Top 280 Lucy Score Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “What the hell kind of name was that? Was it a hard Knox life? Did he tell a lot of Knox Knox jokes? Was it short for something? Knoxwell? Knoxathan?”

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52. “Just goes to show you can say anything you want, but that don’t make you a different person than what you are down deep.”

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53. “You want someone you can trust with your nightmares. Not just your dreams.”

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54. “Eventually you’re going to give a little too much and you won’t have enough left over for yourself.”

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55. “People defraud. People do bad things to advance their own agendas, and they take advantage of other people.”

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56. “You get to decide how you show up in this world. No one else gets to dictate to you who you are,” Stef said. I knew he was saying it for Waylay’s benefit, but the truth resonated deep down inside me too. I’d lost myself while trying to convince someone else that I was what he wanted. I’d forgotten who I was because I’d let someone else take over the definition.”

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57. “We both just wanted someone to love us enough to make up for all the times we hadn’t been enough.”

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58. “I thought I was too damaged to know what real love was. But I was wrong. I know what it is because of my scars, because of my past. I know what love is. I know that I love you and that I’ll spend the rest of my life loving you if you let me.” Her voice trembled. “Hell, I’ll spend the rest of my life loving you even if you don’t let me.”

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59. “Grief had a way of infiltrating everything, even when you were prepared for it.”

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60. “Good. Heed my words. Don’t ever let a man you don’t like make decisions for you.”

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61. “This wasn’t the best orgasm of my life. Because this wasn’t an orgasm. This was a life-altering religious experience. It rolled on and on, wave after wave of pleasure.”

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62. “You say it as loud as you want to in your head. You let it come out of your eyes, your pores, every exhale, but you do not say it on the field again. You’re fuckin’ better than that, Way. You’ve got a temper, but there’s a hell of a lot more power in controlling it than letting it fly. Use it, or it’ll use you.”

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63. “Yeah. You do,” he countered. “Pain is what tells you you’re alive. You numb that, and how do you know you’re still here?”

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64. “People meet, sparks fly, then they spend all their time trying to hide who they really are so they can stay attractive. Then we’re surprised when it doesn’t work out.”

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65. “Baby, it’s not a game to me. This is my life. You are the only thing in my entire existence that makes me feel like I’ve got a shot at finding my way back. I don’t understand it. And frankly I don’t need to. All I know is I feel better when I’m touching you.”

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66. “I’d lost the greatest man I’d ever known. Everyone needed me to be strong, to be okay. My mother and sister, my friends, my town. They didn’t need to be worried about how deep this chasm of grief went. But tonight, right now, I could allow myself to be what I was. Devastated.”

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67. “Eat your burger. You’re weak with hunger and stupidity.”

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68. “You shaved,” she said when I remained silent. I ran my hand over my jaw and grinned. “Thought it would make for a smoother ride.”

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69. “Broken men broke women.”

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70. “That was life. The good, the bad, the ugly all mixed together in a special kind of recipe of possibility.”

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71. “Lucian was the kind of handsome that made women wonder if he’d made some pact with the devil. Dark hair. Dark, smoldery eyes. Dark suit. He gave off hints of power, wealth, and secrets like a cologne.”

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72. “You’re everything I always wanted and never thought I deserved.”

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73. “Confidence comes from knowing that whatever the situation, you know you’ll make the best of it. Confidence is certainty in your ability to rise.”

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74. “Cause she left him at the altar,” the girl added knowledgeably. “Yesterday.” “Waylay, I told you that in confidence,” Naomi hissed. Her cheeks turned a bright shade of scarlet. “You’re the one being interrogated for grand theft auto.”

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75. “You love me, you idiot. You’ve loved me since we were kids. You loved me even when I broke your trust. You loved me after I fixed it. You still love me.”

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76. “You can’t control everything and everyone. You can’t make everything perfect and everyone happy. You can be happy and make good choices for yourself.”

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77. “This book is about the bravery it takes for us to love someone when we all know how every love story ends.”

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78. “He was in love with Remi Ford. He always had been. And someone wanted to take her away from him.”

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79. “Don’t be afraid of pain, or less-than-perfect, daughter of mine. That’s where the real joy comes from. Life gets its color from challenges and adversity. You can’t plan your way to happiness, you know.”

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80. “Some people don’t know what to do with their pain,” Naomi said, looking out the window again. “So they take it out on whoever is nearby.”

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81. “Is DEFCON One or Five worse?” I asked in a squeak.”

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82. “Heard you and Knox got into screaming matches at the cafe and Honky Tonk, and then he apologized, but you broke a chair over his head, and he needed six stitches.”

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83. “Because Knox didn’t want to be. Because when it came down to it, no one ever really chose me.”

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84. “The song was slow, dirty, tortured. I liked it. It reminded me of me.”

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85. “But the point of working hard isn’t really getting people to notice how hard you work. It’s about giving it your all and being able to walk away with no regrets. Doing a good job shouldn’t be so someone else tells you that you did good. It should be about you feeling good about your effort.”

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86. “And someday, I’m going to find the kind of man who wants an uppity, needy pain in the ass. One who wants to wade into my mess and stay for the duration. Obviously, you’re not him. At least you told me that from the start.”

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87. “There’s no life-work balance. Okay? Get it? It’s all life. You get the same twenty-four hours as the next girl. Fill yours with what you love.”

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88. “You’re going to make some woman very lucky someday.” “Wish it was you.”

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89. “It doesn’t matter how much you have, if it’s not what you want. You can’t just decide to be happy with less than.”

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90. “What’s anyone’s problem? Baggage. People meet, sparks fly, then they spend all their time trying to hide who they really are so they can stay attractive. Then we’re surprised when it doesn’t work out.” She had a point. “If everyone just introduced themselves with their baggage, imagine how much time we’d save.”

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91. “What does your magic eight ball say?” “That you’re going to be just fine. You’re strong and smart and look really, really good in a bikini. You’re not meant for a life of misery and hiding in beer coolers.” “That’s an oddly specific magic eight ball you have.”

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92. “Just keep being your belligerent self, and sooner or later, my mother will realize she made a terrible mistake.” “I don’t know about that. She kept you around.”

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93. “I had a headache from fake smiling.”

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94. “I don’t think my heart is safe around you.”

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95. “I didn’t have to be out there making a difference for thousands of people in order to matter. I could make my difference one person at a time. Starting with me. There was nowhere else in the world I’d rather be. And that was the secret, I realized. It didn’t matter what my salary was. Whether or not I had a corner office and an assistant. This feeling, this contentment, was what mattered most.”

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96. “Magpie, when you deal with everything on your own, you’re robbing the people who care about you of their chance to be there for you, with you.”

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97. “You were willing to commit to me for a year when you thought I had an imaginary cat friend?” “That’s how into you I am, Sparkle. Don’t forget it.”

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98. “What am I supposed to do, be all ‘woe is me’ for the rest of my life? I still get access to the same sunrises everyone else does, the same 24 hours in a day. And if I don’t take advantage of those things, it’s my own fault.”

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99. “Even on my best day, I’m too much and yet not enough.”

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100. “Kurt Michaels was smart, charming, and handsome. He told dad jokes and wore sexy cardigans and hot nerd glasses. Total dad material. Unlike some others who were just “daddy” material.”

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