Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Seriously,” he says, wiping his remarkable abs. “What could you possibly have done that’s so awful?” “I slammed Danton up against a wall.” “Hallelujah!”

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152. “Because hope springs eternal. And you just never know.”

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153. “That’s not the way it is, Callahan.” I grabbed her hands and rolled her closer to me, until our knees touched. “The thing is, we’re all fragile. It’s just that most of our friends are lucky enough not to know it yet.”

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154. “In the movies, the clothes just fall right off. But the truth of the matter is that getting two people out of jeans and socks and underwear in one small bed was more awkward than I would have thought.”

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155. “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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156. “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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157. “Who could forget him? Zachariah was a thing of beauty.”

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158. “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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159. “She tasted like the happiest years of his life. She tasted like his.”

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160. “While I might be deep in lust with Griff, I’d already fallen head over heels for his family. Given the chance, I’d move right into his kitchen. I wanted to be one of the lucky Shipleys who called Ruth “Mom” and set that big oak table for twelve every night. I would play Frisbee with Dylan and braid Daphne’s hair.”

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161. “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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162. “In for a penny, in for a pound. My mattress slides off the wooden frame when I give it a tug. I drop it on the floor beside my bed. There’s just enough room left for Jamie to do the same. Standing there staring down at my mattress, I feel exposed in a way I haven’t ever felt before. Jamie and I fool around, but we don’t talk about it. I don’t ask him for anything except orgasms.”

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

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164. “Happiness is being wrapped into a kiss.”

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165. “Summer’s a total cocktease.” He shrugs, repeating himself. “It always ends.” He’s right about that. Summer always ends.”

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166. “Jessie,” I whisper against her lips. “I want you so bad. Let me have you.” “Unnmf,” she grunts. I reach under the short skirt she’s wearing and find a tiny pair of underwear that I quickly tug off. “Now, baby,” I urge. “Do it.”

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167. “I never thought I’d be opening this box. With Jamie. For Jamie. “Are you sure?” I ask thickly. He nods. Those brown eyes burn with hunger. They shine with trust. I memorize that expression, the way he looks lying there at my mercy, big and hard and rippling with masculine power.”

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168. “Ready to come harder than you’ve ever come in your life?” I ask solemnly, lifting one of his knees up. He smiles. “You sure you want to put that much pressure on yourself, dude?” “No pressure. Just fact. Science has proven it.”

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169. “He turned toward me wearing a typical, piercing Griff frown. It was so potent it should probably be its own word. Griffrown.”

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170. “To think of her as mine seemed like an impossible luxury. It’s the only luxury I’ve ever been greedy for.”

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171. “God, when I go gay, I really go gay.”

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172. “As it happens, cooking is very therapeutic. I’ve got something to do with my hands, and I don’t have to look anyone in the eye.”

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173. “I have never felt as raw as I feel right now. I’ve just discovered that falling in love has a dark side.”

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174. “Even in the midst of a bad decision, I could still live in the moment. And the moment was fine.”

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175. “It would be impossible to explain it, because no plausible explanation existed. Fear wasn’t a good enough reason to do what I’d done.”

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176. “Why hasn’t anyone ever told me the prostate was some kind of magical pleasure zone? Are there unicorns and orgasm fairies dancing around in there?”

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177. “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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178. “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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179. “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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180. “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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181. “I felt the thrum of expectation just from breathing the same air that he did.”

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182. “But that’s how life really is. Sometimes you’re the fool who believes everything will be fine in the morning.”

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183. “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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184. “I speak past the lump. “You’re really lucky, Canning. Your family loves you. I mean, they really, truly love you, and not just because you’re related by blood and they have to love you.”

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

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186. “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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187. “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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188. “Not only did I have the hots for Griff, I had a crush on his family, too.”

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189. “Humans are interdependent by choice. You have a burden of guilt, and it’s brave of you to want to carry it yourself. But it’s foolish not to let others help you. Give some of it away to your parents and your friends. And when they need your help, you’ll be strong enough to support them, too.”

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190. “It turns out that trying to ignore somebody is about the most, exhausting thing in the world.”

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191. “I guess time flies when you’re playing hockey every day and getting laid every night.”

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192. “This man is wrecking me. I’m wrecked.”

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193. “He just dips his head and his hot, wet mouth surrounds me again. My hips shift on the mattress, pure lust sizzling in my cock and balls as my best friend works me over. I keep one hand tangled in his hair. The other claws at the sheet, bunching it tight between my fingers. My heart is pounding. It’s all I can hear, a frantic thump-thump rattling my ribcage. That and the sounds Jamie is making. Husky groans, wet pops, a deep growl as he takes me almost all the way to the back of his throat.”

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194. “This is the league’s anti-discrimination policy. I looked it up. Everything is, uh, covered.”

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195. “I was afraid.” There’s a rustling sound, and from the corner of my eye I see that he’s rolled over on his side, watching me in the darkness. “You?” I ask. “Didn’t know that was possible.” “Not often,” he concedes, and I snort. There’s more silence, but I finally give in. “Afraid of what?” “That I’d used you. And that you’d hate me for it.”

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

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197. “Seeing him was a sucker punch to the gut. Once upon a time he’d loved her. And then when he’d stopped, it wasn’t really his fault.”

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198. “With you and me, it’s never just a kiss.”

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199. “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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200. “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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