Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “There’s pawns and rooks and knights and bishops, but only one queen.”

— Penelope Douglas

102. “The secret of life that everyone knew and everyone forgot was that we weren’t alone. We thought we were unique. We thought we were the first. No one has been through what I’ve been through. No one else is feeling this. No one knows what it’s like to be me. This is the first time anyone has endured what I’ve endured, right?”

— Penelope Douglas

103. “And my brother, Damon Torrance, had been a nightmare since the first time I met him. An exquisite nightmare.”

— Penelope Douglas

104. “Anything to not need you, Anything to not fall for you, Anything to look at a girl who’s not you, But baby, there’s nothing but you.”

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105. “You don’t want to be alone in high school, and if you have friends – good ones or not – you have a little power. High school is like prison in that way. You can’t make it on your own.”

— Penelope Douglas

106. “A man who stands in front of a woman does nothing more than block her view. She needs a man standing next to her, so grow up.”

— Penelope Douglas

107. “The perk about being the quiet girl was not many people really got to know you, which left you the advantage of surprise if you ever decided to switch gears in situations just like this.”

— Penelope Douglas

108. “We’re going to rule the world, Rika.” I held out my hands, grinning. “You, Banks, and me.”

— Penelope Douglas

109. “I’m too old. She’s too young. This was a mistake.”

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110. “It’s always the same wish. Every candle. Every time. I want a life I never want to take a vacation from. That’s my goal.”

— Penelope Douglas

111. “Sometimes people have to make their own mistakes and feel the pain.”

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112. “Real monsters don’t wear masks, William Grayson III,” I retorted. “They look like everyone else.”

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113. “I think too many people give others too much power over them. But if they’re not missing you or thinking about you or wanting to be near you, then it’s time to realize you’re worth someone who does.”

— Penelope Douglas

114. “Do you notice that, too? How all of us just want to get through life as quickly and as easily as possible? And even though we know that without risk there’s no reward, we’re still so scared to chance it? I’m.”

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115. “Own it. Don’t apologize for who you are. Own it. You can’t win if you don’t show up, right?”

— Penelope Douglas

116. “Blood isn’t love, and love is the only thing that begets loyalty.”

— Penelope Douglas

117. “Mads Mori. Poor kid sounded like an assassin.”

— Penelope Douglas

118. “You left bruises all over my tits this morning,” I tell him, “and if you’re not nice, I won’t let you kiss them better later.”

— Penelope Douglas

119. “You want to know what I’ve learned? I don’t win by playing your games. I win by making you play mine.”

— Penelope Douglas

120. “They all thought I was a good girl, Michael.” I dragged his lobe through my teeth. “But there’s so many bad things I want to do. Do dirty things to me.”

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121. “And he wrapped his arms around me, holding me tight, and this was it. Right here. Everything I wanted to feel that brought me even more happiness than dancing did. He was still the boy, promising to kiss me again someday, and I was still her, never wanting to leave whatever little private world we created when we were together.”

— Penelope Douglas

122. “The more you do for someone, the less they do for themselves.”

— Penelope Douglas

123. “Just don’t let me go, okay?”

— Penelope Douglas

124. “I’m never letting you go again, Tate,” I whispered, almost desperate. “I’m your friend forever, and if that’s all I get, then that’s what I’m taking, because only when you’re here” – I took her hand and placed it on my heart – “do I feel like my life is worth a damn.”

— Penelope Douglas

125. “I never make mistakes,” I replied. “I’m either right or I’m learning. Jaku niku kyo shoku.”

— Penelope Douglas

126. “He nibbles, bites, and sucks on my neck, shoulders, and over my shoulder blades as he continues kneading my breast and making my panties so wet as he rubs me through them.”

— Penelope Douglas

127. “His mouth covered mine, and we kissed, going hard and fast, eating each other alive. He tasted like everything I’d ever need.”

— Penelope Douglas

128. “Those who are patient, plan. And beware the man with a plan.”

— Penelope Douglas

129. “I’m not yours, Will Grayson. And I’ll walk, thanks.”

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130. “Our scrapes and bruises, tattoos, scars, smiles, and wrinkles told our stories, and I didn’t want a pristine piece of wallpaper. I wanted her and everything she was. At least for tonight.”

— Penelope Douglas

131. “It doesn’t hurt, through. Not at all. It actually feels kind of good, because the annying sting of the cut is suddenly gone. Just gone. Like a kill switch.”

— Penelope Douglas

132. “He was soft and slow, gentle and attentive. Possessive.”

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133. “Because he’s the one pure, beautiful thing untainted by ugliness,” he repeated his same words from the shower. “And we love him for it.”

— Penelope Douglas

134. “I don’t flaunt myself for the enjoyment of men.”

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135. “Will, Michael, and Kai were my friends, and I’d walk through fire for any one of them. Will was the only one, though, who I was sure would walk through fire for me.”

— Penelope Douglas

136. “Will, Kai, Damon, and Michael. The Four Horseman. I just loved these nicknames little wannabe gangsters gave themselves in high school, but someone should really tell them it wasn’t scary when youhad to tell everyone how scary you were.”

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137. “Most people, he’d once told me, don’t do great things, because great things don’t feel great when you’re doing them.”

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138. “I’d loved Emory since the moment I laid eyes on her when I was fourteen. “From that moment on, it seemed I was always aware of her, and everything I did, I did it with it in mind that she was watching.”

— Penelope Douglas

139. “I mean, look at them,” he told me. “Banks, Winter, Em, Rika... Women are only vulnerable, because they’re the last to be taught to fight. I want to put a woman like them into the world.”

— Penelope Douglas

140. “Why do I care so much what the other girls think? Why do I want to be friends with them? I try to be nice, but it’s never good enough. But they’re mean and everyone loves them. Why is that?”

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141. “There were dark deeds and bad seeds, but who cared if the house was falling apart as long as it was pretty, right?”

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142. “The closer you got to anything beautiful, the less beautiful it became. Allure was in the mystery, not the appearance.”

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143. “Happy people don’t fear death, because there’s nothing more they want out of life than what they have right now.”

— Penelope Douglas

144. “Reap, reap, reap, you don’t even know, all you did suffer is what you did sow.”

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145. “You think I would let her touch me?” he whispers, hefting me up high. “Only you’re allowed to touch me.”

— Penelope Douglas

146. “I learned a long time ago that you don’t need to reveal everything inside of you to the people around you.”

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147. “Real monsters don’t wear masks.”

— Penelope Douglas

148. “Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance,” I recited Confucius as we slowed down. She pinched her eyebrows together, breathing hard. “Why?” “Because a weapon of death shouldn’t be in the hand of someone who hasn’t lived.” You can’t speak for a world when you only understand one point of view.”

— Penelope Douglas

149. “Enemies are a choice. A result of our egos. They happen when we’ve chosen to see sheep instead of sleeping lions.”

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150. “You kissed my hair while sticking me in the heart. But your house will break before I fall apart. -Punk.”

— Penelope Douglas