Top 200 Rachel Van Dyken Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “He’d given me his heart a long time ago – and now I was giving it back, not because I didn’t want it. But because I wanted to share it. With him. Forever. – Kiersten.”

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152. “Seek and you’ll find.”

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153. “Everyone is afraid of dying. The hardest part is never admitting we’re mortal, but coming to terms with the fact that we have no control over how long we’re given.”

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154. “Putting your hair in a bun is like wearing tight pants on Thanksgiving. Eventually the stuffing’s gonna pop right on out.”

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155. “You show true friends the ugly – and trust them enough to turn it into something beautiful.”

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156. “Sometimes when we think God has written The End, what he really means is The Beginning.”

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157. “I feel lost.” “Let me find you.” “I feel sick.” “Let me heal you.” I kissed her head. “I feel sad.” “Let me be your happiness.”

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158. “But that’s the thing about choices; you don’t regret them until after they’ve been made.”

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159. “I want this. I want you. Don’t tell me I can’t have you.”

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160. “Don’t let the thing that terrifies you overcome you so much that you can’t even take a bite.”

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161. “You made me weak. And every time I see you, I wonder, will it happen again? Because you, you’re the game changer, the one who makes me question everything, the one who makes me want to be better, the one I almost lost – the one I am so damn terrified of losing again.” A.”

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162. “My body is giving up. But my soul is a fighter, so when I leave this earth, I want you to remember that even though my body’s broken, gone, dust, my soul’s free.”

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163. “Because every time I tried to erect a wall, he made me feel stupid for having one in the first place.”

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164. “The way I see it, is the quicker we work together, the quicker you can row, row, row your boats back across the Atlantic.”

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165. “It’s stupid, not to take a chance, regardless of how slim that chance, at life.”

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166. “If you have a heart – I guarantee – there’s someone out there who wants it. Who’s searching for it. Who dreams about it.”

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167. “Welcome to the land of the living sweetheart. Everyone’s messed up. It’s what makes us human.”

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168. “That’s how you can tell when someone has a good heart... when you want to be the one to make it beat.”

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169. “People don’t question themselves when things are going well. They question themselves when things have gone to hell.”

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170. “I’m not backing out of the fight. I’m just choosing not to participate in it, especially when I know I don’t deserve to even participate, let alone win.”

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171. “Chin up! We’re just trying to make you an Uncle, what’s the harm in that?”

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172. “When fear actually turns into a friend. When you open your eyes and all you see is the dark because it’s been so long since you’ve seen the light.”

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173. “Kissing you is terrifying, breathing your same air makes my knees weak, when I’m around you it’s a tie between wanting to chase you down – or just kiss you until you can’t breathe.”

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174. “Loss is loss, allow yourself to feel it so you can deal with it.”

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175. “Just because you type the end to one story doesn’t mean you don’t get to start another.”

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176. “I was your punishment.” She sniffled. “Wrong.” I tilted her chin up. “You were my gift.”

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177. “You’re mine, Blake, you hear me? Mine.” “Yes.” She gasped, pulling my head down, her lips meeting mine with desperation. “Yes.”

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178. “It’s unfair to give your body and soul to one person, while asking for everything that person has to offer in return, knowing that you may not be able to follow through with the promise you’re making.”

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179. “I don’t to save the world- I just want to save you.”

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180. “Fine. I’m tame. And boring. I like reading. And the last time I went to a party, I left early because Outlander was on.”

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181. “Because when your heart breaks, somehow it keeps beating.”

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182. “Because my weakness has always been her, it would always be her.”

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183. “Besides, romance isn’t something you work at – not when you find the right girl. When you fall in love, when you take that leap, it’s as natural as breathing; it’s as simple as that. I’m romantic because my heart demands I be nothing less than one hundred percent, for you, day and night.”

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184. “Crazy comes in all forms, even ones who look completely harmless.”

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185. “Love is bright. It’s like a star in the night sky. You can’t help but see it. It’s like the very sun; you can’t help but feel it. It’s like breathing; you can’t help but breathe it.”

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186. “Blake rolled her eyes, then leaned in and blew over the tomato soup, her plump lips forming the perfect O. I watched. Even Lex watched. The room went dead silent. She finally glanced up at us. Lex turned around and started whistling while I continued staring. “You blow well,” I said in my most romantic voice. “Coming from you” -she shook her head-“I’ll take that as the highest of compliments.”

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187. “He caressed my arm and then frowned as he leaned down and examined the marks Jac’s nails had made in my skin, along with the blood I still hadn’t washed off. “What is this?” His cold voice left me filled with dread. I tried to jerk away. “Nothing.” “Maya,” he growled. “Who the hell dared to lay a hand on you?” His voice was furious as his eyes flashed with rage. “Tell me. Now.”

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188. “The thing about second chances”, Mom interrupted, laying a hand on my arm “is we always walk into them assuming we’ll feel better, when nine times out of ten things get worse before the ever get better.”

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189. “Yeah, Chase. I have a cow under my bed. It’s invisible, though, so you can’t see it. But sometimes at night it comes out to play. What the hell is wrong with your brain?”

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190. “You’re crazy as hell – but you’re my crazy. I want to live in that head of yours. I want to hear about the crazy things you conjure up in that imagination of yours.”

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191. “To make eye contact with Sergio Abandonato was to know both pain and beauty simultaneously. I.”

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192. “Forgiveness is never given in order to make peace with the offender. It’s given to make peace with yourself.”

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193. “To want someone so desperately that you would sacrifice anything, actual human lives, possibly your own soul, to have it.”

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194. “At least we knew that all women had something to offer, regardless of how oddly shaped the package might be. There was always something. Always.”

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195. “My name’s Saint,” I whispered gravely into the microphone. “Are you ready to confess your sins?”

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196. “Just because we aren’t crying on the outside doesn’t mean we aren’t completely wrecked on the inside.”

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197. “I didn’t want someone saying it was going to be okay. See, that’s the worst thing you can do to a girl. Say it’s going to be okay when she knows it’s not, when she’s knows that the only real ending to the story is heartache.”

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198. “I always thought Nixon was the scary one. The one everyone was afraid of. It’s possible I had underestimated Chase... big time.”

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199. “But damn, how I wanted, just for once in my godforsaken life, to be the hero, the knight in shining armor, the guy she deserved to have.”

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200. “The day had been difficult, but she was making me laugh, just like Andi had. I needed it more than oxygen.”

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