Top 160 R.S. Grey Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “He’s met someone,” she said during one of our Skype calls in my second year of medical school. “Another demon?” “I think he really likes her.” “Watch out for a lobotomy scar, or the mark of the devil. It might be tucked beneath her hair.” “They’re coming home at Christmas so he can introduce her to our parents.” “Hold a mirror up to her and see if she has a reflection.” A.”

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102. “We already share a meal service subscription and a Netflix account. In fact, if you won’t marry me, I’m going to change my password.”

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103. “I looked back down at the pitiful play-oven. It looked like revenge, if any was to be had, would at best be served half cooked and chewy.”

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104. “His loft is massive, with exposed beams on the ceiling and original shiplap walls. It has an open floor plan so the living room and kitchen are all one big space. The light from the sunset streams in through the industrial-sized windows covering the entire back wall of the loft. It’s nice, which throws me for a loop.”

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105. “Edith sips her wine casually. “Since now. You’re a good teacher and five bucks is nothing. I spend that much on a damn cup of coffee down at Starbusk.” “You mean Starbucks,” I correct. “’S what I said, Starbusk.”

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106. “On any given day, half of the subway cars smelled like urine, and attempting to get anywhere on time was nearly impossible. It was stressful to live in the city and I still hadn’t found my niche, but I had dreams. One day when I’d paid off my massive pile of student loans and was working for Vogue, I’d move to the Upper East Side and get to experience the city in a whole new light.”

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107. “I like a girl with baggage, Abby Mae. Keeps things interesting.” His comment was too much; it stripped away my normal sarcastic responses. I was left with nothing but the bag in my hand, so I tossed it at him.”

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108. “So now we just need to figure out what the hell people wear in Montana.” “Brokeback-chic?” I offered.”

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109. “What do you call this?” “A friendship with unhealthy, codependent tendencies.” I smile. “Well to me it seems like the start of something really, really special.”

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110. “I just felt scared and vulnerable lying on that kitchen floor with you. You could pull the rug out from under me whenever you feel like it... whenever you’re ready to move on.”

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111. “The execs were tough on him. All day he’d absorb their poison like a sponge, and at night, he’d wring it all out on me.”

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112. “If I want to reach him, I’m going to have to try a little harder. And I will. Because for 28 years, Lucas tried hard for me.”

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113. “Haven’t either of you been with someone you’re so attracted to you can hardly stand it?”

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114. “We’ll take as long as you want. We can be engaged until you turn ninety-nine and you can’t even walk down the aisle. I’ll carry you or wheel you down. Just tell me you’ll marry me.”

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115. “Yeah, but Dean and I were both hungry again by the time the restaurant closed. Don’t you have guy friends? You should know that we require constant feeding.”

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116. “Was I willing to glue on a vijay toupee for him?”

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117. “It’s not like I was in a war; I shouldn’t have PTSD.”

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118. “She snaps the lid back on the Tupperware. “Then I’ll just take this bread to the break room. No point in it going to waste. See you in surgery!” Then she saunters out. She leaves my office and takes my damn banana bread with her.”

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119. “My eyes swept down to his soft black t-shirt that read: “don’t do school, eat your drugs, stay in vegetables”.”

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120. “Maybe it was the masks or maybe it was Rio. There was something in the air, the promise of pleasure that made it impossible to stop. “You’re.”

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121. “Does your cockiness have a dimmer switch or is it always set to ‘high’?”

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122. “The last thing I needed was for a horde of Justin Bieber fans to take over my Twitter feed with death threats.”

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123. “She was probably used to testing her maturity and newfound confidence around hesitant boys closer to her age, but the lesson to be learned was that unlike boys who are intimidated by feminine boldness, men like me are inflamed by it.”

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124. “I hope your plan involves a time machine so you can go back and kill baby Caroline – and baby Hitler too, I suppose, if there’s time.”

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125. “I need to Amazon Prime some sage and perform an ancient cleansing ritual under a full moon in the center of town.”

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126. “Logan?” he asks, displeased. “Football coach Logan? Never met a tub of glossy hair gel he didn’t like Logan?”

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127. “Sure, he’s no longer the scrawny Lucas from a decade ago, but even with his new Body by PubertyTM, he has to have calculated the risk in playing a game of sensual chicken with me.”

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128. “I watched girls stroll by our table, glancing at Erik with half hidden interest before scurrying off. I wanted to shout at them to move along. We get it. He’s good-looking.”

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129. “He was the northern star. I had no choice but to become enveloped in his brightness and let it coax me toward him. Wanting him was an unconscious impulse, like taking my next breath.”

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130. “I needed you to follow your dreams so that I could follow mine alongside you.”

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131. “Sometimes I got so lost in the cynical side of life that remembering to feel extremely freaking lucky about certain things just slipped through the cracks.”

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132. “Italians all seemed to believe that a few drinks and a good meal would cure any ill. Fat chance.”

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133. “Loving you would be as easy as taking a breath But to look at you, that’s a dance with death.”

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134. “Is she incapable of standing upright without holding on to him for support?”

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135. “There is nothing Lucas Thatcher doesn’t excel at and I find myself appreciating just how adept he is at mouth-to-mouth combat.”

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136. “It was the feeling you get when you fall face first into bed after a long day. That’s what being near Beck felt like.”

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137. “After that, he turns back to me, locks his gaze with mine, and asks simply, “How is someone supposed to confess their love? Should I have ordered up dinner or dessert for us? Have you eaten? I haven’t even thought to ask.” What?!”

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138. “He was holding my head under water, and I didn’t drown, didn’t break. I grew gills.”

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139. “To love is to settle, to feel calmed by a lover’s embrace. It’s why people often define home as a person, not a place.”

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140. “Gyms just don’t hold much appeal for me. I prefer hunching myself over my work table or easel, staining my fingers with pastels, letting the days blur together.”

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141. “Taylor is elusive and wild, a clever little cat. I couldn’t predict her next move if there were a million dollars on the line.”

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142. “What’s your game plan, Daisy? We can’t do this dance with every patient for the next six weeks.” “You are absolutely right. Here’s a plan: you give your resignation and I go on with my life, happier than ever.” “You have one hand – ” “Lucas, you of all people should know how much can be accomplished with only one hand.”

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143. “My gut says to go with you and it’s yet to fail me.” He smiled, brushing off my concerns so easily. Well that’s because your gut is probably made up of rock hard abs; they wouldn’t fail anyone.”

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144. “Silence is a virtue. Get virtuous.”

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145. “I tried out the standard blow-into-the-palm-of-your-hand to test my breath and yes, on a scale of one to ten, I could kill a small puppy with that wretchedness.”

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146. “Little did they know I wasn’t above backing over nasty reporters. Spoiler: the rest of this story takes place from a jail cell.”

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147. “Tell me what you’re doing with your hand, Sam.” “Flipping you off.”

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148. “When I asked you the other night if you wanted me and Edith to be your people, this was part of the deal. You can walk out of my life tomorrow. Quit working for me. Date Tucker. Go back to your husband, and I’ll still be your person if you need me. That’s how it works.” Well damn.”

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149. “Another bright spot for me is that men regularly mistake my exhausted ramblings and honest deprecation as humor and personality.”

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150. “While he’s gone, Chris gives me detailed directions for how to get to the grocery store. “Take the third left after the Lutheran church, and then the next right after First Baptist, and, now, if you see St. Mary’s, you’ve gone too far.” By the time I hop up behind the wheel of an old Ford truck, I think I’ll just let Jesus take the wheel.”

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