Top 80 Lauren Layne Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “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

52. “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

53. “The thought of Chloe changing kills me a little. She’s one of the most real girls I know, and I’d give anything to have her stay that way, just as she is.”

— Lauren Layne

54. “Someday, Mollie Carrington, men aren’t going to need to be bribed to dance with you. They’re going to fight for the honor.”

— Lauren Layne

55. “He kisses me on and on, and slowly I feel my doubts disappear. I let myself believe, just for a second, that he wants me the way I want him.”

— Lauren Layne

56. “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

57. “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

58. “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

59. “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

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

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61. “Slowly, though, my fingers savoring the familiar soft skin. And then I let her go. I let her go all the way then, because she’s my best friend. And because I care way too much to hurt her any more than I already have by keeping her close.”

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

63. “In no ecosystem should we even be acknowledging each other’s existence.”

— Lauren Layne

64. “He’d been keeping his distance. He’d had to. But today he didn’t want to. He wanted to see her. Needed to see her.”

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

66. “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

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

— Lauren Layne

68. “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

69. “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

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

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne

72. “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

73. “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

74. “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

75. “Life’s not easier for any of us. The best we can do is choose to get through it with the right people.”

— Lauren Layne

76. “Julie Greene had built a career out of falling in love. Staying in love? Not so much.”

— Lauren Layne

77. “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

78. “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

79. “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

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

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

— Lauren Layne

82. “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

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

— Lauren Layne

84. “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

85. “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

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

— Lauren Layne

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

— Lauren Layne