Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “Making sure the girl who got out a few minutes ago is tucked back inside, down deep.”

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

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353. “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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354. “Leaning over the table, I close my eyes, take in a breath, and make my usual wish Let tomorrow be better than today. And I blow, almost instantly smelling the pungent stream of smoke curling into the air from the extinguished wick. It’s always the same wish. Every candle. Every time. I want a life I never want to take a vacation from. That’s my goal.”

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

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356. “Everything was pure and sweet, just for that short amount of time, and this was how it was supposed to happen. It was always going to happen with us. I wanted to feel her on me. Her skin on mine. I wanted every inch of her.”

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357. “He presses his body into mine, taking my waist in one hand and planting his other hand on the wall above my head, and dips his forehead down to mine, looking into my eyes.”

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

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

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360. “So many times of needing to be close to her, talk to her, see her smile at me, and now I had her in my arms, I never wanted to let her go.”

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

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362. “Okay, lesson on Tate and music. If fans do anything less than carve the band’s name into their skin, then the band isn’t worth listening to. Any music that involves more than jumping around and banging your head is about as exciting as Kenny G to her.”

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363. “I get to be me... ” he swallowed, staring at me, “when nightfall is coming.”

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

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366. “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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367. “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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368. “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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369. “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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370. “They’ll never matter to us, Ryen. No one knows how this feels.”

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371. “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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372. “Nothing hurt if I knew I had you.”

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373. “The world has plans for you, baby. Whether you’re ready or not. You can be either a driver or a passenger.”

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374. “There’s always a reason why things are as they are.”

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375. “Tell me I’m crazy for thinking you’re holding back from me as much as I’m hiding you.”

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376. “The street itself is an orchestra of white noise, the drops bouncing off the ground or pummeling hoods of cars, the rain is so thick I can barely see the houses across from me.”

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377. “I just wanted her to smile.”

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378. “I guessed we’ve all built ourselves up through sadness, disappointment, and experience. It just happens at different times and in different ways.”

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379. “One pain at a time.”

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380. “She’s already coming,” he said, sounding a little surprised.”

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381. “I like you,” he told me. “I want you in my house. I want to see you in my bed. I don’t want to not see you every day. Be with me tonight.”

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382. “I looked into Em’s eyes, whispering, “I love you, baby.” “Good,” she told me. “Because I wasn’t actually on the shot like I said I was in the greenhouse.”

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383. “The only one who can bring Ivar Torrance’s father to his knees is Ivar’s mother.”

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384. “Everything with him was like home.”

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385. “Tyler looked after him and then turned to me, cocking his head. “I’m not a jealous man, but for you I might make an exception.”

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386. “It’s no excuse,” I pointed out. And she agreed. “No, it’s not.” she said. “It’s a reason. Plain and simple. There’s always a reason why things are as they are.”

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

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388. “You always wait for tomorrow. But let me clue you in. Tomorrow was yesterday.”

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389. “So, what did you want to talk about?” I ask. “Your car’s extended warranty.”

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

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391. “I felt like no one wanted me and that life moved on without me. No one cared.” Jared’s.”

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

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393. “And what disgusting task, pray tell, would you like me to do?”

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394. “Whoever he is, he was just here. We need to go. Now.”

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395. “I love you,” he said. I immediately broke down, tears springing to my eyes. Happy tears.”

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396. “And all I knew in that moment was that I would fight for nothing more than to keep her like this. Innocent and happy and pure.”

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397. “I’ve been trying for years, it seems, to be the kind of woman I admire, and all of a sudden I feel like I am that woman. I know I’m worth it. You’re just not.”

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398. “We want what we want,” he whispered. I dropped my eyes to my lap, fisting my hands.”

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399. “Everyone watching us from a distance faded away, and I looked down at his hair matted to his scalp and temples, droplets cascading down his cheeks and over his lashes, and all I wanted in the world was to stare at him forever. “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.”

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400. “I grinned. “You’re absolved, right?” I asked him, reminding him of his confession this morning. “You need new sins for next week. Don’t worry. You’ll like it.”

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