Top 80 Lauren Layne Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Chemistry is like anything in life. The more you look for it, the harder it is to find.”

— Lauren Layne

2. “What now?’, she asked, feeling tired and broken.”

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3. “I’ve tried being someone’s second choice. I can’t do it again.”

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4. “You hurt me, I want to say. You’re my best friend. The one who’s supposed to tell me I’d be the best boyfriend in the world and that any girl would be lucky to have me, not the one who laughs outright at the thought that I might need someone to love.”

— Lauren Layne

5. “Love is not a game, ladies. Treat it like one, and you’re bound to lose. Everyone talks about the rewards of finding that one person. Nobody warns you about the pain of losing him.”

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6. “I have a serious lady boner for the guy I’m supposed to work for.”

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7. “He held me while I cried. And then made love to me so gently I wanted to cry all over again.”

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8. “Bow down, peons,” Lincoln said. “I’m a king among men.” “Where are you coming up with this?” Cole asked him. Lincoln pointed at Jackson. “Um, hello – Jackson Burke knows my name.”

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9. “Michael, listen. I get it. Nobody’s ever loved you first. You’re tired of being second choice. Or nobody’s choice. I get it. Because nobody’s ever loved me first, either. But I’ve been thinking about this, and Michael... I don’t think it’s about who loves you first. It’s about who loves you best. And that’s me.”

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10. “I only know what I want her to be – mine.”

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11. “Not every relationship is forever, but it’s easy to forget that until your own happily-ever-after goes sideways.”

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12. “There’s nothing rational about love.”

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13. “And if she’d thought the man was dangerous in a football uniform, he was positively lethal in a tux.”

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14. “I mean, why would you want the funny sidekick when you can have the heroine?”

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15. “I’ve moved before I realize I’m going to, and suddenly Stephanie is in my arms and I’m carrying my fake girlfriend through the Upper West Side as she mutters threats in my ear, and even though my delicate little flower is cursing up a storm, I find myself grinning.”

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16. “As she stared at the man she’d once harbored an unhealthy crush on – a crush she was no longer at all sure had dissipated – she realized that the answer to his question was everything. She had everything to lose.”

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17. “The point is,” he continued a little roughly, “I learned early on that we create our own narrative. It doesn’t matter what other people say about us as long as we know who and what we are. And here’s the other thing people don’t want you to know: you don’t have to be the same thing all the time. You can wear scuffed work boots one day, a bow tie the next.”

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18. “Women don’t like secrets, Mulroney. Even the ones that we logically know are necessary. They break our heart.”

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19. “And the kiss was better than the fantasy. Better than anything she’d ever experienced.”

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20. “Just that I figure at some point, some guy must have been able to make you smile. And I always wondered if it was the same guy that made you stop.”

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21. “But having that love unreturned feels a bit like crashing and burning.”

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22. “Real love – the kind that matters – is giving your heart to someone even after he tries to hand it back.”

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23. “The woman was just so damn vivacious, drawing people to her with every breath. Everyone liked Georgiana. And she’d chosen him. Somehow, this gorgeous, compelling creature seemed to want to spend time with him.”

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24. “New house rule,” I say. “You have to say it every day.”

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25. “By now I’m done expecting a laugh from this girl, but she suprises me, letting out a little giggle that reminds me of a rainbow escaping from a mud puddle.”

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26. “Stephanie, huh?” I ask, when she doesn’t respond. “You go by Steph?” “No. Not Steph.” she says as we cross the street to the familiar green and white Starbucks logo. “My ex-boyfriend called me that so I’m kind of over it.” God, someone actually dated this cranky little midget? Then my eyes skimmed the perky cleavage beneath the tiny tank top. Right. There was that.”

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27. “If I thought Fridays were awesome when I was a full-time student, they’re downright euphoric now that I’m part of the regular workforce.”

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28. “Stephen had a girlfriend named Libby Tittles, or something unfortunate like that, and Korie had this on-again-off-again thing with her junior high boyfriend. But anyone who’s ever seen a movie, or watched TV, or just had basic awareness of human interaction saw exactly where Korie and Stephen were heading: Humpville.”

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29. “I look like the troubled girl parents warn their kids away from, and Ethan looks like the homecoming king.”

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30. “You can write about relationships all you want. Get as personal as you want. Your serial dating days are over, Ms. Greene. From here on out, anything related to your personal relationships better be about me.”

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31. “No, he was underwear-model, sexiest-man-alive, face-of-the-NFL gorgeous.”

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32. “Isn’t this every woman’s fantasy, to be the one who tames the untamable?”

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33. “Sometimes the perfect fit comes from discovering something we didn’t know existed. Could exist.”

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34. “I resign myself to apologizing to the miniature goth monster.”

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35. “I’ve got nothing against the color black, but you’re just trying to prove some point that nobody cares about but you!”

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36. “Lucy Hawkins was my girl. Now she’s my woman. And I’m her man. She’d better start getting used to the idea.”

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37. “She wasn’t blindly waiting for some fairy tale; she was just smart enough to believe that she deserved it.”

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38. “I don’t give a damn about right and wrong, or black and white, or rules and protocols. I only give a damn about him, about the way he makes me feel.”

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39. “Sorry ‘bout that,” Pretty Boy says with a crooked grin. I don’t know whether he’s apologizing for our initial collision or for the humiliating near-miss of an inadvertent motorboat situation.”

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40. “I don’t want you to go. Is that what you want to hear? You want to hear that I want you? That I need you? Because I do, Olivia. I need you.”

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41. “Jackson slid a finger under the collar of his shirt and tugged. He didn’t care what his tailor said. The damn thing was too tight.”

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42. “Paul’s soft laugh is the best sound I’ve heard in weeks.”

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43. “I can’t shake the feeling that Parker just told me goodbye. Not goodbye to our friendship, because that will always be there in some capacity. But goodbye to the way we used to be. The way we could have been.”

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44. “I rub a hand over my face. I’m an ass. A really, really confused ass.”

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45. “Sophie’s mother’s voice trilled from the hallway, “William and Sophie Claire, won’t you please come join us in the drawing room?” “You have a drawing room?” Will asked. “She’s probably been rereading Jane Austen and decided to rename the living room.”

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46. “If you really, truly can’t warn them about what’s coming, the best you can do is situate yourself in their life to support them when the pain comes. And you should probably prepare yourself.”

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47. “You’re not clinging to logic because it’s better, you’re clinging because it’s safer. The problem isn’t that your girl’s not thinking straight, it’s that you’re scared.”

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48. “But somewhere deep inside me, the answer whispers anyway. No. That’s not good enough. I want to be brave enough to go after what my heart wants. I want to be bold. Daring. Happy.”

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49. “How long have you looked like this?” “Like what?” “Regurgitated death.” He.”

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50. “Instead I handed you a broken heart.”

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