love who I am.”

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191. “Three years later and drowning in lies, we’re suddenly prepared to lose everything for the chance at something real.”

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192. “She’s trying to find herself. Some days I still wonder if I’ve found me. Maybe we never stop searching. Maybe we evolve the way seasons change, seamlessly without really knowing, not until all the leaves have fallen. This is who I am today. Tomorrow I may be the same. But in years, I’ll be someone else. Someone I may like more. Someone I may like less. And that’s okay. Because I’m still living.”

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193. “My eyes well up with emotion that stings. “I can’t fight or change what I feel.” I add, “I think about you all the time – I think about what it’d be like to kiss you. I’ve imagined kissing you, and more – way further.”

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194. “Back then,” he says, “I was so addicted to you.” He truly smiles, a very, very rare one. “I still am.”

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195. “Give Ryke Meadows my ashes. I want to be in the clouds, and no one is going to get there but him.”

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196. “And overwhelmed. When someone reaches out and gives you a hand – for no other reason than to see your success – it’s powerful. And rare.”

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197. “I’m just hanging on, Banks.” He sighs heavily. “The only certainty I have right now is you and her.”

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198. “And this is the part of the story where I recognize that Paul Donnelly does not care if harm comes to him. Either he believes he’s strong enough to defeat any evil, like most bodyguards would, or he does not value his life as much as he values the life of others.”

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199. “You know that theory I have about friends not being forever... or even for a while? Well, every theory has an exception. Ryke is mine.”

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200. “Lo made me promise to wait for him. Maybe I should have made him promise to return to me.”

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