Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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

152. “Not to waste time. Not to leave anything unsaid. This could be it. The last time we see each other.”

— Penelope Douglas

153. “None of us are unique in our suffering. But we are unique in our survival.”

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154. “You belong to me more than you ever did to them.”

— Penelope Douglas

155. “We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask.” “Or putting one on,” she replied. “After all, there’s freedom in hiding, isn’t there?”

— Penelope Douglas

156. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

158. “But he still should’ve confronted me. What were they hoping to gain with revenge, other than pleasure in someone else’s torture? Would it accomplish anything, take away what happened, or move their lives forward? Had their worlds become so small in prison?”

— Penelope Douglas

159. “In fact, he was kind of an angel at the end. An angel with really black batwings.”

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160. “The only way we find out what we’re capable of is by getting into a little trouble.”

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161. “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

162. “People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it’s in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you’ve ended the conversation.”

— Penelope Douglas

163. “It could be so strange how things happen. How the people you never suspect become you’re only lifeline, and you hold onto them as hard as you can, because you have no choice. There was nothing else to keep you from falling. Falling into loneliness or despair or fear. He reached for me, and I reached back.”

— Penelope Douglas

164. “A ship at harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.”

— Penelope Douglas

165. “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

166. “There are just some things that are more exciting when they’re a secret.”

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167. “Hang on. You’ll find your tribe.”

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168. “It was such a shame. Jared was stunningly gorgeous, and once upon a time, he was a good guy. If things had been different, I could be his. Once upon a time, I thought I was his. But I wouldn’t be sacrificing my pride to him. Ever. Again.”

— Penelope Douglas

169. “Your body can only feel one pain at a time.”

— Penelope Douglas

170. “My wild girl. The one who sets fires everywhere she goes. I was dead before her.”

— Penelope Douglas

171. “Refusing yourself the things you need to feel alive only brings two consequences: detriment or death.”

— Penelope Douglas

172. “I want to be everything she sees.”

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173. “He didn’t touch me. He’d just put his arms around me and held me, not getting greedy or trying to get more out of me or anything.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

175. “She needs a lot, and all of them are things you can’t buy. She needs to laugh and get drunk. She needs to be tickled and cuddled and carried and teased. I don’t want to see her cry, but if she does, I want her to know there’s comfort. She has a home.”

— Penelope Douglas

176. “Yeah, you’re going to be in my bed, baby, but not until you wish you hated me.”

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177. “God, she feels good. She looks like she’d be pudding in your fist. Soft. Too soft. It was so good, though. Those seconds on the car that she let me bury my face in her body. Her skin is like water. I want her smell in my bed. And in my hair. And never far away from me.”

— Penelope Douglas

178. “Women always have to ask questions they really don’t want the answers to.”

— Penelope Douglas

179. “We want what we want.”

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180. “She corrupted me.”

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181. “I was there when she was five and eight and thirteen, so you remember where you and she started the next time you want to imply you have any more responsibility or love for her than I do,” he bites out. “My woman. Sit down.”

— Penelope Douglas

182. “Everyone contemplates suicide at some point, even if it’s just for a minute. And one thing is usually the root cause. Loneliness.”

— Penelope Douglas

183. “I’d loved Emory since the moment I laid eyes on her when I was fourteen.”

— Penelope Douglas

184. “He made himself the cure, which wouldn’t have been necessary if he hadn’t also created the disease.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

186. “This is special. It’s different. it’s unique and all mine. She and I... we’re alone in the universe. No one was us.”

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187. “She’s not a bomb. She’s patient, quiet, unyielding, and permanent. She withstands. Like steel. Like an ax.”

— Penelope Douglas

188. “What do you think was the only thing that made me keep breathing?” My tone hardened as I clenched my jaw. “In my brain, I reached for you. I never stopped reaching for you.”

— Penelope Douglas

189. “But the best part is, the first break is always the worst. It’ll never feel this bad again.”

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190. “Territorial is fine when it’s in the bedroom. It’s not fine when it keeps someone you’re supposed to love from living a life.”

— Penelope Douglas

191. “I hated him. He was everything bad that happened to me. But he was the only time – other than dancing – that I felt alive, too. Being with him was like dancing. Dancing with death.”

— Penelope Douglas

192. “Sometimes, I just had to watch her. I had to keep my eyes on her, because it was still so hard to believe that she was real. That she was here and mine.”

— Penelope Douglas

193. “I rolled my eyes so far back in my head I almost saw my brain.”

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

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195. “A man who endeavored to be better was already superior to the men who claimed to be great.”

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196. “We haven’t smiled together in a while, and it’s starting to not come naturally anymore.”

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197. “We don’t need food to survive this life as much as we need our hearts broken at least once. But the best part is, the first break is always the worst. It’ll never feel this bad.”

— Penelope Douglas

198. “Well, it’s like you’re saving your energy for something. Holding back. But it doesn’t make any sense. Life is one-way, and there is no return trip. What are you waiting for?”

— Penelope Douglas

199. “People who are wound that tight are unpredictable.”

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200. “I’m not gay,” she says quietly, and I have to strain to hear her over the rain. “I’m just in love with you.”

— Penelope Douglas