Top 35 Sara Ney Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I love you, Anabelle. You are undoubtedly one of my best friends, and I think about you every second of every damn day.”

— Sara Ney

2. “Do I look like I care if you’re hungry?” “No. You look like a giant butthole.” “That’s because I am a giant butthole.” Jesus Christ, did I just call myself a butthole? How low toward this kid’s level am I going to sink?”

— Sara Ney

3. “He wants to call me? On the phone? Who even does that anymore?! This is an outrage! I won’t even pick up when my grandmother calls unless she calls twice in a row! If you need to get ahold of me, text. If it’s an emergency – still text.”

— Sara Ney

4. “The best part of me is you, Violet.”

— Sara Ney

5. “I know she’s selfless, but only to a point. Kindhearted. Quiet. Inexperienced. Stronger than either of us recognize. Too goddamn trusting. Too goddamn sunny for my gloom and doom. Too light for my dark. Too good for my bad. Too everything.”

— Sara Ney

6. “They say the bigger the man, the harder they fall. Well this is me letting you fall, Zeke. I can’t be there to catch you; I’m not strong enough to catch us both.”

— Sara Ney

7. “Fine. I might have accidentally google stalked him. Accidentally.”

— Sara Ney

8. “But you’re not jaded – not like me. I’m a beautiful mess.” Rough thumbs tenderly stroke my cheeks. “You’re just beautiful.” His.”

— Sara Ney

9. “The second I saw Skylar, it was like a punch to the gut. I knew I wasn’t going to make it out the other side without some collateral damage.”

— Sara Ney

10. “I don’t want to just burn the bridge he has with Anabelle, I want to drain the lake beneath it and fill it with concrete.”

— Sara Ney

11. “That’s fine. I’ve been fighting for better my whole life. One scared man-child isn’t going to stop me from finding it.”

— Sara Ney

12. “Rhett Rabideaux may not be prince charming but he’s something else entirely: he’s real. He is who he is, and makes no apologies. He’s polite and sincere.”

— Sara Ney

13. “I saunter closer, approaching her cautiously, much like you’d approach a stray dog, or a girl you know is on her period – warily, guardedly.”

— Sara Ney

14. “I’m quickly learning that Rhett Rabideaux isn’t most guys.”

— Sara Ney

15. “Elliot, we can’t leave their engagement party before they arrive because you’re horny and can’t wait to get laid!”

— Sara Ney

16. “I dig into my Chinese food with my fork, pretending not to listen – but if I were a GIF, I’d be the Michael Jackson eating popcorn in a movie theatre one, so engrossed am I.”

— Sara Ney

17. “I don’t know why anyone considers grabbing a dude’s nuts through his jeans sexy.” I blink down at her. “Unless it was you. You can grab them any time you want.”

— Sara Ney

18. “Would you please go take the baby from him? She’s not a pimp.”

— Sara Ney

19. “Oh my god, why is he calling me? Why is he calling! Who does that these days? What the hell do I do, answer it?”

— Sara Ney

20. “Propping up on his elbows, he takes my face in his hands and strokes my cheeks with his thumbs before ever so softly brushing light kisses across my face. There is nothing urgent about them, just a reassurance that he’s here in my arms, filling every fantasy I’ve ever had. And this will most likely be the end of me, because this is the Rome I saw, the Rome no one else could see. Sensitive, sweet, and loving. Intense.”

— Sara Ney

21. “I’m blocking the wind because I’m a fortress of strength and steel and goddamn power, and don’t you forget it.”

— Sara Ney

22. “Babies and puppies are the best marketing ploys. He obviously knows this.” I nod absentmindedly, staring off toward Gunderson and Lilly. “Give it a few weeks, he’ll find a way to get ahold of a puppy, too.”

— Sara Ney

23. “Jesus Christ, St. Charles, were you always as big a douchebag as Osborne and Daniels?” “Yes. Obviously I learned from the best.”

— Sara Ney

24. “You don’t need extra sleep – you need a personality adjustment. Consider this community service.”

— Sara Ney

25. “Trace Edward, what did I just say?” “That’s not my middle name.” He politely reminds her. “That’s Tripp’s middle name.” “Stop arguing with your mother,” says his father.”

— Sara Ney

26. “I just want someone who will randomly bring me tacos and squeeze my junk. That’s it. Why can’t there be an app for that?”

— Sara Ney

27. “Mouse, meet cat. Meow.”

— Sara Ney

28. “I plan to intern for a law firm in my hometown next summer with the hopes of getting a job in their human resources department. Then I’m going to buy a house with Jameson and we’re going to live together, get married, and make cardigan-wearing babies.”

— Sara Ney

29. “I’m not afraid of anything but squirrels, and not a single soul knows about that except me. Little beady-eyed bastards.”

— Sara Ney

30. “A cold foot touches mine, an appendage so frigid it could freeze an iceberg. Or shrink a cock three sizes.”

— Sara Ney

31. “The sadistic creep knows his stare is making my skin crawl. He relishes the fact. Guys like him? Surely college will be a short blip on the roadmap of his life, a pit stop on the way to bullying co-workers, business partners, and probably women. This guy? He’s a douchebag – one with a capital D.”

— Sara Ney

32. “God, I like him so much. Drown in his goodness. His kind spirit and pure heart. The romance of his second language. Sweet brown eyes and beautiful smile.”

— Sara Ney

33. “I’m going to classify his heated stares as figments of my very vivid imagination, which has gotten increasingly more colorful since I started writing my books. Every guy, young or old, is a potential character or potential muse. I can now turn everyday occurrences into romance, innocent sentences and questions into innuendo. Take.”

— Sara Ney

34. “I’ve had time to recover and grow and move on with my life, but – I never do. Never. What I’ve done is adjust. Bend. Amend. Change. Learn to live without the things I once had. That’s what you do when you lose people you love. They say that once someone dies, they’re always with you in spirit; it’s something I know to be true, because I feel my parents every second of every day. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. It only hurts less.”

— Sara Ney

35. “Shhhh,” she admonishes. “Quiet please. When you talk, it makes me want to slap some sense into you.” Her.”

— Sara Ney

36. “Nerd alert!” I tease, pointing a finger at myself, “I just bought a new book, and I’ve been waiting for it to release for nine months – nine! That’s a damn eternity in romance novel years. You’re lucky I dragged myself off the couch.”

— Sara Ney

37. “We know you’re not gay, but quite personally, I was really beginning to wonder. Not that it would matter.” “I.”

— Sara Ney

38. “Her mouth twists as she looks around. “We had some really good times out here on this porch. It’s like our spot.” “I’ll buy this house some day, rip the porch off, and bring it with us when we have our own place.” Our house. Our porch. Enough kids for a little league team.”

— Sara Ney

39. “Sor – ” Violet bites down on her bottom lip, a nervous giggle unintentionally escaping her lips. “Shoot, I-I almost did it again, didn’t I?” Then. She smiles. My eyes, goddamn them, go to those curved glossy lips and rest there as she tries not to grin at me. Brilliant white teeth wink. Big, virginal doe eyes crinkle at the corners. She’s like a fairytale caricature. Like a pixie. So endearing it almost makes me want to barf.”

— Sara Ney