Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “For all intents and purposes, he was a fun guy.”

— Penelope Douglas

402. “I always wish for the same thing, and every day it comes true.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

404. “They’ll never matter to us, Ryen. No one knows how this feels.”

— Penelope Douglas

405. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

407. “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

408. “Damon eats pain. He will find some way to take it and twist it and fit it down his throat, so he can swallow it. He’s made of it. You all can endure it until you overcome it, but Damon... he wants to be in hell.”

— Penelope Douglas

409. “Whether or not he still wanted me, I knew he wouldn’t want anyone else to have me.”

— Penelope Douglas

410. “I don’t know, baby,” I told her. “Just don’t let me go, okay?”

— Penelope Douglas

411. “FYI, your mom wouldn’t date your dad if she could make that choice again. -Punk.”

— Penelope Douglas

412. “Because beauty is in the small things and character is in the flaws, and learning that fact can’t be taught or told.”

— Penelope Douglas

413. “You can’t speak for a world when you only understand one point of view.”

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414. “Stop it.” “I give you everything you need,” he fought, his voice turning angry as he dived into my neck.”

— Penelope Douglas

415. “I brought my fingers up. “If he didn’t touch you, then is this for me?”

— Penelope Douglas

416. “He jerked me into him, going faster and harder, and the feel of him sliding in and out of me, finally taking me, was doing nothing to ease my need. I was hungrier.”

— Penelope Douglas

417. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

419. “Smiles will come again, and time heals some wounds and soothes the onesie can’t.”

— Penelope Douglas

420. “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

421. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

422. “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

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

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425. “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...”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

427. “We romance readers can be very hard on our heroines.”

— Penelope Douglas

428. “To my thinking, when someone gave out their compliments and good opinions rarely, they meant more.”

— Penelope Douglas

429. “The weak are meat, the strong eat.”

— Penelope Douglas

430. “We kneaded her skin slowly, but my hand started rubbing her back harder and more demanding as I chased the hunger for contact.”

— Penelope Douglas

431. “Damon turned to me. “Who do you belong to? Who do you love?”

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432. “Someone taught me a long time ago that pain releases pain,” I explained. “So when I was younger, I cut, poked, scratched, and burned myself, so I wouldn’t feel everything that hurt. And then I realized, it felt even better to hurt everyone else.”

— Penelope Douglas

433. “Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should.”

— Penelope Douglas

434. “Beauty is in the small things and character is in the flaws.”

— Penelope Douglas

435. “My woman doesn’t ask permission. She’s a force. Say it louder.”

— Penelope Douglas

436. “Own who you are” -Micheal Christ.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

438. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

439. “Damon shoves his chair back, making Banks and Ryen jump, and rises, scowling at Michael.”

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440. “I do what I want, when I want, and nothing for your pleasure.”

— Penelope Douglas

441. “I don’t want her to ever speak another word again that I can’t hear.”

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442. “Yes, I made enough mistakes to last a lifetime, but I’m not a bad parent, and that’s just about the worst thing you can be.”

— Penelope Douglas

443. “Your place is at my side,” I told her. “Say it.” She whispered, “My place is at your side.”

— Penelope Douglas

444. “I want to talk to you in private,” he said. I straightened my spine, meeting him eye to eye. “Private?” I teased. “Like steam-room private? I’m game.”

— Penelope Douglas

445. “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?”

— Penelope Douglas

446. “Her imagination was full of wonderous things, and I didn’t have any imagination at all. I didn’t want her to be like me.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

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448. “Do you have any idea how perfect you are?”

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449. “Sticking with me for the rest of your life,” I replied, putting my arm around her waist. “That’ll suck.”

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450. “You and me. We all hear it. L’appel du vide. The call of the void.”

— Penelope Douglas