Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Those who are patient, plan. And beware the man with a plan.”

— Penelope Douglas

102. “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

103. “There are too many people that try to change us, and not enough people who want us to be who we really are. Someone once made me see that, and i wanted to give that to you.”

— Penelope Douglas

104. “We need lies to survive sometimes, because the truth hurts too much.”

— Penelope Douglas

105. “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

106. “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

107. “You know why most people in the world are unhappy, Rika? Because they don’t have the courage to do the one thing that will change their lives.”

— Penelope Douglas

108. “Birthday wishes don’t always come true, so I don’t waste a chance when I blow out a candle.”

— Penelope Douglas

109. “Don’t think you’re special. Lots of women get him. No one keeps him.”

— Penelope Douglas

110. “There’s pawns and rooks and knights and bishops, but only one queen.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

115. “He was always game. And thanks to his tutelage, now so was I. He’d corrupted me.”

— Penelope Douglas

116. “He’s a reminder of what I want to feel everyday, whether it’s with him or on my own. He’s taught me that who I am when I’m with him feels too good to sacrifice for the approval of everyone else. The way I dress, the guys I talk to, the games I play... it’s all plastic, and when I’m with him, I’m gold.”

— Penelope Douglas

117. “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

118. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

119. “I learned a long time ago that you don’t need to reveal everything inside of you to the people around you. They like to judge, and I’m happier when they don’t. Some things stay hidden.”

— Penelope Douglas

120. “We want what we want.”

— Penelope Douglas

121. “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

122. “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

123. “And I know right then and there I want to be the only girl he ever looks at like that.”

— Penelope Douglas

124. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

126. “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

127. “That you don’t have to live in the reality someone else had invented. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. Ever. Redefine normal. None of us know the full measure of our power until we start pushing our boundaries and pressing our luck, and the more we do, the less we care what others think. The freedom feels too good.”

— Penelope Douglas

128. “I wish I could see you for real,” I told him. “I want to know what you look like when you look at me.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

130. “1. Boys will lie, cheat, and steal to get into your pants. A man will stand the test of time. Make him wait, and you’ll see which one he is. 2. They will try to tell you that it feels better without a condom. You just tell me where they live. 3. And relationships are supposed to make your life better. You don’t drag each other down. You hold each other.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

132. “It’s odd to see how no one is really human to us until we talk to them and realize there’s barely any separation between who we are and who they are. She may have wanted what I had, and I may have wanted less, but we were still both struggling no matter the shoes we walked in.”

— Penelope Douglas

133. “Eventually we all have to weigh what we want more: wanting back what we had or wanting what could be. To stay or to risk everything to move forward.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

135. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

137. “No matter how you cover yourself, it’s never enough. You’re beautiful.”

— Penelope Douglas

138. “The last line of the confession read ‘We want what we want.’” I turned my eyes on him as sweat cooled my pores.”

— Penelope Douglas

139. “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

140. “No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

142. “They were untouchable, fascinating, and nothing they ever did was wrong. I wanted that. I wanted to look down at the sky.”

— Penelope Douglas

143. “I love you, okay?” I rushed out. “I love you like crazy, and I’ve never said that to a woman before, but I’m completely in love with you, Easton Bradbury.”

— Penelope Douglas

144. “I miss you every day, I write. You’re my favorite place.”

— Penelope Douglas

145. “Maturity is more the result of experience than age.”

— Penelope Douglas

146. “We’re going to rule the world, Rika... You, Banks, and me.”

— Penelope Douglas

147. “The shy ones tend to be the baddest after all.”

— Penelope Douglas

148. “But no one’s better off without you.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

150. “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