Top 80 Lauren Layne Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

52. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

53. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

54. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

56. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

58. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

59. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

60. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

61. “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.”

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

64. “I’m wishing that I had a regular family where the mom cooks lasagna and throws bagged salad into a big dented wooden bowl.”

— Lauren Layne

65. “You’d think they were watching gladiators,” he said. “I’d be the gladiator,” Sophie replied. “You’d be whatever weakling they throw in there, who gets mutilated.”

— Lauren Layne

66. “She escorted Abby to the reception desk to wait for her mom, knowing that nothing else she could say would make Abby hate her reflection any less, but silently sending up a prayer that life would be kind to the girl. That she would be happy instead of perfect.”

— Lauren Layne

67. “I was eight years old when I gave my heart to Reece Sullivan. I was eighteen when he shattered it into a million pieces.”

— Lauren Layne

68. “Sweetheart, by the time I’m done with you, sleep will be the last thing on your mind. I guarantee it.”

— Lauren Layne

69. “New house rule: No talking about Parker’s panties. Actually, no using the word panties at all.”

— Lauren Layne

70. “He does tend to have that effect on people. They come in expecting to feel sympathetic but walk away wanting to strangle him.”

— Lauren Layne

71. “Emma had tried the happily-ever-after route, and knew that for every woman who rode off into the sunset on a white stallion, another one got kicked in the face by that very same horse.”

— Lauren Layne

72. “Nice. It was the blandest compliment anyone could possibly drum up. She didn’t want to look nice. Not for him. She wanted to take his breath away.”

— Lauren Layne

73. “It doesn’t occur to me until this very moment that this is what real love is about – wanting what’s best for the other person. Wanting their happiness above your own because you love them.”

— Lauren Layne

74. “He was no Tin Man – he had a heart. And it belonged to Georgiana Watkins.”

— Lauren Layne

75. “We may hate each other, but we’re a part of each other. Moth to flame.”

— Lauren Layne

76. “I want another chance. With you. And I don’t want to just pick up where we left off, I want to start fresh.”

— Lauren Layne

77. “The closed door doesn’t bother me. But the sound of soft sobbing nearly kills me.”

— Lauren Layne

78. “This is not happening,” Riley muttered, glancing at the ceiling. “My mother is not telling me my spanking article lacked passion .”

— Lauren Layne

79. “Not exactly the manliest of confessions, but there it is.”

— Lauren Layne

80. “Of all the possible partners, I get a pit bull puppy.”

— Lauren Layne

81. “Real best friends can generally go more than a couple hours without mentioning each other’s name, but Korie found a way to fit Stephen’s name into every other sentence. Just friends my ass.”

— Lauren Layne

82. “Just what I need. A bubblegum explosion in my life.”

— Lauren Layne

83. “He was worried this version of Brynn would start asking questions that the real Brynn wasn’t ready to hear the answers to. Like why he kept her favorite wine stocked. Always. Just in case.”

— Lauren Layne

84. “I haven’t even seen the guy in full light yet and I’m about fifteen seconds away from asking if his offspring would like to take up residence in my uterus.”

— Lauren Layne

85. “Watch out for that one, Grace 2.0 whispered. That smile will have you tucking your heart into your panties and handing the whole shebang over before he even buys you a drink.”

— Lauren Layne

86. “I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he jacks off to an Excel spreadsheet.”

— Lauren Layne

87. “And the fact that you used to be in love with him.”

— Lauren Layne