Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “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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302. “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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303. “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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304. “It was the only time I didn’t feel lost.”

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305. “I’m not playing your games. You were wrong.” I crossed my arms over my chest. “You want to know what I’ve learned? I don’t win by playing your games. I win by making you play mine.”

— Penelope Douglas

306. “I’ll never say no,” she answered but then added with a smile in her voice, “as long as you keep me screaming yes.”

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307. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

309. “No, Uncle Jake.”

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

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

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312. “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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313. “Your kids – and I imagine they had more help – dug a wide but shallow grave on Weston’s football field. They stole the kid’s car, drove it into the hole, and buried it. They even made a nice little tombstone for it.” Snorts.”

— Penelope Douglas

314. “Because everyone lies to make people feel better.”

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

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316. “You’re in everything.”

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317. “He would know that I didn’t always hate him. A sliver of my brain was starting to believe there was more to him.”

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318. “I’d love to have an excuse to drag him into my hellish life and keep him there forever.”

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319. “I never expected to feel better. I just wanted them to feel worse.”

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320. “I’ll get over him. And very soon, every memory will fade, all his words and how every touch felt. It’ll all fade.”

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321. “I don’t know, baby,” I told her. “Just don’t let me go, okay?”

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

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323. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

324. “You can’t speak for a world when you only understand one point of view.”

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325. “He needed to lose control, because I was starting to get concerned about whatever he was bottling up.”

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326. “Stop it.” “I give you everything you need,” he fought, his voice turning angry as he dived into my neck.”

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327. “Do I make you feel safe? I like taking care of you.”

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328. “Do you know what this is?” I took my middle finger and patted the corner of my eye with it. “It’s me, wiping away the last tear you’ll ever get.”

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329. “Or when they demolish their boyfriend’s car with a crowbar. I’m not entirely sure that story is true, but it’s fun to think about.”

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330. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned about relationships – any relationship – is that no one should wear the pants.”

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331. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

332. “Seven years, and this is how you want to meet, Angel?”

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333. “Own who you are” -Micheal Christ.”

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334. “Her imagination was full of wonderous things, and I didn’t have any imagination at all. I didn’t want her to be like me.”

— Penelope Douglas

335. “But he still should’ve confronted me. What were they hoping to gain with revenge, other than pleasure in someone else’s torture? Would it accomplish anything, take away what happened, or move their lives forward? Had their worlds become so small in prison?”

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336. “What the hell was he talking about? I only had one sister.”

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337. “She was mine, and I was hers, and it would never break. I closed my eyes, breathing her in. “I love you so much,” I whispered, tightening my hold on her. “This is where I live.”

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338. “She hides her insecurities behind flighty behaviour and sarcasm.”

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339. “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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340. “I wanted to look down at the sky.”

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341. “For all intents and purposes, he was a fun guy.”

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342. “I always wish for the same thing, and every day it comes true.”

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343. “I’m not gay,” she says quietly, and I have to strain to hear her over the rain. “I’m just in love with you.”

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344. “And no matter how tough he acts, the stress of whatever situation he’s in is in there somewhere. Buried deep or right underneath the surface.”

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345. “I was just planning on lying down next to her, savoring the feel of her for a little while.”

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346. “Are you up for a movie tonight? We could re-watch Thor again. I know you like his hammer.”

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347. “I will make sure marrying me will be the nightmare of her life.”

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348. “It’s a subtle gesture I actually love despite the building tension in the room. It’s his way of letting me know he might be angry, but he’s not angry with me, and he hates that I’m probably uncomfortable right now.”

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349. “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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350. “I don’t like women who chase me anyway,” she says. “When I want them, they know.”

— Penelope Douglas