Top 70 Onley James Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “I’m the monster other monsters fear.”

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2. “I am the smart one. I have papers to prove it and everything.”

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3. “I licked it so it’s mine’ isn’t a thing in dating.”

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4. “One man’s torture is another man’s kink.”

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5. “Sometimes the only way out is through’?”

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6. “I think Sarah’s being a bit of a drama queen. Like, Jareth is laying out a pretty solid offer. I mean, she’s the one who sacrificed her own brother during a temper tantrum. How’s he the bad guy?”

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7. “I’m starting to think the Watch isn’t a real place, like Hogwarts, or Dr. X’s academy for mutants,” Adam said. “Tell the truth, you’re just living in the desert getting high all the time and spinning these elaborate fairy tales about psychopathic Gen Zs.”

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8. “Even the ones who were gay were so deep in the closet they were frolicking with woodland creatures in Narnia.”

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9. “The key isn’t turning off your feelings, the key is to focus on your needs. Be selfish. Care only about what you want. Let go of your fear. Be a bit of a hedonist. Do the deep, dark things you think about in your mind but would never dare say out loud to anybody. Do it and don’t apologize for it.”

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10. “I’m a psychopath,” Atticus blurted. The stranger leaned forward, his whisper conspiratorial. “I’m a Scorpio. I still like banging dudes.”

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11. “Priorities, guys. First, we take care of these losers, then we Parent Trap Thomas and Aiden,” Noah said.”

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12. “This isn’t a game. I don’t play games. If I didn’t mean it, I wouldn’t say it. Honestly, if I said half the things I think when I look at you, you’d run screaming into the night.”

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13. “He’d been in a dating slump since his brothers had decided to start mating for life like psychotic penguins.”

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14. “We spoiled you rotten. You never had to go to school. Wayne taught you himself. You got cake for breakfast and all the toys you could play with. All you had to do was ask for it, and we happily complied. Was the trade-off really that bad?” Noah swallowed the bile climbing up his throat. “Yes. Killing me would have been kinder.”

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15. “Because I knew, even then I think, that I could love you, but I wasn’t sure I could ever break down your walls enough to get you to love me.”

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16. “No circus animals. No permanent damage. You can’t pee on me.” Adam barked out a laugh. “What?” “It’s a thing. Oh, and no spitting in my mouth. That’s a hard limit.”

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17. “Felix was jealous. Felix wanted him so much he’d started sabotaging his hookups. That was an amazing development. Even if it did mean people thought Avi took a love of equestrianism way too far.”

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18. “You’re gonna leave me alone and let me go. You’re going to forget my name the way I’m going to forget yours.”

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19. “Are you going to hurt me?” Noah asked, voice almost hopeful. Adam scanned his face for a long moment. “Probably, yeah. But you might like it.”

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20. “They don’t call it getting pickled for nothing.” He looked to his father. “The key is to never get sober. You have to make your organs afraid. Make them work with the booze, not against it.”

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21. “You’re not going to lecture me on drinking my problems away?” Noah asked. “No. If this is what you need to cope, then I’ll keep you safe while you do it.”

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22. “Why do I even bother to say things like ‘no mistakes’?” Thomas asked over the speaker of August’s truck, then sighed. “It’s like you boys take it as a personal challenge.”

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23. “You can’t just tie me to the bed every time I do something you don’t like,” Noah chided, breath leaving in a rush as Adam sank into him in one thrust. “Oh, we both know that’s not true,” Adam crooned against Noah’s ear. “I can do whatever I want to you in here.”

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24. “How do you raise a house full of psychopaths, Dr. Mulvaney?” she asked, looking back through the glass at the small boy. “Very carefully, Dr. Arbor. Very carefully.”

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25. “Sometimes, Felix felt bad for Avi. He was kind of like a cyborg trying to figure out human emotions that nobody had programmed into him.”

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26. “Adam shook his head with a smile. “No, my dad does. I live in a studio apartment on the other side of town.” “And why can’t you go sleep there?” Adam shrugged. “Because you’re not there and I want to be with you.”

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27. “He couldn’t ‘no homo’ his way out of this.”

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28. “The students noticed his good looks, too. Girls giggled and pointed, whispering to each other. It made him want to cut off their ponytails.”

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29. “Feed me pancakes and tell me I’m pretty.”

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30. “Left alone in the same room, the two of you would tear each other apart.”

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31. “Why would you assume I bottomed?” Felix asked, pissy. “Because you walked in here like you’d ridden a horse home from work,” Levi observed.”

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32. “Should he just ask him if he was into Thomas? Maybe if he just told Aiden they were all cool with him and Thomas doing the deed, maybe he’d put Dad out of his misery. The man was a wreck. A stylish wreck, but a wreck just the same.”

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33. “Oh, God. I’m going to puke again.” Then he was off in the bathroom. Asa sighed as the sound of retching reached him. Well, at least he was up. Asa stood, stretching his arms over his head. “Hang on, Lois. I’ll come and hold your hair back. That’s what married people do, right?”

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34. “What? Oh, I’m sorry, are we not supposed to acknowledge that every person who ends up knowing our secret is either wed or bred?”

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35. “The idea of Noah getting beat up caused a strange feeling to fill his chest. “I will disembowel anybody who so much as messes up your hair.” Noah pretended to swoon. “Who says romance is dead?”

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36. “Was murder an act of service?”

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37. “You like mom cars and bow-ties and submitting in bed. I’m here for it.”

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38. “Bowie blushed. “You have more red flags than a car dealership.”

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39. “Adam had no baseline for normal. He could only watch and mimic what he saw. He wasn’t a six-year-old boy. He was a six-year-old robot currently downloading the software that made a six-year-old boy.”

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40. “Why did you tell her I’m your boyfriend?” Adam frowned. “Because telling her that you’re the son of one of my murder victims and we’re together because I happened to get off with you this morning sounded like a mouthful.”

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41. “On Facebook, even. Old people loved Facebook.”

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42. “He was the adult. They were all adults, really, but still. He was the adultiest of the adults at thirty.”

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43. “Yeah, but the difference is I’m Gen Z, pal. We can’t wait to die. Can you say the same?”

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44. “He could decorate a stadium with all the red flags August had waved.”

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45. “You made a split-second decision to murder three people?” Wyatt asked, eyes wide as he looked to Linc. “You should introduce him to Shepherd. They’d get along so well.”

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46. “The whole psych department is batshit crazy. He’ll fit right in.”

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47. “But, instead, you get to kill twenty guys during the day, with your brothers, as a family,” August said. “Other families just have barbeques,” Archer said, tone dripping with sarcasm.”

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48. “Teach them how to direct their rage towards those who deserve it.” “Deserve it?” she echoed. “You’re teaching them to be monsters?” “Of course not. They’re already monsters.”

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49. “Has it ever occurred to you that I did you all a favor by never applying myself?” Atticus snorted. “How so?” Adam grinned. “I half-ass everything and still rise to the top. Imagine if I was using my full potential. I’d leave both of you in the dust. I’m the black sheep by choice.”

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50. “There wasn’t even a trace of humor. August Mulvaney – a killer he’d known less than three days – was sitting at his table casually talking about how he had settled on Lucas someday becoming his husband.”

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