Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “That was my girl, scarred, tattered soul, and all. She was beautiful.”

— Penelope Douglas

152. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

155. “Under a black flag we sail.”

— Penelope Douglas

156. “What do you treasure? Is anything precious to you?”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

158. “I guess I understood people letting themselves be used, even for just a night if it meant not being alone for once.”

— Penelope Douglas

159. “As my friend, I liked you,” I whispered. “As my enemy, I craved you. As a fighter, I loved you, and as my wife” – I slid the ring the rest of the way on – “I keep you.” I squeezed her hand. “Forever,” I promised.”

— Penelope Douglas

160. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

162. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

164. “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

165. “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

166. “Where do you hide when their highs are your lows?”

— Penelope Douglas

167. “I knew I was Superman.”

— Penelope Douglas

168. “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

169. “It’s only eight o’clock in the morning, and I think I’ve already had enough boys for one day.”

— Penelope Douglas

170. “And from Michael – as well as Damon, Will, and Kai – I learned to breathe fire. I learned to walk as if the path were carved for me and me alone, and to treat the world as if it should know I was coming.”

— Penelope Douglas

171. “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

172. “The more you suffered, the more you survived. It shaped people in different ways, and what broke one person could empower another.”

— Penelope Douglas

173. “Sometimes, we all need to hide.”

— Penelope Douglas

174. “You’re not still a virgin, are you?” he asked, probably suspicious when I didn’t answer. “I mean, Damon took care of that a long time ago, right?” Bile rose up, swelling my throat, and I pushed his hands away. “You’re disgusting,” I gritted out, my eyes burning with tears. How could he be so vile? But he just laughed me off and.”

— Penelope Douglas

175. “It’s just you, Little Monster. Own it or it will own you.”

— Penelope Douglas

176. “I pulled Dylan up onto my lap, her little yellow Chucks rubbing against my shins. “Hi, Daddy,” she chirped. “I miss you.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

178. “I didn’t want her first time. I wanted every time. But I didn’t want to love her, either. I didn’t want it to feel like this. It couldn’t feel like this.”

— Penelope Douglas

179. “This is black,” he said. “Fear, falling, release. Excitement, risk, danger.”

— Penelope Douglas

180. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

182. “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

183. “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

184. “Red. Out of all the colors, I liked red the best.”

— Penelope Douglas

185. “Then it hit me. No one is immune to emotion when those chords are pulled. No one.”

— Penelope Douglas

186. “I liked noise. Rain and birds and wind. I just didn’t like other peoples’ noise. It made the room feel small. Too small. I couldn’t think.”

— Penelope Douglas

187. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

189. “The most valuable lesson anyone learns in life should be learned as early as possible. 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.”

— Penelope Douglas

190. “I didn’t feel so lost when he was around. It was the only time I didn’t feel lost.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

192. “Now get inside and take off your clothes. I’ve had a whole day to dream up the theme park I’m going to make of your body tonight, girl.”

— Penelope Douglas

193. “She corrupted me.”

— Penelope Douglas

194. “Her heart was so shallow she couldn’t understand and know that I was real. Every moment with her, I was real. I would’ve been faithful, and I would’ve died protecting her.”

— Penelope Douglas

195. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

196. “Jared is about as revealing as a hermit crab. He’s like one of those piggy banks that you have to break to get anything out of. You can’t just shake him and he’ll give up the goods. You have to get the hammer.”

— Penelope Douglas

197. “Fear wasn’t the enemy. It was the teacher.”

— Penelope Douglas

198. “Whether or not he still wanted me, I knew he wouldn’t want anyone else to have me.”

— Penelope Douglas

199. “But breaking was beautiful. It hurt, and it was an uphill climb back to sanity, but you came back stronger, fiercer, and more solid than you were before.”

— Penelope Douglas

200. “And relationships are supposed to make your life better. You don’t drag each other down. You hold each other up.”

— Penelope Douglas