Top 150 Maya Banks Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “It was so easy to lose herself in the fantasy of being with Gabe because he made it easy. He took absolute care of her. He saw to her every need. Was he demanding? Hell yes, but he wasn’t selfish. He took. He was ruthless in his demands. But he gave her back so much. Not just materially but emotionally, though he’d likely deny he did any such thing.”

— Maya Banks

102. “I cannot allow another man to take what I already consider mine.”

— Maya Banks

103. “Graeme leaned down and pressed his lips to Eveline’s cool forehead. “Come back to me,” he whispered. “I’m waiting, Eveline.”

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104. “She’s the one, Pop.”

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105. “All thanks to an impish, golden-haired, blue-eyed angel and a Tupperware container of cupcakes.”

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106. “We love you. We want you to marry us.”

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107. “As if he conveyed by actions what he could never say in words. Would never say in words.”

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108. “When are you going to stop running from them, Regina? From yourself?”

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109. “It’s not ugly. It’s a mark of courage. Of survival. I think you’re beautiful.”

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110. “Can you be happy here, lass?” She smiled and turned her gaze to the beautiful land covered in green and budding flowers. “I am happy wherever you are, husband.”

— Maya Banks

111. “I’ve been patient. I’ve let you run. But I’m not letting you run any longer.”

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112. “You don’t understand. How could you? We were in the worst sort of hell. We weren’t living day to day or even hour to hour. We survived minute by excruciating minute. The next day was an eternity away and we didn’t want it. Death wasn’t the enemy. It was our salvation.”

— Maya Banks

113. “I’ll call you mine.”

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114. “And now Genevieve had taken over. He’d move the sun if that’s what it took to ensure her safety and happiness. Nothing was more important than her security. His focus was and had to be solely on her, for she had no other to champion her cause. If he didn’t see to her happiness, who would?”

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115. “She’d been willing and able to submit because she’d been strong enough to come to him as an equal.”

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116. “I’m not going to hurt you, damn it.”

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117. “I just want you to see you the way that I see you.”

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118. “Life works however the hell you make it work.”

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119. “You look at me and tell me you think you’re some goddamn obligation to me. You look at me and tell me that we’re pretending when the connection between us is the most tangible, overpowering thing I’ve ever felt in my life. If this is pretending, then I damn sure don’t want to know what reality is.”

— Maya Banks

120. “In that moment, she realized that she loved this man.”

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121. “Well, I’ll be damned,” he said in an awed tone. “Never thought I’d see the day.”

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122. “I love you, Eveline,” he whispered, though he knew she could not hear him. “Somehow, I’ll make you hear me and you’ll know that I love you as fiercely as it’s possible for a man to love a woman.”

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123. “It was time for him to care for her. She’d given much of herself in the last few days. Far too much. She’d sealed her fate when she stepped in like a lioness protecting her cubs and watched over him so faithfully. She may or may not have made her ultimate decision on that bluff where he’d begged her for time to make things right. But now she was his. And nothing or no one would ever come between them. Not her family. Not his clan. He wasn’t ever going to give her up without one hell of a fight.”

— Maya Banks

124. “You’re beautiful just as you are, Lyric.”

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125. “She touched a part of him he’d thought was inaccessible. A part that had been jealously guarded for years. And she’d gotten there with no effort whatsoever. She’d walked into his life and heart like she belonged.”

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126. “If it ain’t broke, then don’t fix it.”

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127. “If I have my way, you’ll have her no longer.”

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128. “I’m not saying this is going toe easy. I’ll make mistakes. You’ll make mistakes, mostly about trying to draw attention to the differences between us. I realize it’ll take time for you to get over this mind-set that you’re somehow not good enough for me. It pisses me off, but I get that you can’t change a lifetime of seeing yourself the way you do overnight. But I’m going to work on it and wear you down.”

— Maya Banks

129. “And make no mistake, Julie. We are having a relationship.”

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130. “I don’t particularly want to get my heart broken.”

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131. “I looked at you and knew what was missing in my life. What I wanted in my life. I’ve never stopped loving you, Ren. I can’t make it any simpler than that.”

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132. “My job is to be in tune with your wants, needs and desires. I’m not worth much as a man if I can’t do that for the woman in my care. The ultimate power rests with you. Because you control my actions. I want to please you. It’s very important to me that I please you. I want you to be satisfied. I want you to be so spoiled, pampered and cherished that you don’t want to be anywhere but with me all the time.”

— Maya Banks

133. “Who loves you, Ren?”

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134. “I need your dominance, your strength. Your control. I need that structure. It centers me. It reminds me that I have a place in this world. With you.”

— Maya Banks

135. “Now tell me you love me again. Tell me you’re not going to run from me ever again.”

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136. “Let’s just say I’m use to getting my way.”

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137. “You’re afraid that I’m different from everyone else.”

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138. “He hated being the object of scrutiny.”

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139. “One song bled into another and they remained locked together, neither willing to break the intimacy that surrounded them, concealing them in the small space the two occupied.”

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140. “I made a mistake.”

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141. “She was tattooed on every part of his body. Deeper, in his heart, his very soul. A permanent brand that would never wear off.”

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142. “How can I possibly resist you when you say such pretty words?”

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143. “I love you, lass. There is not a single part of my heart or soul that you do not own.”

— Maya Banks

144. “I want to be right for you, Connor. I want it so bad I ache.”

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145. “She wanted to rock his entire universe. Wanted to firmly implant in his mind that he’d never want to allow another man to touch her – anyone to touch her.”

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146. “Es una verdad universal que cuando una mujer dice que ha estado pensando, el hombre tiene que preocuparse.”

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147. “You can have all the cupcakes you want.”

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148. “Early one morning, before the sun had fully risen over the horizon, he sent two messengers on horseback, each to deliver the royal decree to Laird Armstrong and Laird Montgomery. He only hoped to hell that they didn’t kill each other at the wedding.”

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149. “You’re mine, Lyric.”

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150. “He felt strangled by helplessness.”

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