Top 70 Robin Benway Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Because there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.”

— Robin Benway

2. “But knowing something and feeling something are two totally different things.”

— Robin Benway

3. “That’s what parents do. They catch you before you fall. That’s what family is.”

— Robin Benway

4. “Sometimes, the things people don’t say are louder than the words that come out of their mouths.”

— Robin Benway

5. “Could you please stop dripping your sarcasm all over my car’s interior?”

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6. “It’s OK to not be OK.”

— Robin Benway

7. “Sometimes love isn’t something you say, it’s something you do.”

— Robin Benway

8. “You have no idea how crazy I am, I should be wearing yellow Caution tape, I’m that bonkers.”

— Robin Benway

9. “He thought it was ironic that everyone was trying so hard to leave home, when all he wanted to do was stay in one.”

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10. “It took us fifteen years to find each other, but we still did! And sometimes, family hurts each other. But after that’s done you bandage each other up, and you move on. Together. You’ve got us now, like it or not, and we’ve got you.”

— Robin Benway

11. “It’s just how it is sometimes. Things hurt, and they hurt for a long time. You have to fight back, or it wins.”

— Robin Benway

12. “Don’t you get it? That’s what happens when you love someone: they’re brave when you can’t be! I can be brave – for you, for both of us!”

— Robin Benway

13. “Content in the knowledge that no matter what happened with your parents, or your girlfriend, that your siblings will still be there, like a bookend that keeps you upright when you feel like toppling over.”

— Robin Benway

14. “Sometimes there just aren’t enough words to fill the crack in your heart.”

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15. “The world continues to spin even when we want it to stop, I thought. Especially then.”

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16. “The older she got, the more human her parents seemed, and that was one of the scariest things in the world. She missed being little, when they were the all-knowing gods of her world, but at the same time, seeing them as human made it easier to see herself that way, too.”

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17. “But the truth was far deeper. The truth was every single color in a rainbow spectrum, and Maya didn’t have the words to say what she felt. So she didn’t say anything. It was just easier that way.”

— Robin Benway

18. “The more you start to love someone, the more you ache when they’re gone, and maybe it’s that middle ground that hurts the most, when you can see them and still not feel like you’re near enough.”

— Robin Benway

19. “Some people leave, yeah, and it sucks. But some people don’t leave, and they never will. And sometimes people are there, but you just can’t see them. But they’re still there.”

— Robin Benway

20. “It’s funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It’s like you can build your own little world, Population: 2.”

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21. “She didn’t realize it at the time, but Grace liked him just because he liked her, and that wasn’t a strong enough tree to hang on to when the storm came.”

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22. “If our school ever performed a play about the French Revolution, she could play the guillotine.”

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23. “Maya was crying and she couldn’t say anything, not because she didn’t know what to say, but because there was too much of it.”

— Robin Benway

24. “You could eat these kids for breakfast. You won’t, though, because that would be cannibalistic and wrong.”

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25. “An earthquake would have been better. At least during an earthquake, you understand why you’re shaking.”

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26. “The only way I could describe what kissing him felt like was, like the last day of school, knowing that months of freedom and sunshine lay before you, the feeling that you could do anything you wanted and time stretched out in endless possibilities.”

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27. “I like to know a little about a lot. I find that it keeps life interesting.”

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28. “That would make a fantastic college entrance essay. ‘I Killed My Boyfriend and Still Managed to Maintain a 4.2 GPA and the Lead in the Spring Musical.”

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29. “Because I already have one sister, Lauren? She’s like their miracle baby – they had her right after me, oh joy – and sometimes she’s crazy annoying and I was like, ‘Another one? I don’t know about this.’ But then they told me about you, too? And I was like, ‘Get. Out.’ I mean, it’s like insta-family, right? Just add water. Like sea monkeys.”

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30. “I’m very nice. I’m nice to everyone who deserves my niceness. -Emmy.”

— Robin Benway

31. “We don’t even have a goldfish.” “You’ve got to think toward the future.” My dad smiled at me. “Maybe one day you’ll move out and your mom and I will get a golden retriever to replace you.”

— Robin Benway

32. “You deserve more than just being our safety net.”

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33. “If you really want to know something about me, you should know this: I like my music loud.”

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34. “Well, that’s growing up, isn’t it?” my dad said. “You don’t always have to know. And things aren’t always fair. You just have to keep moving forward. A step in one direction.”

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35. “That’s when I first learned about true frustration, that wrenching ache when the thing that matters most to you barely makes a ripple in other people’s lives.”

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36. “Cherubs are so creepy, don’t you think? Like, why are naked babies shooting poisonous arrows at innocent people a symbol of love? Why aren’t they a symbol of toddler anarchy instead?” “Roux,” I started to say, but then I paused, thinking about her comment. “That is an excellent point,” I admitted. “I blame Hallmark,” she said. “Damn them and their anarchist baby uprising.”

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37. “What’s the point of crying if you can’t even see the tears?”

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38. “My hair was probably a disaster and my shirt was still damp, but I didn’t care. It was funny, I never cared about those things with Oliver. I didn’t worry about how I looked. All that mattered was how I felt.”

— Robin Benway

39. “I nodded. “I’ve been there. I obsess over mixes all the time. If there’s one bad song on there, it kills the whole thing.”

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40. “Love is fleeting, things change, et cetera.”

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41. “The Cullens aren’t gonna show up and invite you to come live with them in Forks!”

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42. “I wished I stayed at the movies, where I could have at least had some popcorn with my drama.”

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43. “And my parents don’t want me to tell my grandmother – who, let’s be honest, is already in the bottom of the ninth inning, age-wise – that.”

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44. “I know you don’t believe it now, I know you might not ever believe it, but Mark and Linda are like those training wheels, too. What you described? That’s what parents do. They catch you before you fall. That’s what family is.”

— Robin Benway

45. “Wanting someone isn’t the same as loving them, though,” he said. “You know? It doesn’t mean the same thing.”

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46. “Ah, yes. Fine. A lovely sounding word that means absolutely nothing.”

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47. “And oh my God, who brought that goddamn guitar? I want to kill them. Do you know how you can tell who the douche bag is at the party? It’s the guy who starts playing the acoustic guitar.”

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48. “That’s the nicest and most sociopathic thing anyone’s ever said to me.”

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49. “I guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise.”

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50. “Well, what do I say?” I ran my thumb over my phone’s screen. “Like, ‘Good making out with your face last night? Let’s do it again.’?”

— Robin Benway