Top 35 Melanie A. Smith Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Funny how much things can change in such a short amount of time when you’re being honest about what you want.”

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2. “Hope is the light inside you that gets you through the darkest times.”

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3. “People are only defensive when they have something to defend.”

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4. “You gotta go after what you want sometimes, even if it’s scary. Even if you need help to do it.”

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5. “As I fall asleep in his arms, I wish I hadn’t resisted him all those weeks. Even though on some level I realize it’s because of exactly this; that I knew how much I could feel for this man. That our chemistry both inside the bedroom and out would be like nothing I’ve ever felt. It both excites me and terrifies me in equal measure. I close my eyes and hope for the best.”

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6. “I’m like a druggie. And he’s my drug. Can it last? Or is it, like any addiction, doomed to consume me, body and soul?”

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7. “Bad things happen all the time to good people who’ve done nothing to deserve them. Only you can choose how you handle it. Whether to press through and overcome it or succumb to self-pity.”

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8. “But life happens in its own course, whether you’re ready or not.”

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9. “Goodbye too painful a word to utter, we part in silence.”

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10. “Everyone can be selfish sometimes. Especially when they’re hurting.”

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11. “When he’s not with me I feel less than whole. But the volatility of our relationship makes me wonder how much of that is what I want him to be, as opposed to what he actually is. If the idea of him is more fulfilling than being with him.”

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12. “Things are always more complicated than they seem, and taking the harder path can lead to things you’ve always hoped for but were too scared to go after.”

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13. “You can’t buy love. But you also can’t help who you fall in love with. You just have to be able to let yourself see them for who they really are, not just who you see them as. It’s hard, getting past your own perceptions, past the hurts that scar you along the way. But I think that’s the real lesson in life: being willing to revisit your assumptions before they keep you from living happily ever after.”

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14. “Giving yourself permission to fall for someone is hard. Well, terrifying, really,” he amends. “But sometimes we have to let go of how we think things should go and just let them happen. It’s the simplest and most difficult part of giving a relationship a go.”

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15. “It’s always ‘until,’ my dear. Until you value yourself. Until you find someone who values you. Until you stop letting your past dictate your future.”

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16. “Love lost isn’t the end; it can always be found again if you’re open to it.”

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17. “There’s nothing less attractive than a woman who doesn’t know her worth.”

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18. “Believing him isn’t a choice. I have no doubt he means it. He’s spoken to me more plainly than he ever has to demonstrate his veracity. But truth and trust are two different things. And how can I possibly trust him when he kept something this big from me?”

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19. “All you can do is try. You cannot control another’s reactions. And if you truly accept that, you’ll have peace no matter the outcome.”

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20. “I would have preferred whiskey. There’s nothing like its bold flavor and strong burn to remind you that you’re alive. And then quickly dull that feeling.”

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21. “I just want her to look at me and know that she’s not just beautiful because of the strength she tries to project, but also because of the things she thinks make her look weak.”

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22. “On the drive, I stick within sight of the water as it’s always had a calming effect on me. Something about imaging what lurks beneath its surface, in depths that can’t be seen, puts everything in perspective. It reminds me that we are all just small fish in a very big pond.”

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23. “But the missing piece, and what there is no accounting for, is love. The force I’ve resisted all these years due to its destructive nature, its ability to make even the smartest among us do some truly unwise things.”

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24. “Falling in love is part choice, part fate. But how do you decide when to stop loving someone?”

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25. “Everything I knew I’d feel around him floods me at once. Loss so deep it tears me open. Love so strong it heals. Hope that grates too sharply on the jagged edges of my heart.”

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26. “A month with her and I’ve found the courage to do what I’ve wanted to for years. I say a prayer that I survive this, so I can see what a lifetime with her would do.”

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27. “Wanting to care for someone, to put their needs above yours, is love.”

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28. “Lies and love don’t tend work together in the same conversation.”

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29. “Isn’t that what loving someone is? Taking a chance every single day that they’ll stick around? That the rug won’t get pulled out from under you?”

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30. “Believing the words of an eager lover is what got me into this situation.”

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31. “Our past is part of us. And we can let it own us or we can let it shape us.”

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32. “My heart burns with anger, but the part of me that’s still his responds to him, still wants to believe there’s hope. It’s the thing I love and hate most about love: Hope dies last.”

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33. “Why does anyone love someone? Some things are just meant to be.”

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34. “Intentions aside, we’re all capable of hurting people.”

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35. “My past may have shaped me, but I choose what my life is now.”

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36. “Why is it so easy to believe the worst opinions of ourselves and not the best?”

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