Top 500 Penelope Douglas Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “I could never pretend you weren’t you,” he says. “I don’t want to.”

— Penelope Douglas

402. “This was a game to him, and that was fine. He just wasn’t the only one playing anymore.”

— Penelope Douglas

403. “Yesterday is gone.”

— Penelope Douglas

404. “You were the only loner I knew who hated being alone.”

— Penelope Douglas

405. “Kaleb’s not good. But he’s the one I want.”

— Penelope Douglas

406. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

408. “He never gave up. Deep down, I loved that, because I was going to be an effort for anyone, and he wasn’t easily discouraged.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

410. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

412. “We created our life here. One life. One chance. “No one stops us,” she whispered. “No one owns us.” I held her tight. “And we’re not changing.”

— Penelope Douglas

413. “I’m marrying you,” I whispered. He nodded. “’Bout time you caught up.” I started to laugh, diving in and kissing him, cheers going off at the tavern.”

— Penelope Douglas

414. “He was everything. My entire life, I only felt completely alive when he was close, and while I knew nothing would ever be easy with him, I also knew nothing would ever be good without him.”

— Penelope Douglas

415. “They didn’t leave me a note. Even now, there was nothing they wanted to say to me.”

— Penelope Douglas

416. “The intercom. He’d found her.”

— Penelope Douglas

417. “I wanted to make more than just money. I wanted to make a difference and be remembered.”

— Penelope Douglas

418. “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

419. “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

420. “I’ll get over him. And very soon, every memory will fade, all his words and how every touch felt. It’ll all fade.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

422. “Promise you’ll never say no to me. Promise you’ll never keep yourself from me.”

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423. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

424. “Your kids – and I imagine they had more help – dug a wide but shallow grave on Weston’s football field. They stole the kid’s car, drove it into the hole, and buried it. They even made a nice little tombstone for it.” Snorts.”

— Penelope Douglas

425. “Because everyone lies to make people feel better.”

— Penelope Douglas

426. “I’m full of thorns,” I say softly. “But there are things about me that I hope are worth it.”

— Penelope Douglas

427. “You’re in everything.”

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428. “He would know that I didn’t always hate him. A sliver of my brain was starting to believe there was more to him.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

430. “I never expected to feel better. I just wanted them to feel worse.”

— Penelope Douglas

431. “It’s odd to see how no one is really human to us until we talk to them and realize there’s barley any separation between who we are and who they are.”

— Penelope Douglas

432. “Seven years, and this is how you want to meet, Angel?”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

435. “He needed to lose control, because I was starting to get concerned about whatever he was bottling up.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

437. “Do I make you feel safe? I like taking care of you.”

— Penelope Douglas

438. “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

439. “Or when they demolish their boyfriend’s car with a crowbar. I’m not entirely sure that story is true, but it’s fun to think about.”

— Penelope Douglas

440. “If there’s one thing I’ve learned about relationships – any relationship – is that no one should wear the pants.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

443. “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.”

— Penelope Douglas

444. “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

445. “But he still should’ve confronted me. What were they hoping to gain with revenge, other than pleasure in someone else’s torture? Would it accomplish anything, take away what happened, or move their lives forward? Had their worlds become so small in prison?”

— Penelope Douglas

446. “What the hell was he talking about? I only had one sister.”

— Penelope Douglas

447. “I wanted to look down at the sky.”

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448. “It will be my ring on your finger and my kids in your belly someday.”

— Penelope Douglas

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

— Penelope Douglas

450. “I was just planning on lying down next to her, savoring the feel of her for a little while.”

— Penelope Douglas