Top 160 Sally Thorne Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “He sees a freckle on my collarbone and loses composure.”

— Sally Thorne

52. “In my room, I scrub my eyes with makeup wipes and change into leggings and old band T-shirt. I’ll let my teeth decay tonight.”

— Sally Thorne

53. “Watching you pretend to hate the nickname is the best part of my day.”

— Sally Thorne

54. “Little runts like me usually come across as cute rather than powerful, so I’m pulling out all the stops.”

— Sally Thorne

55. “Happiness. A better life. Red lipstick and those sunglasses. The.”

— Sally Thorne

56. “Since the moment I saw you. Since the moment you smiled at me, I felt like I was falling backward off a cliff. The feeling has never stopped. I’ve been trying to drag you down with me. In the worst, most ill-conceived and socially stunted way possible.”

— Sally Thorne

57. “Where are you actually going?” My voice rings down the empty street. “I just told you. I’m going out stalking.” “What, on foot?” I come closer by another six paces. “You were going to walk?” “I was going to run down the middle of the street like the Terminator.”

— Sally Thorne

58. “He smells like birthday-candle wishes.”

— Sally Thorne

59. “I’m starting to notice that he always checks to see if I laugh at his jokes.”

— Sally Thorne

60. “But here, it’s only us. Our lips find a rhythm; the gentle upswing of a pendulum, dropping away to the lightest curve, again and again, until there’s nothing left for me in this world but his body, mine, and the water spilling over us, destined to refill a cloud. He.”

— Sally Thorne

61. “That important, impossible thing that you have nearly given up on ninety-nine times? Finish it. Whether it’s a success or a failure, no one can take your The End prize away from you. Finishing is the most important thing there is. It’s proof of how hard you tried.”

— Sally Thorne

62. “Shortcake.” I ignore him. “Shortcake.” “I do not know anyone by that name.” “Play with me for a minute,” he says it softly, right in my ear. I turn my face to his and try to regulate my breathing. “HR,” I manage. His face is so close to mine I can taste his breath, hot mint sweetness. I can see the tiny stripes in his irises, tiny unexpected sparks of yellow and green. There are so many blues I think of galaxies. Little stars.”

— Sally Thorne

63. “His smile is worth a thousand of anyone else’s.”

— Sally Thorne

64. “Maybe he’ll murder me down there. I’ll end up dead in a Dumpster. The investigators will see my fishnets and heavy eye makeup and assume I’m a hooker. They’ll follow all the wrong leads. Meanwhile, Joshua will be calmly bleaching all my DNA off his shoes and making himself a sandwich.”

— Sally Thorne

65. “I don’t tell people things in time. I say things in the wrong order, or assume that people will know.”

— Sally Thorne

66. “I haven’t seen you today. I’ve been feeling mixed up and desperately sad, and for some reason seeing you might help the weird pain in my chest. I don’t have friends. Except for you. Except you’re not.”

— Sally Thorne

67. “Let me deal with him. If he turns up dead in the river you’ll know to keep your mouth shut and provide me an alibi.”

— Sally Thorne

68. “I can’t slow down with you,” he argues. “You make me want to speed up everything.”

— Sally Thorne

69. “This is the best game I’ve ever played in my entire life.”

— Sally Thorne

70. “TODAY IS A magnificent black T-shirt day. Write today in your diaries. Tell your grandchildren stories about it. I tear my eyes away, but they slide back moments later. Underneath that T-shirt is a body that could fog an elderly librarian’s glasses. I think my underwear is curling off me like burning paper.”

— Sally Thorne

71. “Both love and hate are mirror versions of the same game – and you have to win. Why? Your heart and your ego. Trust me, I should know.”

— Sally Thorne

72. “I want to know what’s going on in your brain. I want to juice your head like a lemon.”

— Sally Thorne

73. “I can never decide if Tom’s hair is the color of caramel fudge or chocolate. Either way, yum. The texture is like a romance novel that’s fallen into the bath, then dried: vaguely sexual crinkle waves with the occasional curled edge and dog-ear. I want to jam my hand in it and make a gentle fist.”

— Sally Thorne

74. “It’s not too late to create a routine. Self-care as an adult is really important.”

— Sally Thorne

75. “The art of holding hands is underrated and it’s embarrassing how much this simple act has me nearly breathless. The pads of each of his fingertips reach across the backs of my hands to my wrist. Large.”

— Sally Thorne

76. “The look of shocked surprise on his face is magnificent. I want to commission a portrait artist to capture it in oils, so I can pass it down to future generations. It. Is. Priceless.”

— Sally Thorne

77. “I need an extension on the monthly report. I think I’m getting a migraine. I can’t look at this screen any longer.” She’s one of those horrific people who pronounces it me-graine.”

— Sally Thorne

78. “Yum, this looks good.” I can smell fresh basil. How is he still single? We.”

— Sally Thorne

79. “Walking together, matching our footfalls, we exit the lobby like two television district attorneys gunning for justice.”

— Sally Thorne

80. “I notice my Post-it note with the kiss on it stuck to the fridge and point at it.”

— Sally Thorne

81. “Both love and hate are mirror versions of the same game – and you have to win.”

— Sally Thorne

82. “Maybe it was because of how alive i felt. So completely young and filled to bursting with the scary, thrilling certainty my life was about to change in a big way.”

— Sally Thorne

83. “You think you’re done with me? Because I’m not done with you.”

— Sally Thorne

84. “I love the energy we create between us when we banter like this. It’s the most intense sensation of pleasure, knowing he’ll always have the perfect response ready. I’ve never known anyone like him; as addictive to talk to as he is to kiss. “Truth.”

— Sally Thorne

85. “Are you sure about that?” He looks down to watch my hand spread out over his stomach. I push at the hard flesh. It doesn’t remotely give. “Are you wearing a bullet-proof vest?” “I’ve got to in this office.”

— Sally Thorne

86. “Why do I require you? What a weird question. I always require you.”

— Sally Thorne

87. “The sheets are all rumpled and twisted, and on the side where a man should be is strewn with books.”

— Sally Thorne

88. “All I know is, nothing in life feels that bad when I’m eating carbs and fat. Everything will work out, because of cheese.”

— Sally Thorne

89. “That’s because pizza is a precious natural resource. It can heal tiredness, bad mood, falling morale, and a fading will to live. Pizza realigns the heart chakras.”

— Sally Thorne

90. “I’m not bored. Can’t we stay here, and I’ll find something in the minibar to smear all over you?”

— Sally Thorne

91. “You’ve broken me down so completely, I can’t even handle it when a guy tells me I’m beautiful.”

— Sally Thorne

92. “His scent is intensified in here perfectly, baked by summer, preserved by snow, sealed and pressurized inside glass and metal. I inhale like a professional perfumer. Top notes of mint, bitter coffee, and cotton. Mid notes of black pepper and pine. Base notes of leather and cedar. Luxurious as cashmere. If this is what his car smells like, imagine his bed. Good idea. Imagine his bed. He.”

— Sally Thorne

93. “I couldn’t. If I’d let myself smile back, and be friends with you, I probably would have fallen in love with you.”

— Sally Thorne

94. “He takes my mug from my hand and takes a slow sip. Every guy watches him do it. They understand what their boss is telling them. Speculation is now in expressions and I wire my jaw shut to stop it from dropping open.”

— Sally Thorne

95. “Don’t apologize for defending him like that,” she says faintly. I suppose what she means by like that is like a rabid lioness.”

— Sally Thorne

96. “I prefer Law and Order. I love when a restaurant worker finds a body in a Dumpster.”

— Sally Thorne

97. “Now we screech out of here like Thelma and Louise.”

— Sally Thorne

98. “I’ve always suspected people in our lives are here to teach us a lesson.”

— Sally Thorne

99. “He taught me things in the space of two minutes that the span of my lifetime did not.”

— Sally Thorne

100. “Maybe the only way to truly unite people is through battle and pain. Confrontation and competition. Maybe surviving something is the point.”

— Sally Thorne