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.”

— Laura Nowlin

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

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53. “Oh, Autumn,” my mother says.”

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54. “A few days ago on the phone, he said that he loved me; I said I wasn’t ready to say that back, and now, lying next to him and staring at the ceiling, I’m wondering if this is why he said it.”

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

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

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

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

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60. “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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61. “There’s more than one side to this story. Order If Only I Had Told Her.”

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

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

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64. “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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65. “Books are Autumn’s real life. She is made of the stories she has read.”

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66. “I’m not saying it’s okay. It happens mostly when she’s depressed, and if her mom is any indication, depression is going to be a lifelong thing for her. I’m simply saying that Autumn’s base motivations are defensive, not cruel.”

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67. “It hurts for him to smile at me like that.”

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68. “I know I will always love her in the same way I know I’ll always need oxygen.”

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69. “Tomorrow is going to be wonderful, and the day after and the day after, because I am hers. Tonight.”

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70. “Try to marry your first love. For the rest of your life, no one will ever treat you as well.”

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71. “I have to do it. It’s the last thing I’ll get to do for my friend ever again.”

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

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

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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.”

— Laura Nowlin

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

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

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84. “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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85. “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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86. “I’ll wait for Finny to call me first. The afternoon passes.”

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

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89. “People say only the good die young, but someone once told me it wasn’t true, that we only remember the good things about those who die young.”

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

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

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93. “Finny. My Finny.”

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94. “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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95. “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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96. “You can feel more than one way about a person.”

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97. “We have Forever now.”

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

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100. “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.”

— Laura Nowlin