Top 150 Maya Banks Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Bad things happen to good people all the time. It sucks. It’s not fair but then much of life isn’t fair. It’s how you live that matters. It’s how you deal with the bumps in the road.”

— Maya Banks

2. “Most of all, I want you to know without a doubt that I’ve got your back. And your front. And your sides. I’ve got all of you and I’m not letting go.”

— Maya Banks

3. “You can’t control everything. You can’t control how someone feels about you. Or what makes them tick. You can only control how you react, how you act, how you think and feel.”

— Maya Banks

4. “I’m not stubborn. My way is just better.”

— Maya Banks

5. “Men love a submissive woman, Damon said simply. Even when they say the don’t. There’s just something about a beautiful, soft woman looking to them to protect and take care of them that inspires a man to greatness.”

— Maya Banks

6. “I don’t deserve your love or your shine, but I want it because with you I can feel the sun. I don’t want to go back to those shadows.”

— Maya Banks

7. “Seeing you happy is the best gift I could ever ask for.”

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8. “Nothing worth having is ever easy. And you don’t get things without fighting for them.”

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9. “Nothing good is ever easy. Or worth it.”

— Maya Banks

10. “And you look beautiful without it, but I want you to feel just as beautiful as I see you.”

— Maya Banks

11. “Sometimes forgiveness is the hardest thing to give, but the most cherished thing to receive.”

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12. “Because you’re making a habit out of running away from me.”

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13. “True friendship has no boundaries. No parameters. And certainly has no conditions.”

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14. “Have you ever been torn between two impossibilities and knew in your heart that no matter which way you went or which path you chose that you were doomed to unhappiness?”

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15. “But if I lost you, it would devastate me as nothing else has or ever could. You have so much power over me and that’s frightening.”

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16. “He pressed his lips against her forehead in the gentlest of kisses. “I’m going to make love to you, Grace. Not right this minute. I’m not going to pressure you or rush this. But from the moment I saw you on that video surveillance tape, you were mine. I have no explanation for it. I don’t even entirely understand the connection. But it’s there, and I think you feel it too. I’m willing to wait until the moment is right, but you’re mine.”

— Maya Banks

17. “I’m not too proud to beg.”

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18. “No amount of saying ‘I love you’ and ‘I trust you’ makes it true when it isn’t.”

— Maya Banks

19. “I’ve always wanted to be psychoanalyzed in a den of iniquity.”

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20. “Some lessons you learned by the book. Others you learned from cold hard experience. The latter may not be the best way to learn, but it damn well stuck.”

— Maya Banks

21. “For God’s sake, don’t hug me.”

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22. “I love you. God, I love you.”

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23. “Perhaps I’m tired of waiting for something I may never find.”

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24. “There were worse things than death, as she’d discovered. Sometimes living took far more courage. Facing another day. Enduring. Those things took strength. Far more than dying.”

— Maya Banks

25. “It doesn’t matter. I love you. That’s it. That’s all. I hope to hell it’s enough.”

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26. “Some crushes just never went away. They built, instead, into something permanent, obsessive and all consuming.”

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27. “My attitude is born out of necessity. I’ve made mistakes. I’ve made decisions I regretted. I know what it’s like to live with regret. I live with it everyday. But if I let it take over, I’d never get out of bed in the morning.”

— Maya Banks

28. “Recognizing your illness is the first step in your recovery.”

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29. “I won’t hurt you, Lyric. I don’t want you to be afraid. I want you to know what it feels like to have someone love you.”

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30. “He’d never get over her. He knew that without hesitation or doubt. He loved her. As deeply as it was possible to love another person. And God, he wanted her. Every day. In hit life. As much a part of him as he would be of her.”

— Maya Banks

31. “I’ve always considered myself a good person. I’ve never done anything to purposely hurt anyone. I was in shock that this happened to me, and because it did, I turned into this vengeful person. I’ve never truly hated anyone, but I was glad when I saw him lying there on the floor.”

— Maya Banks

32. “Inch by inch, they chipped away until soon there would be nothing left to salvage.”

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33. “Never run out on me again. No matter what happens, you stay and fight. Yell at me, argue, throw something at me, whatever you want to do, but never walk away from me. Promise me that.”

— Maya Banks

34. “I came for you.”

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35. “The gift of your trust. Nothing is more valuable than that, and you can’t put a price tag on that kind of gift. I’d spend all my time catching up, because hell not it’s not equal. What you’d give me far surpasses anything I could give you.”

— Maya Banks

36. “If you don’t stay away from her I’ll rearrange that pretty face of yours. – Simon.”

— Maya Banks

37. “No. I don’t regret it. It wasn’t the right thing to do, but I don’t regret it. – Toni.”

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38. “Words are just words. The evidence is in how you act, how you react.”

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39. “I feel safe with you.”

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40. “Vulnerability, like he had the power to hurt her or pleasure her in a way no other man could. For the first time, he was uncomfortable with the idea of having complete power over her.”

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41. “Don’t push me away. I’m attracted to you.”

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42. “I love you, Cole. I’m sorry if I ever made you feel like you were second best or that I didn’t love you or that God forbid, you were a substitute for Lucas and that any man could give me what I want and need.”

— Maya Banks

43. “I’m going to take a shower, I want you naked and in bed when I get back.”

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44. “I love you, Serena. Stay.”

— Maya Banks

45. “Maybe I didn’t always know what I was missing, but it was you. Always you.”

— Maya Banks

46. “My love for her is stronger than my hatred of you.”

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47. “You can’t control my feelings, Hancock. You control my fate, yes. My ultimate destiny. My life even. But you can’t control me.”

— Maya Banks

48. “You need to worry less about what everyone else thinks and focus on what makes you happy.”

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49. “He was better than any drug, any remedy for her illness.”

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50. “Love finds you when you least expect it. Under seemingly impossible circumstances, but it was there. Young and blooming still. Unwavering and constant. Love truly did conquer all. Love required trust, unconditional faith in the face of adversity.”

— Maya Banks