Top 280 Lucy Score Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “There were people in this world who couldn’t feel big unless they were making someone else feel small.”

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152. “And that’s love. It can and should be the source of your greatest strength, not your biggest fear. Don’t forget that, Emma.”

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153. “No, ma’am.” “Don’t you ‘ma’am’ me. This is northern Virginia. Y’all barely say y’all here. You can’t ‘aw shucks’ your way out of this.”

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154. “She lost her mom so young and without warning. It makes her feel like everything can change in a heartbeat, so she clings to things like plans and goals and timelines to feel like she has control.”

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155. “See, I’ve had a crush on you for a touch over a decade. And I didn’t make my move for a variety of reasons. But I’ve never stopped crushing on you.”

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156. “Marry me, Sloane. Be my wife. Let me share your life up close. Let me protect you and love you like I’m ready.”

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157. “Wounded didn’t have to mean broken.”

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158. “You never know. Sometimes making things nice on the outside makes them better all the way through.”

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159. “Ever wonder how long you can afford to care?” Her smile was back. “I don’t worry about things like that. It’s one day at a time. As long as the good balances out the bad, I’m ready for the next day. It’s never gonna be easy. But we aren’t doing this for ease. We’re doing it to make a difference.”

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160. “God, he was beautiful. Supernaturally molded by the gods beautiful. He would make gorgeous little demon babies.”

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161. “I wasn’t ready for Campbell Bishop. I couldn’t handle Campbell Bishop. But part of me was really enthusiastic about trying.”

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162. “Why does it have to be such a pain-in-the-ass process?” “Nothing worthwhile is easy. Finding a partner isn’t about ticking all the boxes. No one is perfect, not even you, Sloaney Baloney. Falling in love is about discovering someone who makes you better than you are alone and vice versa.” I plucked at the carpet. “What if they hurt you?” “People make mistakes. A lot of them. You get to decide which ones are forgivable.”

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163. “For once in my life, I didn’t want a gold star. I wanted someone to see me. Really see me for the hot mess I was.”

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164. “Our eyes locked and held. And in hers I saw my future.”

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165. “She paused, staring at the mound of pillows I’d arranged in a U. “You remembered,” she said softly. “I remember every second of us.”

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166. “You just want to put your hands on something fine and mess it up, don’t you?”

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167. “Fight me on this,” Nash dared me. “I can’t just move in with you, Nash. That’s insane. We barely made it through the day without fighting, and you want to share a bathroom with me? Do not smile at me like I’m the crazy one!” I could hear the hysterical tinge to my words but there was no dialing it back. He was still smiling, but now he was heading toward me.”

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168. “Her heart ached with the memory. She hadn’t had enough time with her mom to make up for the hateful teenage years. To reassure her mom that, no matter how painful the choice had been, she’d made the right one.”

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169. “But thinking about all the what-ifs is a waste of what we both know is precious time,” I continued. “I’m so sorry you’ve spent your life believing that you’re tainted. That you don’t deserve happiness. That breaks my heart, Lucian, because you’re the most stupidly generous person I’ve ever met. You see a need to be filled, and you quietly go about filling it. You don’t require an audience or accolades. You’ve spent your life righting wrongs on the highest level. And that’s heroic. You’re heroic.”

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170. “I’m sure you have better things to do than to drive a needy pain in the ass home.”

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171. “She felt closer to him than any other human being on the planet. She wondered if their souls were touching. If they were becoming one.”

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172. “The marketing department had cheaped out. Sure, they looked okay on the outside, and they mostly did the job you’d expect. But each pen had between thirty-five and forty-two clicks in it before the spring mechanism exploded. One of their more nervous sales reps had nearly lost an eye in the middle of a big pitch.”

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173. “Your father and I did everything we could to help Tina be happy and healthy. But it wasn’t her path. And it took years, but we finally understood that it wasn’t our path to turn her into someone she’s not. We did our best with your sister. But Tina’s choices are not a measure of our worth. It’s a tough lesson, but we got it.”

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174. “When you have everything to lose, you’ll do anything to keep it,” I said darkly.”

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175. “I want a life with you. I want a home with you. I want to fill that life and that home with the people and things we both love.” “Like monster grills?” “Like perfectly reasonable grills and annoying relatives and more books and pets, maybe kids.” “Whoa.” “Yeah. Well, I don’t want to be the only one freaking out here.”

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176. “Panic danced its way down my spine. If he walked in here and demanded to see me, I didn’t trust myself to not do something stupid. It was fifty-fifty on whether I’d punch him in the face or just go straight for his zipper with eager hands.”

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177. “Sometimes when you don’t know what’s possible, you can’t hope for it yourself.”

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178. “This connection I felt was real, tangible, and deep, but I didn’t know how deep it went for her. And I wasn’t about to scare her off with the level of my need for her.”

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179. “She’d deployed the mom voice. Unfortunately, being a grown adult hadn’t come with an instant immunity to that tone.”

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180. “Sloane, I don’t think you understand what I’m saying. There’s no discussion necessary. We are in a committed relationship. You mean something to me, and I’m not letting you go again. Not now, not ever. Everything else is just details.”

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181. “I love you, Catalina King. I didn’t mean to, and I’m not sure how it happened. But I’d be a fool if I just let you walk away.”

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182. “Maybe. I don’t know. Being around you feels like a never-ending boxing match, and I keep getting hit in the nuts.”

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183. “Eyes that made me think of forest floors and open fields.”

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184. “Naomi elbowed him in the gut. “Be polite.” “No,” he growled.”

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185. “It was Luke’s turn to sigh. “Should I really be taking advice from a man who’s never been married?” “Don’t have to jump off the cliff to know you die at the bottom.”

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186. “You’re only looking at the obstacles. You gotta start looking at solutions.”

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187. “Baby, you and I both know there’s something here even if you’re too scared to acknowledge that.”

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188. “However, unpopular opinion here. You’re not responsible for how you were brought up, but you are responsible for your actions and reactions once you’re an adult.”

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189. “He shrugged. “Chivalry. Humble beginnings. You talk like you read the dictionary for fun.”

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190. “Shut it,” he said and whipped out his credit card.”

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191. “Dominic kept his gaze on me and reached down to adjust himself. Holy baby goats in pajamas. I swear I almost blacked out. It was the most blatantly sexual thing he’d done in front of me. And I wanted more.”

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192. “Everything I did was for you, Sloane. Because it was always you.”

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193. “You seem to carry an unusually large burden of hate and disappointment for such a small person,” he observed. “Have you tried meditation?”

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194. “You didn’t put me in your shadow. The sun was shining just as brightly on me. I just didn’t notice it. It took all that for me to find the right path, my own path, to realize I was already standing in the sun.”

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195. “Do I really look like my prime years are behind me?” I asked Vicky. “Oh, sweetie.” She tucked a stray lock of limp hair behind my ear. “Yes. But that doesn’t mean they are.”

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196. “If we waited to go for something until we feel worthy, no one would ever do anything.”

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197. “Fear was no replacement for respect.”

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198. “I never wanted to see her ruined pink sweater again. I’d buy her a new one. A dozen new ones. I’d rebuild her library brick by brick, book by book. And I would never let her face danger alone again.”

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199. “I’d spent the last four years in a relationship where I took care of everything. Every dinner reservation. Every vacation. Every load of laundry. Every grocery run.”

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200. “The best gifts are the ones you don’t ask for. Maybe you should stop trying to return it. Unwrap it. Open it up. Try it on.”

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