Top 500 Kristen Ashley Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Babe, you think I found the woman of my dreams at forty-five years old and I’m gonna let anything happen to her, think again. That’s a long fuckin’ time to wait for what you want. I waited. I found it. I’m pullin’ out all the stops to take care of it. I know you feel the same for me so I’m doin’ the same to keep me safe for you.”

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52. “Wounds to the flesh hurt but they heal fast. Wounds to the soul never go away. It’s how we cope with a pain that never dies that makes us the people we are.”

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53. “Only two things better in the world than your frosted sugar cookies with daisy sprinkles and those are pigs in a blanket and a man with a fine package. This I know as fact.”

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54. “Lady Luck finally saw fit to shine her light on me but life taught me to share. Welcome to the light.”

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55. “Your grandmother used to say that you were two souls separated in heaven. She mainly meant you were both trouble and deserved each other.”

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56. “Tack studied him. Then quietly, he stated, “She’s my only daughter, man.” “And she’s the only woman I’ve ever loved, Tack,” Shy shot back instantly.”

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57. “Finally I was naked on the table, my legs spread with big hands gripping tight at the sides of my knees, and he was down. As in down. On his knees on the floor, his mouth between my legs. Feeding. God. Oh God. Not feeding. Feeding.”

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58. “Seriously, I don’t care if feminists hunt me down and burn me at the stake, that man crooked his finger at me, I’d follow him into a bank and rob it at his side.”

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59. “How can one day you have next to nothing and then a week and a day later you have everything?”

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60. “You’re not the only one’s been lonely, Emme, hoping the right one will come along so you don’t go home to an empty house and climb into an empty bed.”

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61. “You have absolutely no idea what I need,” I whispered. “And the sad part about that is that you didn’t notice you’d already given me everything I’d ever need just letting me sit at your dinner table with your family.” And on that, I closed and locked the door.”

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62. “I’m not broken, just scarred.”

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63. “I’m in the hall waiting for you and trying to list the reasons it would be bad to kill three teenage kids and lay the smackdown on a stupid-ass principal.”

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64. “No matter how many years pass, it means something to a parent when their child needs them. At first, kids need you so much, all you want them to do is grow up so they can do things for themselves. Then you learn. You learn you should have savored every time they reached for you or called your name.”

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65. “Well, maybe you should tell me before you get angry at me for doing something I didn’t know you didn’t want me to do. And maybe when you get angry you’ll find a way to let me know you are without being a total jerk.”

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66. “In this bed, out of it. Naked or not. No boundaries. All in. Nothin’ held back.” He pressed his hips between my legs and I drew in a sharp breath. “You’re all mine, Cassidy, every fuckin’ inch. And I’m all yours, just the same.”

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67. “You had your chance tonight, babe. And you got to your knees beside me. There’s no turning back. You can’t give me that, all of that, and take it away. You need to get this, baby, and right now I need to know you do.”

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68. “Lee Nightingale is a supreme badass. Hawk’s a bona fide superhero who doesn’t wear a ridiculous suit. This is no joke. He probably sensed our discussion through powers he got when his mom was pushin’ him out and got struck by lightning or something. I don’t ask. He’s an ally. He’s also a brother of Tack’s. I’m just happy he isn’t an enemy.”

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69. “Asked my favorite color, that was it. Then she bought everything.” “Let me guess, you told her your favorite color was black.” His eyes came to me and his lips twitched. Again! “No, I said it was red.” I stared at him. Then it was me who burst out laughing. Through my laughter I asked, “Seriously?” “No fuckin’ joke.”

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70. “May feel like you’re falling’, Tabby, but remember, I’m at the bottom ready to catch you.”

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71. “At your back, baby, now and always.”

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72. “Babe, I live in a fuckin’ museum. Please, God, inject some personality in it.”

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73. “The best heroes always have scars. If they didn’t, the heroine would have nothing to do. It’s her job to help the hero let all that stuff go in order that her man can be strong enough to fight on but when he’s with here’s free to just breathe.”

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74. “You drop my name again, I’ll hunt you down and cut off everything that protrudes from your body. You get me?”

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75. “Marcie looked like her father but she acted like her mother. Sweet. Shy. Smart. Quiet. Loyal. Unconsciously funny. And clueless to just how beautiful she was and how much love she provoked.”

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76. “Neither Meredith nor I were good with remembering numbers and when Meredith ran to get a piece of paper to write them down, Smoke looked at his feet and a muscle clenched in his jaw. Then he herded Meredith and me into the kitchen. There he sat us at my big, battered farm table and quizzed us on the three different codes until we memorized them.”

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77. “And love never really dies, but it does fade, as you well know.” He looked back at Izzy. “And when it fades, the part that remains teaches us how to love better the next time,” she said softly, putting her hand on his forearm.”

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78. “You want to marry me?” I asked. “No. I’m gonna marry you.” He lifted his head from my neck. “You’re movin’ in this weekend. We’ll get settled, get used to each other, spend some time up in the cabin, maybe go away somewhere with a beach. In a few months I’ll get you a ring then we’ll get married.”

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79. “There I was again. Soaring. Though, these days, I’d learned how to live with my head in the clouds. “God, I love you,” I whispered.”

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80. “Bottom line, you didn’t take care of what was yours. Now, as Nina has explained, you’ve lost it, I found it and it’s mine.”

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81. “There are men out there who know how to treat a woman right and you’re gonna find one, babe, but the only way you can do that is to scrape off the one who doesn’t treat you right.” There.”

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82. “Okay, Frey, actually, I am hiding something and it’s my something to hide and you can be a big, strong guy but if I have something on my mind I won’t wish to share, I don’t have to share it. So suck it up because I’m not going to share it. All right?”

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83. “Friendly advice. Next time, get your head outta your ass and stake your claim.” My body.”

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84. “Kah Circe, you are kah Lahnahsahna, you are my warrior queen. It is who you are. It is not what anyone made you. It shines from your eyes.”

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85. “All my life I was the girl who everyone thought had everything or could get it. But the only thing I ever wanted was a man like you. You’re the best man I’ve ever met, Mickey Donovan. And you’re mine.”

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86. “Love is a blanket that keeps you warm, not one that traps and suffocates you. You never learned that lesson, Rina. You never paid it any attention no matter how many times I explained. You kept pulling that blanket over my head.”

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87. “Belonging to me doesn’t mean I’ll make you do anything, it just means I consider you mine for as long as this lasts. It means I protect you, it means I take care of you. For another man, it might mean something different. Don’t confuse me with another man.”

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88. “Life’s too short, I’m through talkin’. This is happening, we both know it, we both feel it and you even admitted it. Ava Babe, stop fighting it.”

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89. “Possessiveness was hot. A man who staked his claim, marked his territory. It wasn’t about lack of trust. It was about belonging to someone. It was about them having pride in that and wanting everyone to know it, especially you.”

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90. “Apparently, if you become one of Satan’s Minions, as a reward, he makes you immune to cancer, heart and liver disease.”

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91. “Honest to Christ, give you anything. Anything, baby. But lost enough time. Can’t give you that. Space, maybe. Time. No.”

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92. “Thank you for showing me it was worth taking a gamble again, darling.” I dropped my head until my lips were against his and finished, “It feels good finally to win and win huge.”

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93. “Operation Take out the Trash.”

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94. “Your heart’s beating so hard, it sounds like it’s about to tear out of your chest. I did that to you. And I’m not a monster?” “My heart is beating hard because I’m feeling a lot right now, and not all of it is fear, Abel,” I told him.”

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95. “And last there was a woman with loads of strawberry blonde curls who looked like a fairy princess. Her name was Sadie Chavez.”

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96. “And a trashy romance novel. I don’t care which one, but the less the guy on the cover is wearing, the better. Tattoos are a plus. Leather is another plus. And if there’s an indication that he’s a shifter, buy the whole series.”

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97. “And if this was Tate then I definitely wanted to get laid by him. Definitely.”

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98. “Life is short and it mostly sucks so who cares what a nutritionist thinks?”

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99. “My glorious queen, I told you we’d have a beautiful life, you and I.”

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100. “You just slipped down two levels on the hot-o-meter,” I informed him snottily. “I’ll survive,” he shot back and turned away.”

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