Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “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.”

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252. “This is what happened when you fell in love. You lost your nerve, because you didn’t want to lose what had become more important.”

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253. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

254. “This isn’t high school,” I said, eyeing him playfully. “You’re way out of your depth.”

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255. “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.”

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256. “Some people can’t stop what happens to them,” I said. “They’re just born in the wrong.”

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257. “You were my tempest, my thunder cloud, my tree in the downpour. I loved all of those things, and I loved you.”

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258. “I’ve seen lots of bad love, Pike,” she says. “We both have, haven’t we?” And then she does the barest of grinds on me, awakening my body immediately. “This is the good kind. When you find it, you keep it. Nothing is more important.”

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259. “I like crazy. She can be fire or ice, I don’t care, I just need her to be one of them. And even better if it’s both.”

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260. “I don’t want to want things I’ll probably never have. It’ll hurt too much. I don’t want to know about the things missing from my life. I’m happier that way.”

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261. “They’ll never matter to us, Ryen. No one knows how this feels.”

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262. “I’d changed her forever. I’d bent and twisted and broken everything that made her the most beautiful thing that ever happened to me.”

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263. “It gets better, you are important, and you can’t be replaced. Hang on. You’ll fing youre tribe.”

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

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

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

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267. “They’re passing thoughts and little dares we allow our psyche, because we’re tired of not living and we want the fear. We want to remember why we want to live.”

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268. “I want to be outside. I want to be in a tree. I want to be wet. I want to be on the forest floor as the rain hits the leaves above. I like that sound. I want to be warm. I want to hold something. I want to talk to my dad. I want to be tired, so I can sleep more, and I want to walk. I want to be in love. I want to be safe. I want to be over. I want things in my head to be gone.”

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

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270. “FYI, your mom wouldn’t date your dad if she could make that choice again. -Punk.”

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271. “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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272. “I loved the anticipation of just being around him.”

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273. “He makes me laugh, and when I’m with him, I’m home. Like he’s the only thing in my life I understand. But I don’t understand myself anymore. Someone has to fight for me for a change.”

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274. “A single composition can have so many meanings depending on the person playing.”

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275. “Then you have the gas.” He smirked, and his eyes stayed on me as he revved the engine but didn’t go anywhere. “Working the two together, you find the sweet spot. The point where she lets you take control.”

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276. “I love you,” he said.”

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277. “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.”

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278. “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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279. “Real monsters don’t wear masks.”

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280. “Lust greater than I’ve ever known, because when we’re like this, it’s the only time she softens and changes and gives me an inch, and it’s a need that’s in my head just as much as my body. It keeps me on my toes.”

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281. “I brought my fingers up. “If he didn’t touch you, then is this for me?”

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282. “I scoff and push away from him, but then suddenly, he grabs my arms hauling me back to him. I gasp as he puts his hands under my arms and lifts me off my feet, bringing me face to face with him like I’m five years old. “Oh, I may be out of practice, little girl,” he bites out in a threatening tone, “but I think I’ll figure it out.”

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283. “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.”

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284. “And over time I came to understand that my oldest brother was only twenty-three that night, and twenty-three is still so young. That he was suddenly in charge of three minors to feed and clothe, a mountain of debt, and the prospect that life would never be more than this for him.”

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285. “Why should I have to change my name? Who made that rule anyway?”

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286. “Someone else already has my heart, and Masen Laurent isn’t him. He’ll never be Misha.”

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287. “Because I’m only worth anything if someone wants to love me.”

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

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289. “You’ve always wanted me. You know why? Because I don’t try to kill your demons. I run with them.”

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

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291. “Yeah, they’re just matches,” I continued, my voice growing thick with tears. “And memories and smells and sounds and butterflies in my stomach every time I heard the car door slam outside, telling me that he was home. A thousand dreams of all the places I’d have adventures someday.”

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292. “Most of the matchbooks and little boxes were made of paper, and even if the matches dried out, the containers were split, torn, and shriveled. The damp cardboard dripped with water, discolored and broken.”

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

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295. “She laid her head on my chest, holding me close. I loved it when she did that. All the time I spent thinking she didn’t need me, and now I knew she did. She didn’t hold me. She held on to me.”

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296. “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.”

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297. “She answers it, holding it to her ear. “Mom,” she says, breathless.”

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298. “I could be a bad boy, and I needed to be disciplined.”

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299. “I can’t change the past, Tate. I wish I could, because I’d go back and relive every day that I existed without you, and I’d make sure that you smiled.” My eyes burned with regret, and I saw the pools in her beautiful blues, too. “Every minute of my future belongs to you.”

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300. “I love it when you get mouthy,” he whispered down on me. “It makes me want to shut you up.”

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