Top 500 Krista Ritchie Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “I’m feeling a lot lamer than usual. I mean, I know I’m half-lame most of the time, with flat comebacks and unintentional demonic glares. But I’m reaching new levels.”

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202. “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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203. “When Garrison talks about Willow and when Willow talks about Garrison, they look like they’re smiling up at the moon.”

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204. “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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205. “Connor kisses Rose’s forehead and I read his lips: I love you.”

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206. “With my help, you’ll do better on the next one.” “I’m still her tutor,” Connor says. “No you’re not,” Rose tells him. “I have familial rights to this one.” She points at Lo. “You can take that rodent.” Lo flips her off.”

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207. “It’s just me and her. We.”

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208. “I grazed her from head to toe: black high heels, dark red lipstick, sleek brown pony and those tyrannical yellow-green eyes, burning holes into the glass. I was sharing an elevator with a tempestuous, electric storm that I refused to calm. I always wished to be swept into madness, if only for a moment, to truncate the mundane, ordinary moments of my existence.”

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209. “Lies tear at relationships until they’re nothing but unwound threads.”

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210. “It’s like leaving the bathroom with a piece of toilet paper hanging from my pants.”

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211. “I need him to feel whole.”

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212. “Her words defeated me, tearing down any ounce of resilience. I have nothing left to give, no comfort to spare. I feel like a shell, waiting for the hermit to return home.”

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213. “She deserves to be free of me.”

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

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

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216. “I thought it was going to be hard – being selfless. But when you love someone with the deepest parts of your soul, they become your biggest exception.”

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217. “The relationships that take the most effort and time become the mightiest in the end.”

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218. “That’s not exactly fair, Court,” Mykal says, lifting up his plate to eyelevel. “I put a great deal of love into this meal.”

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219. “For the first time, I yearn for tomorrow and cherish yesterday and live for today. It’s peace that no one will take from me.”

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220. “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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221. “Your lives have value, and your deaths have none.”

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222. “We’re terrible at so many things – remembering important dates, college, making friends – but the one thing we’ve always been halfway decent at is being together.”

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223. “Why is the most significant person in her life her savior and her demon?”

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224. “Our combined IQs wouldn’t even be humanly possible,” she cuts him off. “Exactly. We defy the impossible,” he says with a smartass grin.”

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225. “I don’t understand why we have to do this right now.” He scoots his chair into the table. “Because, Lily Calloway, you seem like the type of girl who will never return my calls.”

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226. “Ensemble,” she whispers in French. Together.”

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227. “How do you two even work?” His face is still in that grimace. “Are you always on top?”

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228. “He’s taking care of me to a new degree. It makes me feel more than just loved. I feel like I’m truly his.”

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229. “How is it possible to know what you’re good at and what you love so young? What if you never find out? What if you spend a lifetime searching with no real answer in the end? The future is depressing.”

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230. “Surprise kisses are the best.”

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231. “But he’s a masochist; I swear he does things he knows will hurt him in the end.”

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232. “I don’t ever have to make that trade. You know why?” “Why?” “You’re the kind of guy who would do anything to give me both the cake and the kiss.” I.”

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233. “I want to be there with you,” he says. “I don’t want Ryke to be the one to protect you. That’s my job, and I plan to be a hell of a lot better at it than before...”

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234. “But I can’t. Not here. And so I’m left craving something that will never come.”

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235. “No. I just don’t like talking to you.”

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236. “I think, sometimes, we have more faith in each other than we do in ourselves.”

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237. “So I pointed at the sun ascending in the horizon. Just as the darkened sky began to lighten. “Keep your eyes there.” Her green ones flickered to me before following my finger. Her pulse picked up speed. “And what happens when it disappears?” I would’ve loved to tell her that it never would. That no matter where we were the sun would always be present. But it wouldn’t have been true. The only thing we could count on was that the sun would rise again. “Wait for it to return,” I told her.”

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238. “Ryke belongs with nature, able to withstand the seasons and time just like the rocks he climbs. He keeps going, he keeps moving, and he picks everyone up when they’ve fallen behind.”

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239. “Poppy shares my smile. “I think we’d all do a lot more just to see you happy, Lily.”

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240. “Now I have everything. The only thing about having everything is that you can lose it all.”

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241. “Children laugh for no reason at all. They laugh because they’re alive and they’re in your arms. It’s senseless, but this senseless moment pounds against my heart more than a sound fact.”

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242. “Jesus Christ,” Lo curses. “Am I the only one not armed?” I don’t say it out loud, but his words are basically a weapon.”

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243. “I want to be whole. I want to be the best possible version of myself without the chance of being wounded or broken.”

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244. “Love is irrelative to some.” Most people let me stop there. They never make me elaborate. But Savannah says, “And is it to you?” I have a couple fingers to my jaw, and I smile, something that looks empty and soulless on screen. “Yes,” I say. “Love holds no meaning in my life.”

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245. “I don’t think I could have survived this life without that girl.”

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246. “Only Lo can satisfy every part of my all-consuming soul. He is truly my everything.”

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247. “Be strong, Lil, Lo would tell me. When I come back, I’ll be strong with you.”

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248. “You have friends?” he shoots back, sarcastic. “Moffy!” Her mouth drops. “You’re a Hufflepuff. Be nice.”

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249. “Whatever happens,” I whisper, “we’ll always choose you like you chose us. No matter which direction I’m pulled in, I’m headed to you.”

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250. “And you don’t need a guy to fulfill you. I wish you would remember that.”

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