Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “When you’re cared for, you care for others.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

353. “The more you suffered, the more you survived. It shaped people in different ways, and what broke one person could empower another.”

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

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355. “We will have kids. If you want them. But I will never not have you.” He shakes me. “Do you understand?” A sob lodges in my throat. “Do you understand?” he growls again. “A world where there is no us can’t happen.”

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356. “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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357. “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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358. “The secret of life that everyone knew and everyone forgot was that we weren’t alone. We thought we were unique. We thought we were the first.”

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

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360. “We’re only ever good, because there are consequences,” I told her. “Take those away, and everyone shows their true self. Kind of like taking off a mask.”

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

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362. “Yesterday is gone.”

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363. “I knew I was Superman.”

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364. “I pulled Dylan up onto my lap, her little yellow Chucks rubbing against my shins. “Hi, Daddy,” she chirped. “I miss you.”

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365. “Becoming hard at heart isn’t an intersection in your brain where you have a choice to turn left or right. It’s coming to a dead end, and you just keep going, over the cliff, unable to stop the inevitable, because the truth is you just don’t want to.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

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367. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

368. “Now, relax your thighs,” he instructed. “Spread ’em wide and let them fall to the bed, okay? Open for me. Just open.” I laid down my thighs, knees bent and spread for him.”

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369. “Just kill me, because I can’t take it back, and I can’t move on.”

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370. “Girls dress for others. Women dress for themselves.”

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371. “They run around like they own the whole world, but I guess wolves born on a leash never know they shouldn’t be wearing one.”

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

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

— Penelope Douglas

374. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

375. “Evans Crist – and my father – had yours killed.”

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376. “Life takes you over like that. You lose yourself. Who you were when you were five was the real you. Before everything started to kill you.”

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

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

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380. “We keep biting back. We survive, because sometimes that’s the most violent thing we can do to other people. We stay alive.”

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

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

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

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385. “Most guys, Madoc, like something different. You know why you want to see me in “nice,” skimpy things? Because the more I show, the less I’m hiding. I scare you.”

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

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

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388. “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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389. “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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390. “What is he doing to me?”

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

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393. “Kai grabbed me, wrapping his arms around my torso, under my arms, and lifting me up. “I love you,” he whispered against my lips as he backed us away from the others. “And he can send me to prison again for a very long time. I’m not letting that happen now that I’ve found you. Please.”

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

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395. “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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396. “No, Uncle Jake.”

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

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

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400. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas