Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “So many things I thought I knew about my life were wrong. But that happened sometimes. All we can do is listen harder, hug harder and hope for the best.”

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102. “But love is messy, unpredictable, and occasionally loud. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

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103. “The best things in life are the ones you don’t expect.”

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104. “The question now isn’t whether I want to fool around with this man. The question is how I’m ever going to give it up.”

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105. “He moves further onto the bed, making room for me. Then he beckons. And there isn’t enough money, fame or fortune in the world to keep me from obeying. I’m on that bed a second later. His arms reach for me, pull me in. We’re side by side, chest to chest. And Jamie Canning is kissing me again.”

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106. “That’s when he finally turns his head to look at me. As he rubs himself, he swallows, and I see his Adam’s apple bob roughly. “I need to know.”

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107. “You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take.” It.”

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108. “What’s one more bruise on a battered heart?”

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109. “Nothing except a time machine will erase the drunk texts I fired off last night somewhere between midnight and regret o’clock.”

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110. “We’re great friends. We run a kickass business together. But I don’t think we’ve ever set the standard for world’s most romantic couple,” he’d.”

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111. “Blake lifts me up and presses my back against the wall. I hook my legs around his waist, relishing the feel of his warm hands cupping my ass. He angles my body slightly, moves one hand to his erection, and then guides it inside me. “Oh,” I gasp when he thrusts deep. “Hold on, baby. This is gonna be a rough ride.”

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112. “It was hard enough being the Girl in the Wheelchair. I didn’t need to be the Girl Who Ejected From Her Wheelchair.”

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113. “KISS!” I yell, banging my glass on the table. “Come on, let’s see a practice kiss.” Wes rolls his eyes, but Jamie laughs. Then he gets up and sits right on Wes’s lap, grabs his face and plants one on him.”

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114. “I can also see myself in a relationship with him. I can see myself being happy with him and never feeling like things were lacking.”

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115. “Like me, Jamie has two speeds: horny and asleep.”

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116. “He doesn’t taste like beer anymore, but toothpaste. There’s no way either of us can blame this on alcohol tomorrow. His tongue is in my mouth and I take greedy pulls on it, loving every second of it.”

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117. “You just need a little recharge on my docking station.” Our eyes meet. Time stands still for one perfect second. Then we both explode with laughter.”

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118. “When his tongue touches mine I damn near keel over. I have to grab the front of his shirt and bunch it between my fingers to keep from being swept away by the storm. Not the storm that’s lighting up the sky, but the one that’s roaring inside me.”

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119. “I can handle it, Lark. Just lean on me. I’ll be your Apostate Farm.” Tears spilled out of her eyes. So many tears. But I just hang on. It’s what a do.”

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120. “Our lips are millimeters from meeting again when he says, “I need to know something, and you have to promise to be honest.” “I’m always honest with you,” I protest. “Good. I’m holding you to that.” Those gorgeous brown eyes gleam. “Did you throw the shootout?” I know exactly which shootout he’s referring to. My lips quiver, so I press them together to keep from grinning. “Well?” I shrug.”

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121. “Want you,” I whisper. Lately, those two words define me.”

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122. “Jamie’s free hand warms my back while his other one preps me. “Baby,” he whispers. “Can you take more?” I nod into his neck. A second finger joins the first one. At first I struggle against the burn. It’s Jamie. It’s okay. Another deep breath and I make myself relax. “That’s it,” he urges. “I want you to ride me, okay? And when you come, I want you to shoot all over my chest.”

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123. “I’ll worship her every minute I can for as long as she’ll let me, because that’s what a real man does with his lady love. He worships her.”

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124. “No other man has ever made me feel this way – like it’d walk through fire for just one more kiss.”

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125. “She tastes like everything I ever wanted.”

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126. “But before we get started, does anyone, uh, have any questions for me?” There’s a long silence. Finally, Barrie raises his hand, and I hold my breath as I wait for his question. “Will Ryan Wesley come to one of our games?”

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127. “Thanks! Coach’s wife asked me to bring her a glass of white wine. Do you think she meant the chardonnay, or the pinot blanc?” “Sorry, Bella, but I’m not that kind of gay friend. I wouldn’t know a pinot blanc if it bit me in the ass.”

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128. “There have to be men in the world with good hearts and dirty minds. There just have to be.”

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129. “The thing is, each new person who learns the truth lets you breathe a little easier. And then the one after that is a little easier. And so on.”

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130. “It’s hard to admit you’re just in someone’s periphery when you imagined you were closer to the center of their world.”

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131. “I’m bisexual, and it’s not just a physical connection I feel with Wes.”

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132. “You’re in charge of everything that happens inside these walls, and I’ll bet that gets old. I’m thinking you might like to hand over the reins once in a while. Let someone else take charge. Tonight that someone is gonna be me.”

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133. “Jesus. Good thing he’s not a traffic cop, because he’s sending enough mixed signals to cause a ten-car pileup.”

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134. “Remember when I gave you that speech about how everyone has different reactions to massage? Some people fall asleep, some people cry... there’s probably a dent in my table from all the boners.”

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135. “At ten o’clock I receive a text from Blake. Hi, girlfriend! I just wanted you to know I’m turning in for the evening. Alone. Because we’re dating. I’m not a total jerk, so I reply, Hey there! How’s Chicago? I’m turning in, too. Alone. Because that’s how I roll.”

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136. “Of course,” Blake assures him. “You have nothing to worry about.” Wes strokes his chin and nods. “Okay. Sorry.” “Apology accepted.” Blake’s smile is blinding.”

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137. “I’m just a guy, standing on a beach in nothing but his favorite pair of lobster shorts, waiting for the right man to love me.”

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138. “Holy Cannoli. I was cuddling the world’s grumpiest farmer.”

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139. “The door opens behind me, and I’m so busted. Jamie towels off his hair. He looks down at the mattress. “Never thought of that,” he says. The towel lands on our unused desk chair, and then he yanks his mattress down, too.”

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140. “Acknowledging my sexuality is starting to feel inevitable. My attraction to Luke isn’t just a one-off thing. My attraction to men is here to stay and keeping that bottled up feels wrong now. It makes the secret feel enormous.”

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141. “When Jamie is back in position, facing Wes, the pastor asks them to join hands. From where I’m standing, I can’t really see my brother’s face. But I can see Ryan Wesley perfectly. As a rule, he’s not a solemn or serious guy. But right now his expression is full of awe.”

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142. “Teenage boys were very useful for farm work, of course. But the men did not like having their grown sons in the house. They took up too much space, for one. But also, it was not fit to have lusty young men share a roof with so many women. Since the girls in Paradise were married off at seventeen or eighteen, that meant that the youngest wives were often the same age as the bachelors.”

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143. “I don’t really know what a future for Posy and I would look like. But I do know that she and I aren’t done. We can’t be.”

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144. “The only time I feel like myself is when I’m with you.”

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145. “Then he kisses me as if he’s just invented kissing and wants to give me a thorough demonstration of how it’s done. Apparently.”

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146. “It’s as if I have thirty-five high-strung children in my care. Somebody is always breaking something.”

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147. “Once upon a time we were briefly friends with benefits. Now we’re just friends at a benefit.”

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148. “I want everything. I want you to be the same with me that you were with other girls. His gaze had the intensity of a laser. But it’s not the same with you. My heart faltered. Why? Because, Callahan. The brown eyes came closer. I never loved anyone the way I love you.”

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149. “I would work on this farm and share meals with these people. I would smile and act normal for as long as it took. Until acting normal seemed normal again, and the dragons in my heart forgot to blow their fire.”

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150. “It is universally acknowledged that I am something of a badass.”

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