Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “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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302. “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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303. “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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304. “They’ll never matter to us, Ryen. No one knows how this feels.”

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305. “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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306. “Because life is only happy when it’s shared.”

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

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308. “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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309. “I love you,” he said.”

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

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311. “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.”

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312. “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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313. “I loved the anticipation of just being around him.”

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314. “We didn’t do drugs, we were the drugs.”

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315. “Just don’t let me go, okay?”

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

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318. “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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319. “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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320. “Speak your mind, and you give others permission to do the same.”

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321. “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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322. “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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323. “Not to waste time. Not to leave anything unsaid. This could be it. The last time we see each other.”

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324. “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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325. “Marriages, kids, a divorce – we’d all been through the ringer, and it was a wake-up call one day when I realized I’d been waiting for my life to start – my real life – only to realize that it had already happened when I wasn’t paying attention.”

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

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

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328. “Hey, it’s not the label on the jeans but what’s inside that matters.” And he hefted me up, gripping my ass and pressing me to him.”

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

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330. “In our hearts, we always know what’s right and wrong. That’s not the struggle. The struggle is wanting what’s wrong for you and gauging whether or not the consequences are worth it.”

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331. “Gotta love a woman that can hand you your own ass.”

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332. “Did you know that your open thighs are directly responsible for my renewable energy source?”

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333. “Such a strange feeling, something so big, reminding you that you’re small, but also reminding you that you’re part of a world full of magnificent things. What a great thing to be able to see – and relearn – every day.”

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334. “Now I wished I tried more and wasn’t so afraid to put myself out there. Maybe if I had reached out for new experiences, I’d known what I wanted to do with my life. Now my options felt limited, because I’d held myself back in high school...”

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

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336. “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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337. “Can we do that again?”

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338. “Dip your toe in every ocean and try everything and anything.”

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339. “Decent men don’t do this,” I tell her. “But that’s why I wanted this one. She’s a devil, just like me.”

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

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341. “No, Uncle Jake.”

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342. “The truth was, you’re happier when you’re needed and stronger when you’re loved.”

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343. “But nowadays,” she keeps going, “we don’t hold a woman responsible for a man’s behavior.”

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

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

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347. “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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348. “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.”

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

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

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