Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “But let me tell you something, girl,” she goes on, speaking low and discreet for the few customers in the place. “What you feel for him or anyone else isn’t what you need. This – ” she taps my chest over my heart, “what you’re feeling right now – is the best thing that can happen to you. Because when all the pieces of your heart start to come back together, and they will, they’ll be stronger. And much tougher for someone to pierce.”

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352. “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?”

— Penelope Douglas

353. “Well, it’s like you’re saving your energy for something. Holding back. But it doesn’t make any sense. Life is one-way, and there is no return trip. What are you waiting for?”

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354. “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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355. “Don’t you get it yet? You don’t have to be afraid or embarrassed. No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.”

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356. “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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357. “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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358. “But the girl of my dreams is off-limits. She’s Cole’s, and she’s nineteen. There’s no way.”

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359. “This is what we were built for, Michael. You and me.”

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360. “It’s as good a place as any,” I reply softly, placing some condiments back onto the door shelf. “Why?” “Because you’re still you, no matter where you go,” I retort.”

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

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362. “The question is, would you rather keep your secrets or keep her?”

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363. “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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364. “Territorial is fine when it’s in the bedroom. It’s not fine when it keeps someone you’re supposed to love from living a life.”

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365. “Because you can’t win if you don’t play.”

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366. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

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

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369. “Come here,” he said again. I absently shook my head. “Why?” “Because I’m your man.”

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370. “What is he doing to me?”

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371. “People will think what they want to think, not because they believe they are right, but because it’s in their nature to maintain that they are. By defending yourself, you feed the appetite for drama. By not, you’ve ended the conversation.”

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372. “Everyone is our type when they’re naked!”

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373. “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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374. “I shouldn’t be able to look at her. I shouldn’t love to touch her, and I shouldn’t need to feel her wrapped around my cock every second since I’d first had her last night. She wasn’t mine. She would never be mine. And I shouldn’t want her.”

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

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376. “He sighed. “I’m out of my own control, Winter,” he said, not explaining any further. “There are no choices. We are who we are, and we do what we do. It’s nature. Like game pieces, I will play my part, because I can’t resist. I can’t be what I’m not.”

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377. “He didn’t haunt me.”

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378. “But that was two years ago. She wasn’t sexy to me anymore. Now she was lethal.”

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379. “You loved me. We were besties. I lend you my eye shadow. But someday all you’ll be is someone I used to know. – Punk.”

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380. “I’m stronger now,” I whispered. “I won’t let you fall.”

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381. “It wasn’t the fight that got you. It was the lure that you could always quit.”

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382. “We’re victims of circumstance. At least I can feel confident that I would’ve liked him no matter what. If he were any other guy who came into my bar, sat down, and talked to me, I would’ve wanted him.”

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383. “I take you home, or I take you in my lap right here. Decide.”

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384. “No one does me better than me.”

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385. “Lucky for her, I love getting on her bad side.”

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386. “Only. Ever. You. Jaxon Trent.”

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387. “Because you’re still you, no matter where you go,” I retort.”

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388. “Unfortunately, the world moves on, and then it just becomes punishing yourself.”

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389. “He might hate me. But he thinks about me.”

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390. “Unease set in. Had Trevor left me a present?”

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391. “Crooking his finger, he mouthed “come here” as he slowly approached me, probably trying to keep my antics quiet so I wouldn’t embarrass him.”

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392. “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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393. “I trusted myself now. I wasn’t leaving, and I wasn’t hiding. Happy people don’t fear death, because there’s nothing more they want out of life than what they have right now.”

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394. “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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395. “When I thought about it, there actually weren’t a lot of things or people in the world that I loved. Why had I left them here?”

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396. “I was just contemplating how some gasoline and a match would improve this painting.”

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397. “Unease weighed on my shoulders, and I let out a breath. I need her. I want her.”

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398. “Now,” I breathed out. “I want you now, Damon.” He sucked in air between his teeth. “Say that again. With my name.” “I want you now, Damon.”

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399. “You made me feel like the world was a big place again.”

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400. “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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