Top 500 Kristen Ashley Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “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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102. “And if this was Tate then I definitely wanted to get laid by him. Definitely.”

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

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104. “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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105. “I have vowed to keep you safe, to make it so you never feel fear again, to give you better, and here I stand, with you so close but still holding yourself away, because it was me who failed at giving you all those things.”

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106. “Mace had to be six foot three, had the prerequisite Nightingale Investigation Team killer bod; black hair, jade eyes and a jaw so square, it could be used in math class.”

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

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108. “Life, Rosie,” he said gently, “is not about goin’ it alone. It’s about finding the right people to share it with who will make it better when it’s good and be there to hold you steady when it’s not.”

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109. “That’s not what I’m sayin’. It isn’t about that, though that was a bonus. Even if I hadn’t been your first, I still would claim you as mine. But any man is defined by the woman who shares her bed with him.” “That isn’t true.” “It is, and it works the other way, too.” Oh my God. Did he really think that?”

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110. “If that’s the case, I’m happy in my insanity.”

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111. “Make a wish, Knight.” His eyes then moved, roaming my face, down my body, the cake, more of me then back to my eyes. “Honey, the candles are gonna burn out,” I prompted on a grin. “Let ‘em,” he replied. “Got nothin’ I want. Everything I want is standing right in front of me.”

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112. “We’ve hit the hot guy mother lode,” I whispered reverently when they were about five feet from our table. “Welcome to my nightmare,” Elvira muttered.”

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113. “Anyone who truly cares about you will let you have your feelings, whatever they may be.”

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114. “I couldn’t ignore the fact that it felt good. So. Very. Good. To be held, in bed, in the arms of a tall, strong, handsome man.”

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115. “Only you.” It took a lot but I forced my eyes to his face to see his were moving around the room. I shouldn’t ask. I really shouldn’t ask. But I asked. “Only me, what?” His eyes came to me. “Only you could put color in a colorless world.”

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116. “Before we learn what’s right, we put our trust in the wrong people, and it’s never good to start life’s adventures, especially important ones like marriage, when we’re too young even to know ourselves.”

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117. “We lost each other. Now we’re found. And nothin’ else matters.”

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118. “Because even one voice in a wilderness of ignorance is a voice that is heard by someone. Because every woman and man, no matter their color or their religion, is entitled to a good defense.”

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119. “Yeah, I told you she was The One. Problem is I made it so I wasn’t The One for her.”

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120. “There is no time with my bitchface sister, budding teenage romance, shadowy, nefarious businessmen lurking and Rhonda baffling science by being the first case of a walking, talking, cooking, grocery shopping coma patient.”

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121. “Like one that had a Star Wars Storm Trooper face on it and next to that “I had friends on that Death Star.” And another one that said, “The gene pool could use a little chlorine.” And another that said, “Contrary to belief, no one owes you anything.” Then there were the random quotes, like Walt Whitman’s “Resist much. Obey little.”

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122. “In my experience, there were two types of guys. One type asked you every five minutes what was on your mind and then got pissy when you didn’t feel like sharing. The other type never asked and you got pissy when they didn’t seem to care.”

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123. “You can have family that makes you safe. You can have friends who’ll take your back. But the most important person and the one who’ll have the best shot at keeping you safe is you.”

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124. “But we didn’t walk through fire only to get to the end of that and not get our reward. If we can walk through fire, baby, we can do anything.”

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125. “The huddle included Slim, Tack, Delgado and a local private investigator, Hank Nightingale’s brother, Lee Nightingale and Lee’s second in command, Luke Stark.”

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126. “Keep sayin’ Joe, baby, you’re makin’ me hard.”

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127. “His hands squeezed my neck, gripping firm but not hard. His face got closer. “Please, Faye, whatever this is, when I get home from it, I want to slide into my bed with you bein’ in it.”

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128. “Liar. You’ve loved me since I held your hand at your mother’s memorial service when you were five years old.”

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129. “That was when I lost it. I couldn’t take any more. Not with him that close, his deep voice that sweet, his hand on me, his eyes looking into mine like he could see into my soul.”

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130. “I closed my eyes as a tingle slid up my spine, my neck, then radiated along my scalp as he slid his nose along mine then down my cheek to flick my ear with it before he murmured there, “Yeah, my baby suits me.”

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131. “I spent every moment between being with him until being with him again thinking about being with him.”

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132. “Maybe he got tired of waiting and he’d gone without me though I doubted that was the case and decided he was probably doing something Max-ish. Chopping wood. Building a barn. Saving a child in distress or climbing a tree to rescue a cat. Stuff like that.”

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133. “The going will get tough, and you’ll stick. We’ll fight, and you’ll stick. Our world could rock, Eliza, and there’s one thing I’m certain about, you’ll stick.”

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134. “You know, Stone, just because a pretty girl prefers a firefighter to you doesn’t mean all the boys at that firehouse need to suffer for you bein’ jilted. Far’s I know, you got served this lesson at least once before. Learn, son. You may actually land a girl one day if you stop actin’ like an ass.”

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135. “This, babe, what we got, I’ll fight for.”

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136. “God, if he wasn’t so handsome, strong, sometimes sweet, didn’t have a Harley, that beard, a tendency to play with my hair, didn’t look so good in jeans and wasn’t so danged good in bed, he would seriously not be worth it.”

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137. “I’ll take you thinking I’m your angel but you need to know you’re my hero. Twenty-nine years, I held out for you.”

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138. “You can’t stalk what’s yours”, he returned. I looked at his shirt. “Yes, I suspect that’s what all the stalkers say.”

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139. “We girls, we’re tough, darling. Soft on the outside but deep down, we’re tough. Doesn’t feel like it now but none of this is going to beat you.”

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140. “She was iron,” I whispered. “Iron and steel and granite and everything strong packaged up in feathers and goose down and kitten fur and everything soft.”

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141. “This was a kaleidoscope of beauty, the dials spinning, ever changing, but never anything short of spectacular.”

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142. “I can’t imagine it, what would make a man who has the love of a woman, a woman who wants nothing but to live a life loving him and the babies they make, strive to turn that to hate. If I could stand the sight of you, I’d be interested in you explaining that to me. But I can’t stand the sight of you. So that will remain a mystery.”

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143. “We’re not exactly together and were not, not together. We’re in together-limbo. We’re test-driving together to see if we want to buy it.”

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144. “I’d been knocked down. Again and again. I just kept getting up. And I was still standing, in platforms, with great hair.”

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145. “Two kinds of women get under your skin. The ones who do damage, they don’t feel good there but once you’re fuckin’ stupid enough to let them in you got no choice but to take the time it takes to work them out. Then there are the ones who don’t do damage, who feel good there, feed the muscle, the bone, the soul, not rip it or break it or burn it. The ones you don’t wanna work out.”

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146. “Bright side of life, Lauren. You live with a storm cloud, you learn to find the bright side.”

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147. “And it was there he whispered, “You jump outta my truck again before I’ve come to a complete halt, swear to God, baby, I’ll turn you over my knee. You with me?”

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148. “It was exhausting, trying to be perfect. It feels good being able to be just me.”

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149. “Aunt Bette.” I started squirming toward her voice. “Are you okay?” “No, I’m not okay. We’ve been kidnapped and Marsh is drinking martinis and probably flirting with the waitress!” she snapped, and it sounded like she too was moving but not in my direction.”

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150. “Ava you missed it when it happened so I’ll clue you in. Last night, around the time you fell asleep against me, you became mine.”

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