Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

402. “Yeah, they’re just matches,” I continued, my voice growing thick with tears. “And memories and smells and sounds and butterflies in my stomach every time I heard the car door slam outside, telling me that he was home. A thousand dreams of all the places I’d have adventures someday.”

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403. “Most of the matchbooks and little boxes were made of paper, and even if the matches dried out, the containers were split, torn, and shriveled. The damp cardboard dripped with water, discolored and broken.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

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

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

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408. “Because life is only happy when it’s shared.”

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409. “Then you have the gas.” He smirked, and his eyes stayed on me as he revved the engine but didn’t go anywhere. “Working the two together, you find the sweet spot. The point where she lets you take control.”

— Penelope Douglas

410. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

411. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

412. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

414. “Hey, it’s not the label on the jeans but what’s inside that matters.” And he hefted me up, gripping my ass and pressing me to him.”

— Penelope Douglas

415. “I wanted her to dream, but this was where dreams were dangerous. Nothing ever happened how you wanted it to.”

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416. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

417. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

419. “I want to kill anyone for trying to take you away from me.” I reached my hands around her ass, feeling the strap of blades around her leg, and lifted her into my arms. “If I ever leave you, it’s because I’m dead.”

— Penelope Douglas

420. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

421. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

422. “Can we do that again?”

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423. “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?”

— Penelope Douglas

424. “I’d really like to do that to you right now,” a voice said in my ear, and I popped my eyes open, noticing Alex had come to stand at my back. “I’d like to strip you down and bury my tongue between your legs.”

— Penelope Douglas

425. “I would’ve taken you over my knee.”

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426. “And over time I came to understand that my oldest brother was only twenty-three that night, and twenty-three is still so young. That he was suddenly in charge of three minors to feed and clothe, a mountain of debt, and the prospect that life would never be more than this for him.”

— Penelope Douglas

427. “Why should I have to change my name? Who made that rule anyway?”

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428. “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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429. “Chess would teach me strategy, fencing would teach me human nature and self-preservation, and dancing would teach me my body. All necessary for a well-rounded person.”

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

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

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432. “Jared is about as revealing as a hermit crab. He’s like one of those piggy banks that you have to break to get anything out of. You can’t just shake him and he’ll give up the goods. You have to get the hammer.”

— Penelope Douglas

433. “She answers it, holding it to her ear. “Mom,” she says, breathless.”

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434. “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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435. “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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436. “Using everything I had, I twisted and whipped the back of my hand across her face, sending her flying to the floor.”

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437. “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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438. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

439. “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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440. “I stared at his back as he left, my stomach churning at his commands and confidence, and I shot out my foot, kicking the leg of my chair. He had spanked me. He’d spanked me! I looked over at the windows, the angry sky dark with the promise of rain and the trees’ leaves dancing wildly. Smooth sailing, my ass.”

— Penelope Douglas

441. “I wanted nothing more than to give her the spanking she damn-well deserved out in the car right now.”

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

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443. “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

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

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

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

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

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

— Penelope Douglas