Top 200 Kristen Callihan Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Sweet Jesus,” Dad snaps. “Don’t you dare go Jerry Maguire on me.”

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152. “Honey, you could suck the center out of a Tootsie Pop and I’d still say no. Not that I don’t appreciate your offer.”

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153. “Infernal woman, you nearly gave me an apoplexy. They ought to count you among the ten plagues of Egypt!”

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154. “God, that’s a cute dress.” She plops down in the chair opposite me. “Is it wrong to want to hire based on that dress alone?” “I wouldn’t complain,” I say, shaking her hand. “But feel free to ask me more questions if you must.”

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155. “Part of me regrets ever meeting him. Because this hurts too much.”

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156. “Just say the word and you can have me, Fiona.”

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157. “If we made it through this ruse with me going to prison for assault instead of murder, I’d call it a win.”

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158. “He’s slowly carving his name into my heart. And it hurts.”

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159. “You do not want to get between a woman and her ice cream, bud.”

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160. “You’re bringing me back to life.”

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161. “This man is mine. My friend. My lover. My home. My heart.”

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162. “Life, she insisted, is how you live it and who you live it with, not what you do to make a living.”

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163. “I wasn’t prepared to need you this much. I don’t know who I am anymore if you aren’t with me.”

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164. “He breathes in deep, then lets it go with a shaky gust. “I hate this. I hate it so much.” His grip makes my ribs protest, and his voice goes rough. “I feel like some essential organ is being ripped from me.”

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165. “Now I know the truth. Ethan’s love won’t fix me. I have to do that myself. So, no, his love isn’t the cure. But it is something to live for. Without him, I might not want to fix myself. Ethan Dexter makes me want to be a better person. To be brave.”

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166. “What did I say about speculating?” I warn. “One more word and I’ll have you all doing a music video with synchronized dancing faster than you can say Backstreet Boys.” Whip lifts up a hand. “Okay, geesh. Got it. You two are an impenetrable wall that no one shall gaze upon. No need to go all Simon Cowell on us.”

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167. “I don’t know where this will go, or if I’ll be any good at it, but I want to be on this road with you.”

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168. “The future is a dark, nebulous place that I’ve never wanted to contemplate. Mostly because when I think of it, I see myself alone, irrelevant, and adrift. I tell myself I don’t mind being alone.”

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169. “His fingers briefly touch my cheek as he kisses me back. “The fact is, Ivy, for me, there is one absolute truth. The sum of my existence equals you.”

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170. “Good God, it’s like a burly pirate landed in my bed and is waiting for another round of debauchery.”

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171. “He’s going to kill me. They’ll find me lying on the floor, my heart burt wide open, too full of him to stay in my chest.”

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172. “Punching out an argument is an accepted form of conflict resolution in the man code. It’s part of our bylaws.”

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173. “They say there are times in your life when you realize everything is about to change. I never believed in that, until now.”

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174. “You were never quitting. You were searching.”

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175. “I want to tell her things. Important, emotional things that I’ve never said to anyone else.”

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176. “This is your fault, you know.” “My fault?” His brows lift, but he doesn’t look away from his magazine. “How on earth did you come to that conclusion?” “Your freaky good looks made her blind to all but you, sunshine.” His expression is blank, though his lips twitch. “If only I could strike women speechless.”

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177. “You know those books and movies where the girl wears a guy’s pants and they hang on her tiny frame? Yeah, I’m not sure what sort of pixies populate fiction, but not so much for me.”

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178. “Be with me. Let’s fall together.”

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179. “As hoped, his mouth twists and his nose wrinkles. “Hot sick has just surged up my throat.” “‘Hot sick?’” I laugh. “That’s a new one.”

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180. “Kiss the girl, already.” Johnson begins to sing. Badly. A cheesy tot hits his cheek, and he chucks a wing at Diaz in retaliation. It goes wide. “Isn’t that the song the little crab sings in The Lion King?” Dex asks. “It’s The Little Mermaid. And stop playing like you don’t know.”

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181. “It’s simply biology,” Whip says as if he’s suddenly an expert. “Men are wired to love the hunt, and women are wired to love being hunted.”

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182. “It’s taken me years to truly understand that I don’t have to take other people’s crap lying down.”

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183. “She’s finally let me in. And I’m going to take the chance, for however brief it might be. Even if I crash and burn and don’t survive the wreck. Because I can’t do anything less and still comfortably breathe.”

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184. “I’m beginning to hate silence, because it means she’s not there.”

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185. “I can try to be the best person I can be, but the world only wants to see one side of me. And I feel sick to my bones.”

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186. “If only it were you.”

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187. “You act all high and mighty while you’re as susceptible to good looks as the rest of us. At least I have the guts to admit it.”

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188. “Dirt!” she shouted, no longer able to contain her ire. “Of all the gifts I could have received, I am left with dirt.”

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189. “Love is what you do in life – Gabriel Scott Love is who you do in life – Sophie Darling.”

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190. “Delilah. We react to each other like the vinegar-and-baking-soda experiments we used to do in science class as kids. Even now she brings out the immature ass in me. But the second she walked back into my life, I became aware of two uncomfortable but undeniable facts: I am lonely as hell, and Delilah Baker feels like home.”

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191. “I didn’t have a home until she came into my life. She gave me one without hesitation, as if she’s been waiting for me all this time, knowing I was meant to be hers. I touch her cheek just to remind myself she’s real.”

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192. “Your soul doesn’t have a title or an occupation. It’s just you.”

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193. “Brenna James has me by the balls, and I don’t want her to let go.”

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194. “Loving you was inevitable. You got under my skin at age eleven and never left.”

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195. “Man, I keep waiting for her to break up with Jay Z. Then I’m all in.” “Dude, your dream is dead in the water,” Jax says. “You don’t have a chance in hell with her.” “You’re gonna eat your words,” Whip promises. “Our love is destined. She totally winked at me during that charity concert we all did last month.” “It was windy,” Killian says with a snort. “She had dust in her eyes.” “She had me in her eyes.”

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196. “I simply don’t really care what I’m doing as long as I get to live life, be happy, and enjoy new things.”

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197. “Mama used to say the brain can lie to you, but the heart always knows the truth.” I shrug. “Problem is, most of us would rather believe the lie than face the truth.”

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198. “Just remember, it doesn’t matter how far you go; you’ll always be where your heart is.”

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199. “I need to talk. I need to be heard. Just once. And maybe, just maybe, I won’t feel like I’m falling apart anymore.”

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200. “Mama waves a hand. “That doesn’t mean anything. You know, they say boys are meanest to the girls they like the best.” “I hate that saying. Meanness is meanness. To tell a girl that there’s some sort of benevolent action behind it all is to say that it’s okay for her to be victimized.”

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