Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2024 Update)
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351. “It will be my ring on your finger and my kids in your belly someday.”

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352. “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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353. “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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354. “She needs a lot, and all of them are things you can’t buy.”

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355. “Michael,” she panted softly. “I never wanted anyone else. Don’t you see that?”

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356. “What is he doing to me?”

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357. “I won’t look like anyone else, and while I’m not yet happy, I’m no longer trying to be something I never was.”

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358. “It is hard,” Will said mournfully. “But I just call one of the guys when my heart needs a hug.”

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359. “I told her you’d be set for life,” I said, both of us rubbing on each other, “and I’d make all your dreams come true. You’ll dance and no doors will be closed to you ever again.”

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360. “If she knew she was yours, she wouldn’t have gotten in that car.”

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361. “When you think about the women who aren’t interested in my brother, it pretty much just leaves the lesbians.”

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362. “I will raise hell and reduce this house to ash if you act like this is a choice for one more second!”

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363. “Mistakes can be dealt with. Loss of time can’t.”

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364. “Spread on your bravery, line the eyes and the lips,” I say under my breath as I write on the paper, “glue up the cracks and paint over the rips.” I.”

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365. “A man who endeavored to be better was already superior to the men who claimed to be great.”

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366. “Turns out my dream girl belongs to the one person it would kill me to hurt.”

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

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368. “No one does me better than me. I close my eyes again, hearing what he’s saying. I changed, because I didn’t think what I brought to the table was worthy enough. I let them make me believe that, but who made them authorities? I may no longer be adored, but I might not be so miserable, either. And I may eat alone, but that’s not such terrible company, is it?”

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369. “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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370. “But Kaleb just waves a hand, shooing me away as he lies down next to her and pulls her into his body. I watch as she immediately falls in, burying her head in his neck as the cries subside and her breathing starts to calm. He yawns, pulling her sheet and blanket up over them like this is normal.”

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

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373. “No one was going to tell me how to feel. Not anymore. No one could make me feel anything I didn’t allow. I was in control. And I was ready for an adventure.”

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374. “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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375. “Girls dress for others. Women dress for themselves.”

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376. “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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377. “I might kiss you again when we’re older,” he says. “Just so you know.”

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378. “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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379. “Does this hurt?” he asked. I brought my head up to look at him, but he wasn’t looking at me. He was looking at Michael. I twisted my head, seeing Michael’s mouth open a little, taking in quick, shallow breaths. “Yeah,” he said in a low voice, his eyes meeting mine. “But you like it,” I stated, feeling one of Kai’s hands trail up my belly between us. “You like the sting. It turns you on.”

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380. “They’re hopes and wishes and reminders and all the times I smiled, knowing he’d remembered me while he was gone.”

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

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382. “Bringing a shaky hand to my mouth, I sucked in air as if it were going out of style.”

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

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387. “The problem with quitting smoking is it’s really hard if you never fully quit.”

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388. “Making sure the girl who got out a few minutes ago is tucked back inside, down deep.”

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389. “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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390. “He didn’t haunt me.”

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

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

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394. “I wanted her to love me again. I wanted her to say she was mine. And I didn’t want to have to bully her about it, either.”

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395. “I bite my bottom lip, trying not to cry. I never cry in front of them.”

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

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

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398. “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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399. “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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400. “He might hate me. But he thinks about me.”

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