Top 90 Lyla Sage Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “If you change your mind at any point, you tell me right away, okay?” He turned his head to place a gentle kiss on one of my palms. “I’m not going to,” I said. “Say that you’ll tell me if you change your mind.” His voice was firm. I loved it. “I’ll tell you.”

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2. “It was hard to breathe, but not because I was panicking. It was because this man had quite literally taken my breath away.”

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3. “When it came to Emmy, I was playing with fire, but I would happily walk into the flames for her. And I’d have a smile on my face the whole damn time.”

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4. “I took a pull of the whiskey before setting the bottle on my desk, but I didn’t swallow. I leaned into Emmy, my hand on her throat still keeping her pinned to my office door, and spit the whiskey in her mouth.”

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5. “I can’t stay away from you anymore.”

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6. “She fit in my arms like she was made for them. I’d like to think she was.”

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7. “Some love stories burn hot and fast, but you two are more low and slow,” she said. “It’s a strong and steady kind of love.”

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8. “Sugar, you deserve to go out on your own terms. Just because you got dusted doesn’t mean you’re done.”

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9. “I couldn’t believe the universe was so big, and I got placed on this random floating rock at the same time as Clementine Ryder.”

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10. “There was nothing like the feeling of familiarity that only being around people you love can provide, and I loved Teddy in spades.”

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11. “There she is,” he said.”

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12. “My dad was like a river, steady and strong.”

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13. “Yes. We need to make sure I get the present I wanted.” “And what’s that?” “Watching Luke Brooks fall to his knees the minute he sees you.”

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14. “I wanted to know everything about her, including how she’d sound moaning my name.”

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15. “Seriously, Emmy. It’s okay to invite a little positive chaos into your world.”

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16. “You know, if you don’t like the road you’re on, you can always pave a new one.” “Who said that? Robert Frost?” Brooks smiled and shook his head. “Dolly Parton,” he responded. “Ah, God herself,” I said with a laugh.”

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17. “It was hard to feel good enough when you never celebrated what you’d achieved.”

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18. “There was something in her eyes I hadn’t realized was missing when I’d looked at her before: fire. I started walking toward her, unable to help myself, ready to get burned.”

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19. “Sometimes, it was just easier for me to live under the piles rather than face what might be in them. It wasn’t logical, but my brain didn’t really work normally.”

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20. “When she’s in my head, I can keep her safe.”

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21. “Something about her just felt different. It felt good. I wanted to know where it could go, where we could go.”

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22. “I know being diagnosed with ADHD looks different for all of us, but if you’ve ever had a hard time explaining why you leave literally everything until the last minute, why you feel out of control, why your tongue feels like it doesn’t belong in in your mouth when the music is too loud, or any of the countless other things we feel that are apart of ADHD, you might see yourself in Done and Dusted.”

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23. “And Emmy wasn’t just pretty. She was extraordinary.”

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24. “Emmy Ryder might have been in like with me, but it was then that I knew I was falling in love with her.”

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25. “I’d spent the past few years trying to be something, and there was something about Emmy that made me believe I could get there.”

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26. “She just fed me cheese and Diet Coke and let me sulk on her couch for a few hours.”

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27. “She was Meadowlark’s sweetheart, a giant pain in the ass, and my best friend’s little sister.”

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28. “I leaned into Emmy, my hand on her throat still keeping her pinned to my office door, and spit the whiskey in her mouth.”

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29. “Warning: Dimples may appear and cause panty-dropping.”

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30. “I followed my dreams, and they led me back to you.”

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31. “And Teddy – our lion – might be the only person I know who loves as fiercely as you do.” Cam was speaking to a part of me that most people didn’t know existed – the part that desperately wanted to love and be loved.”

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32. “We traded stories and anecdotes, and I carefully added new pieces of Wes to my growing collection of things about him that I was holding close to my heart.”

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33. “We all need a little help to get where we’re going, you know. What matters is that the end result is yours.”

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34. “Wes?” I called. “Yeah?” “You didn’t ask me why I came home.” “I don’t care why you’re here, only that you are.”

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35. “Some days I wasn’t very proud to be me, but I was always proud to be my dad’s son.”

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36. “We balanced each other out in a weird way. And the truth was, I’d rather fight with Teddy than be happy with anyone else.”

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37. “When I felt her relax against me, I felt like I was holding the world.”

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38. “Dusty was my first everything, but not in just a first love way. He was my first real friend. He was the first person who cared enough to get to know me, who peeled back the layers I had drawn around myself and liked what they saw. He made me want to like myself, too.”

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39. “At his core, Weston Ryder was gentle, and I thought that was the best thing that a man could be.”

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40. “You know,” I said, “there are very few things that a mid-range chain restaurant can’t fix – especially one with chips and salsa and a sizzling fajita situation.”

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41. “You’re incredible,” he said. “I could bury myself inside of you every second of every day and never get tired of it.”

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42. “Hey, pornstache. Nice of you to join us.”

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43. “If there was one thing that Amos Ryder always did, it was believe in his kids. And Brooks, too, I guess. And we didn’t even do anything to earn his unconditional support for us. He just did it. I mean, I guess that’s how some parents were. But still.”

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44. “But depression wasn’t a logical disease. It was an unexpected cold front in the middle of July. It was impossible to predict, which meant that I spent much of my time worrying about when the other shoe was going to drop. Not if, but when I would sink into another dark hole and have to decide to claw my way out of it. Even when I was happy, I was thinking about when I wouldn’t be.”

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45. “You are earnest and talented, tenacious and funny. I would never insult you by calling you something as generic as nice.”

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46. “In my opinion, there was almost nothing better than a good checklist. Crossing things off was probably the best feeling in the world.”

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47. “But as I was walking out, I heard Teddy say, “So when’s the last time you were arrested?” “Never?” Riley said. “Well, tomorrow you’re going to say yesterday,” Teddy said. “Lucky you’re mom’s a lawyer.” Jesus Christ, what had I done?”

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48. “And your family is my family, Emmy, so even if you weren’t in my bar, you would be my business. You’ve always been my business, and you’ll always be my business.”

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49. “The bravest thing you can do when you love someone is work hard to keep them – to hold on to them with everything you’ve got – and even when you loosen your grip, you don’t let go.”

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50. “I’ve got you, Teddy baby.”

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