Top 100 Laura Nowlin Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “We’re going to get ice cream,” Finny says. “I’m being kidnapped,” I say. “Good job, Phineas,” my mom says.”

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52. “My love for her is the closest thing I have to religion.”

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53. “I think we’re supposed to experience as much beauty as we can.”

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54. “Kids who rent limos are pretentious and are taking prom way too seriously.”

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55. “Oh, Autumn,” my mother says.”

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56. “I’ll go by the graveyard later and make sure he’s settled in.”

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57. “I’ll wait for Finny to call me first. The afternoon passes.”

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58. “His mind is blank. He feels nothing, he thinks nothing; he exists, perfect and unscathed.”

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59. “There were so many things that I did not understand about him over the years, but of course, of course, of course, of course, they all make sense now.”

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60. “Finny. My Finny.”

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61. “How am I going to live the rest of my life in love with Autumn Davis with no hope of reciprocation?”

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62. “You can feel more than one way about a person.”

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63. “Whenever you and Finn Smith would see each other, at school or the mall or whatever, you guys would freeze for a split second. And then you would be moving and talking again, but it was like part of you was still frozen, waiting for the other person to do something.”

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64. “On what day did you last have your period, Autumn?”

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65. “The reality is, what you imagined will never happen, and what you remembered is already done.”

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66. “I dunno if I liked them as a couple,” he says.”

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67. “I’m on your side,” he says. He wipes his hands on his napkin. “You don’t count,” I say. “Thanks.”

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68. “And then she kisses him. And I start reading.”

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69. “Time always goes slower whenever you’re waiting for something.”

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70. “But life is like that sometimes, and that’s a good thing.”

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71. “Stay I whisper to him. Stay in the car. Stay in this moment. But of course he never does.”

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72. “Those early years of being in love with her were hard, but I had no idea how much harder it was going to get.”

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73. “They would rather ruin their perfect love trying to make it work because being unhappy together is better than being unhappy apart.”

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74. “Like, fairy-tale love? Cartoon character with hearts floating all around him? Or a movie montage with the best song? That’s what you were to him. You were the biggest, most impossible dream for him.”

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75. “Becoming a parent breaks you in a new way. It’s the most joyful and heartbreaking thing you’ll ever do.”

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76. “We’re just being close one last time.”

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77. “There will always be something I cannot protect him from.”

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78. “Oh,” I say, “Sylvie is a cheerleader. She’s on student council and the honor roll. She’s too busy being perfect to be shooting up heroin on the side.”

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79. “Time travel isn’t real, so it’s not a problem to solve.”

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80. “Everyone always says they’re fine. Everyone can’t be fine all the time. We all just pretend it’s true.”

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81. “Tomorrow is going to be wonderful, and the day after and the day after, because I am hers. Tonight is the only concern, and that’s mine alone.”

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82. “This baby isn’t what’s left over from our love story. This baby is our story’s continuation.”

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83. “With a plan in place, I climb out of the car and run across the rain-soaked pavement to her. I fall to my knees in front of Sylvie, putting my hand to the ground. It’s wet –.”

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84. “You did what you could for as long as you could, and you can’t anymore, so what else can you do?”

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85. “My love for her is the closest thing I have to religion. But it’s okay that she doesn’t feel the same. I’m fine. I can handle it.”

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86. “Everyone always says that you never get over your first love.”

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87. “We are all dead bodies that haven’t died yet.”

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88. “All my agonies had been caused by figments of my imagination.”

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89. “I’ve seen her finish a novel, pause staring off into space for a minute like she’s receiving instructions, and then open another book. It’s as if her job is to read and she’s behind on her quota.”

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90. “We have Forever now.”

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91. “Please, Finny,” I say. I lean up and kiss his neck, right under his ear. He gasps sharply and his body shudders. “Please, Finny,” I whisper between kisses. “Please. Please. Please.”

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92. “My love for her is vehement, protracted, and interminable.”

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93. “What they do not know is that there is another story. The story lurking underneath and in between the facts of the one they can see. What they do not know, the cause of the argument, is crucial to the story of me.”

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94. “I hope she can feel good about herself for her own reasons, not for how other people think of her.”

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95. “There just isn’t a way for two people on a bed to take off their jeans without being awkward and embarrassing. But it can still be perfect and wonderful too.”

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96. “You said – you said that you loved me too.”

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97. “Oh, Autumn.” My friend. My dream. My love.”

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98. “I understand this much: Autumn lives in this world and the fictions of her mind or those written by others like her.”

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99. “I’ll love her even if she turns out to be cruel. That’s my curse.”

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100. “Will you still want to talk to me when you’re sober?” There is another silence after that. I look into his face. I cannot read it. I stare at him and watch him take a deep breath.”

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