Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “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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302. “You make me feel driven. You make me hungry and on fire and wanting to slow down time instead of wanting to rush through it. It’s you I look for when I walk in the doors in the morning. Not her. You.”

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

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304. “It’s hard to find that one person who speaks your language.”

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305. “Yesterday is gone.”

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306. “It was the only time I didn’t feel lost.”

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

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308. “I have no life there if you’re not in it. You’re part of everything good I’ve ever done, Ryen. Please.”

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309. “When you’re cared for, you care for others.”

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310. “That was my girl, scarred, tattered soul, and all. She was beautiful.”

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311. “Once my gaze met his, it was impossible to look away. His eyes were like the cover of a book – giving you hints but not the whole story. And I wanted to know the story. If I searched his eyes long and hard enough, maybe what I craved would seep out.”

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

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313. “I love you,” he said.”

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314. “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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315. “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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316. “We will have kids. If you want them. But I will never not have you.” He shakes me. “Do you understand?” A sob lodges in my throat. “Do you understand?” he growls again. “A world where there is no us can’t happen.”

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317. “She and I were the same, after all. We fought shame every day, struggling with who we could let see the real us, and we’d finally found each other.”

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

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319. “When and if she comes around, take her somewhere, just the two of you.” What? “It’s called a date,” she explained, “and it’s where you do something she likes that makes her happy. You and she will keep your clothes on for this.”

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320. “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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321. “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.”

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322. “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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323. “I won’t let you go ag – ” He stopped.”

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

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325. “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.”

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326. “I pulled my hand down, holding it with my right, as I looked at the ring.”

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327. “I’ll meet you outside.”

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328. “I want a life I never want to take a vacation from.”

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329. “Aw, my man. Layin’ down the law. God, it turned me on.”

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330. “What is he doing to me?”

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

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332. “I’ll be home at five. Be here,” I order her. And then I start to walk toward the door but turn and soften my voice, adding, “Please?”

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

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334. “Smiles will come again, and time heals some wounds and soothes the onesie can’t.”

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

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337. “I build with you now,” he whispered to me, the heat of his mouth on my lips. “We make Thunder Bay together, Em. I love you.” I love you. I closed my eyes, my face cracking and my eyes filling with tears.”

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338. “So, we live. As hard as we can for as long as we can, and we feel everything, because if it doesn’t kill us, something will.”

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339. “We can be confused about what is good for us but not about what we truly want.”

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340. “I never wanted other women... I left so that I could be a man for you. So I could come back for you.”

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341. “When you have kids, your hopes transfer to them. Your life takes a backseat to what they need.”

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342. “Tate always loved the rain. She came alive in it, and I hadn’t been able to enjoy seeing her like this in years. Part of me always wondered what magic she saw in thunderstorms, and part of me didn’t need to know. Just watching her was like hearing music in my head.”

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343. “Girls dress for others. Women dress for themselves.”

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344. “I loved you last night,” I told him. “And I loved you this morning. I’ll still be here. I’ll still be me tomorrow and every day after.”

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345. “I’d show him. I was strong, and I wouldn’t beg for anything. I’d get out of here and live and keep my damn chin up. The calm in the madness. The quiet in the chaos. The patience for my moment.”

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346. “When he was in prison, he was here. When I wanted to want other men, he was here. When I danced, when I cried, whenever I was alone, and when I was quiet in a room full of people and thinking about him, he was here. The truth was, I’d had what Michael and Rika had. I thought I had anyway. Those days were when I was the happiest. Even though it was a lie, it was the best I’d ever felt. Damon. It was useless to close the door. My fight wasn’t enough. He couldn’t be contained. I had to let go.”

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347. “Madoc thought I was dirt under his shoe. Screw him.”

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

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349. “It’s simply finding the choice that leaves me with the most options and the least consequences.”

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350. “I buried my masked face in her neck and tightened my arms around her. Possessive. Threatening.”

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