Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Are you scared, Emory?” he asked her. Her voice remained as still and calm as her body. “I’m the eye of the storm. You?”

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252. “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.”

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253. “What if her heart had hardened so much that she closed herself off in order to survive?”

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254. “I’m full of thorns,” I say softly. “But there are things about me that I hope are worth it.”

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

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256. “He jerked me into him, going faster and harder, and the feel of him sliding in and out of me, finally taking me, was doing nothing to ease my need. I was hungrier.”

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257. “But Kaleb just waves a hand, shooing me away as he lies down next to her and pulls her into his body. I watch as she immediately falls in, burying her head in his neck as the cries subside and her breathing starts to calm. He yawns, pulling her sheet and blanket up over them like this is normal.”

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258. “I wanted to look down at the sky.”

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259. “Speak your mind, and you give others permission to do the same.”

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260. “Challenge accepted, Tatum. This time I don’t want you hurt,” he continued, his breath falling over me as he got in my face, “and I don’t want you small. I just want you. Do you hear me?” He jerked me into his body. “It will be my ring on your finger and my kids in your belly someday.”

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261. “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.”

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262. “Will called us. “Alex,” he said, standing back and watching them. “Emory.” Alex immediately went to his side, but I stayed rooted. A fire lit behind his eyes. “I will raise hell and reduce this house to ash if you act like this is a choice for one more second!” he bellowed at me and then pointed to his side. “Now!” I jumped, tingles throbbing between my legs, and I clenched my teeth, walking over to him.”

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263. “The space was so small, people were packed in here, but we slid in.”

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264. “Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should. Don’t doubt yourself, don’t second-guess, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t be lazy, and don’t base your decisions on how happy it will make others. Just go for it, okay?”

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265. “I stay there, glowering, because I believe him, but I don’t want to. Sometimes it just feels good to be mad.”

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266. “You see, Rika,” I told her. “There are people in the world who are destined to be played. Victims who wouldn’t be able to change their fate even if they went back and lived life over a thousand different ways.” I made a show of letting my eyes fall down her form. “And then there are players. Like you and me.” I gestured to the threesome. “Which piece would you move next?”

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267. “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.”

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268. “You’re crawling inside yourself. You don’t just want out of the room. You want out of your skin.”

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269. “I bite my bottom lip, trying not to cry. I never cry in front of them.”

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270. “The watermelon juice spilling over your lip?” he indicated. “Lick it up or I will.”

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271. “She’s describing us, I take it. “Number two is where you finally learn what you’re capable of,” she continues, tucking a loose strand from her ponytail behind her ear. “You start getting demanding. You grow bold, not afraid to start calling some shots. You’re also not afraid to be greedier in the bedroom, because it’s about what you want and not what he wants. Number two is to be used. In a way.”

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272. “Masen is Misha.”

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273. “What they don’t tell you is that you’re more confused at twenty than you were at seventeen.”

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274. “Madoc, it’s Jax,” he said in a serious tone. “I’m at your house. Tate and I want confirmation you’re not drunk, high, or suicidal. Jared’s here, but he could care less. We’ll meet you after your game, or I’ll give Tate a crowbar and set her to work on your car.”

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275. “What did I see in him? The answer was so easy, I didn’t even have to think about it. It was the same thing he saw in me all those years ago down in the catacombs.”

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276. “One pain at a time.”

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277. “You know the great thing about family?” I mused. “They weren’t your choice, so you’re not responsible. The great thing about friends is that you can choose them.”

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278. “It’s the dancing woman.”

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279. “Making sure the girl who got out a few minutes ago is tucked back inside, down deep.”

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280. “A man who stands in front of a woman does nothing more than block her view.”

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281. “I love you,” he said.”

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282. “Under a black flag we sail.”

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283. “If you don’t grow, you die. I don’t want to die. I don’t want to be this anymore.”

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284. “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.”

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285. “You are written all over my body... the tattoos can never be erased. You hold my heart, and you can never be replaced.”

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286. “Dude, I dare you,” he challenged like he knew something. “She’s beautiful, but I’d wait until she’s legal.” “I’ll try,” I heard Michael say. “A year did her a lot of good, too. She’s getting harder not to notice.”

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287. “Yeah, go ahead and try to be your daddy, baby,” the guy eggs her on. “You fall short!” “Haven’t you heard?” she shouts out the window at him. “I’m a mama’s girl!” And she speeds up even more. “Dylan!”

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288. “Having Damon around was the only time I ever felt solid in my life,” he told me. “He’s powerful. But painful.”

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289. “Real monsters don’t wear masks,” I teased. He shrugged. “Real monsters might not care about being identified, either. No mask, no fun for you.” Aw, my man. Layin’ down the law. God, it turned me on.”

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290. “Promise you’ll never say no to me. Promise you’ll never keep yourself from me.”

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291. “I don’t think she’s sick, but she looks pale and tired.”

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292. “He never gave up. Deep down, I loved that, because I was going to be an effort for anyone, and he wasn’t easily discouraged.”

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293. “It’s odd to see how no one is really human to us until we talk to them and realize there’s barley any separation between who we are and who they are.”

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294. “Alex was like Damon. They loved me. They indulged my dark side. They were too forgiving and too enabling. They kept me from being lonely, but Emory taught me that not everything I wanted was going to come easy. That there were things I was going to have to fight for and there was pain in the world that my shallow lifestyle in high school kept me ignorant of. She made me feel like a man.”

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295. “Tell me more.” His breath fell across my lips. “I want to know everything my brother doesn’t do to you, you little liar.”

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296. “The less you know, the more you fear, so go learn more.”

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297. “No kid wants to be different. They want to belong, they desire the approval of others, and they, most often, aren’t yet mentally strong enough to be able to stand alone. As we get older, though, most of us develop that capability. We learn that nothing feels better than truly loving yourself, even if it means those around you do not. We joyously find that we just don’t give a damn anymore. And.”

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298. “So many times of needing to be close to her, talk to her, see her smile at me, and now I had her in my arms, I never wanted to let her go.”

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299. “Because if there’s one thing they know about revenge, Damon, it’s that it won’t feel nearly as good as her love will.”

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300. “We were kids once, and we liked ourselves. We were happy. How did that change?”

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