Top 280 Lucy Score Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Being alone meant not having to pretend to be okay.”

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202. “Nothing a gay man and his abiding love of Sephora can’t fix.”

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203. “Tacos and home renovation supplies with an entrepreneur, a male exotic dancer, and a drag queen on her day off. Just another glamorous day in the life.”

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204. “Growth disguised as change was, unfortunately, a necessary evil.”

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205. “What if they hurt you?” “People make mistakes. A lot of them. You get to decide which ones are forgivable.”

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206. “You’re telling me he’s a grumpy, overprotective hottie next-door and you’re not going to sleep with him? How wasteful.”

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207. “Give me a couple of minutes.” And the rest of your life.”

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208. “If we were in a session, I’d say something thought-provoking about how sometimes the feelings we resist the most are the ones that have the most to teach us.”

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209. “Then stop caring.”

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210. “She greeted me with her hands extended, and I didn’t know what to do, so I took them both and made a weird little curtsy. Had I lost the ability to people?”

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211. “Where are we going? Are we going to go do something crazy?” she asked, bouncing on her toes and looking hopeful. Drunk Remi was also Do Something Crazy Remi, which was exactly why no one else was going to get the chance to walk her home.”

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212. “You are a real-life heroine. My heroine.”

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213. “You can’t just keep putting your emotions in a box with a lid and expecting them to stay there. That’s not what feelings do.”

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214. “At some point, you have got to stop worrying so much about what everyone else needs and start thinking about what you need.”

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215. “You have too many annoying opinions.” “Take it up with your mother,” she said cheerfully. “Why don’t we play a game where we sit in silence for the entire ride back?”

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216. “It was one of those moments when I had to take a mental step back and wonder when the hell I’d turned into an adult. And when the hell would I start feeling like one.”

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217. “It took you damn long enough. Do you realize how lucky you are that she held out for you this long? My daughter has the attention span of a gnat. If she didn’t feel something powerful for you, she’d be working on divorce number two to some idiot she met at Burning Man or an organic cheese tasting by now.”

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218. “You can’t double-dog dare me to get into bed with you, smart-ass.”

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219. “And all we were left with were memories that would never come close to filling the hole his absence left behind.”

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220. “We read rom-coms to escape the depressing reality of the state of our love lives. We’re ether single and looking for ‘the one’ but drowning in a feeding frenzy of swipes, hope-crushing hookups, and outright lies. Or we’re in a long-term relationship that’s gotten staler than that sleeve of saltines we found under the kitchen sink. We don’t need realistic.”

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221. “Ask the boy who climbed through your window if he wants to stay for dinner. We’re having meat loaf,” Mom shouted the invitation.”

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222. “From here on out, if anyone says they have a right to decide what to do with your body, kid, you kick ’em in the ass, then come find me,” Knox told her.”

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223. “I hated not being good at something.”

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224. “Life moves pretty fast. There’s not a lot of room for coulda, shoulda, woulda.”

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225. “You’re wired to want a man who’s going to live up to every one of those heroes you read about. The ones who fight for their woman, who drag her off into dark corners because they can’t stand not touching her a moment longer. The ones who would do anything for her. That’s what you want.”

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226. “I sucked a breath of razor-sharp air into my lungs. It was funny how I needed to remind myself to do something as automatic as breathing. Grief had a way of infiltrating everything, even when you were prepared for it.”

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227. “I found myself wondering why some people dedicated their lives to fixing things while others set out only to break them.”

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228. “Mistakes were meant to be learned from, overcome. They weren’t meant to destroy.”

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229. “This hormone thing,” he said, gently wiping the tears from my face with his thumbs. “How long does it last?” “I guess we’ll find out,” I sobbed.”

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230. “There were people in this world who couldn’t feel big unless they were making someone else feel small.”

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231. “He kissed like he’d invented it. And I followed his lead as if I had no choice in the matter.”

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232. “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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233. “Levi scratched irritably at his eyebrow. “So you’re saying it should be painful and cause me to doubt myself with every word I write?” “That’s generally how my process works.”

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234. “Nash, I wasn’t trying to leave you. I was trying to give us both some space.” “You ran,” he pointed out. “I was trying to give us both a lot of space very quickly,” I amended.”

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235. “I watched mesmerized as Sloane Walton made a snow angel. I pressed my palm to the cool glass. Take care of my girls. I heard Simon’s words as clearly as if he’d spoken them aloud. It wasn’t his fault. He didn’t know the effect his daughter had on me. How dangerous she was to me. How fatal I could be to her.”

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236. “He’s an ass. And I don’t like any man’s hands on you.” “Are you getting territorial? You’re not going to pee on me, are you? Because I am not into that.”

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237. “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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238. “You’re mine and I’m yours. For better or worse.”

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239. “You. Only you. Always you.”

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240. “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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241. “Lucian was the type to methodically and creatively destroy your life.”

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242. “Was it weird that she was terrified and turned on at the same time? Could Nick fight off an intruder if most of his blood was in his pants?”

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243. “And before you ask me about the kids, let’s talk about how even though she may not look it, a woman can be more than the people she brings into this world.”

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244. “It was a shame the universe didn’t tell you when you were in the middle of the best years of your life.”

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

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247. “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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248. “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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249. “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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250. “I’m sure you have better things to do than to drive a needy pain in the ass home.”

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