Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “But that’s how life really is. Sometimes you’re the fool who believes everything will be fine in the morning.”

— Sarina Bowen

152. “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.”

— Sarina Bowen

153. “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.”

— Sarina Bowen

154. “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.”

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

157. “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.”

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

160. “When he finally goes still, I raise my head with a sigh. “Really, dude? That was like two seconds. You have the stamina of a pre-teen.” His shoulders tremble as he rolls over on his side in hysterics. “I guess you’ve still got it,” he chokes out between laughs. Climbing up the mattress, I ease in behind him, yanking his big body toward me. He stiffens for a second, then relaxes, his taut ass nestling against my groin, his back flush to my chest.”

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

163. “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.”

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

166. “I stop arguing because I’m too busy watching a pretty girl drive my truck. At least one thing went right today. In a pretty blue dress that shows off her curves, Jess Canning handled my nutty family like a champ. If I was ever gonna trust a woman again, she’d be the top seed of the tournament.”

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

169. “If my brother can find someone to love his grumpy ass, and even Eeyore here is married –“She jerked a thumb toward to Jude, who grinned. “- then it’s really astonishing that you and I are single.” I, for one, was not astonished. “Many are called, but few are chosen.”

— Sarina Bowen

170. “Dr. Becky was a huge fan of Zach’s, even though she hadn’t met him. Figured. Zach was pretty irresistible.”

— Sarina Bowen

171. “But it takes courage to want things, and to pursue them. Staying numb means you can never be disappointed.”

— Sarina Bowen

172. “I want to fit in – it’s just that I don’t speak the language.”

— Sarina Bowen

173. “Faceoff: the start of play, in which the referee drops the puck between two opposing players.”

— Sarina Bowen

174. “He was almost the hottest hockey player I could name. The hottest one was sitting beside me on the sofa.”

— Sarina Bowen

175. “You acted like a total douchecanoe.”

— Sarina Bowen

176. “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. I miss you, he writes. And now I don’t know whether or not to be honest. I miss you, too, I admit. But that doesn’t mean we’re dating. We are, though. Good night, Blake. Good night, girlfriend.”

— Sarina Bowen

177. “You’re not competing for him, dumbass. He’s already yours.”

— Sarina Bowen

178. “You two look at each other like you wished clothing was never invented.”

— Sarina Bowen

179. “That dude is a lot like a big, drooly dog. Doesn’t matter if he just met you, he wants to lick your face and hump your leg.”

— Sarina Bowen

180. “Audrey’s appearance in my home had the same effect on my libido that springtime had on the deer living on our hilltop.”

— Sarina Bowen

181. “Will you think less of me if we do this?” “Will you think less of me if I beg you to?”

— Sarina Bowen

182. “I love kissing you,” he says solemnly.”

— Sarina Bowen

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

— Sarina Bowen

184. “Wes spares the couch a single glance. “Dude, my couch is wearing a condom.”

— Sarina Bowen

185. “He shrugs. “I spent my whole life trying to stand out from the crowd. I swear to God, I could announce I wanted to live my life as a transsexual vampire yeti, and they’d still say ‘Oh, Jamie. You’re so cute.”

— Sarina Bowen

186. “It freaked me out that you’re a guy. And that I let you take the lead. Part of me wants to forget it happened. Most of me wants you to do it again.”

— Sarina Bowen

187. “But tonight I understood that if you kept your heart in the game, there would always be one more period to play. And excellent people to play it with. Game on.”

— Sarina Bowen

188. “It’s been a long time since I dared to get close to anyone, and I didn’t realize letting down my guard could ache like this. I’m facedown in the ocean, and she’s the lifeboat.”

— Sarina Bowen

189. “I’m so tired of being caged up inside my head.”

— Sarina Bowen

190. “There was a long silence. I found myself holding my breath. I’d just ordered him repeatedly to leave. And now I was terrified that he would. And then he did. The sound of the outer door downstairs broke me in half.”

— Sarina Bowen

191. “With one smooth thumb she brushed water off my cheekbone. The sweep of her skin against mine was at once familiar and electrifying. Whenever she touched me, I felt as if I’d loved her my whole life.”

— Sarina Bowen

192. “Be kind to yourself. Don’t push away the good people in your life, especially if you think you don’t deserve them. Let people surprise you.”

— Sarina Bowen

193. “Several curious heads turn in Jamie’s direction as he crosses the massive lobby. A flashbulb goes off, but still, he doesn’t stop. He keeps me trapped in a serious stare and erases the distance between us, and then he’s in front of me, those brown eyes twinkling playfully as he leans closer and – Kisses me.”

— Sarina Bowen

194. “Jamie doesn’t leave my side, though. He and I are the calm eye of a friendly, familial hurricane. And I hope the storm will never pass.”

— Sarina Bowen

195. “Isn’t that everybody, though? Who walks around every day feeling perfectly worthy of love?”

— Sarina Bowen

196. “I was as good as resisting Griff Shipley as Homer Simpson was at resisting a donut.”

— Sarina Bowen

197. “Fine. One more kiss,” I say in a grudging tone.”

— Sarina Bowen

198. “Every touch was a command, as if I’d been placed on this earth to pleasure him. Judging from the way my body responded to his touch, perhaps I had.”

— Sarina Bowen

199. “You know what this means,” he says again, unclasping my bra. “It means we’re going out for real.”

— Sarina Bowen

200. “Twelve years ago, I’d never known what I’d done to deserve Benito. He was the greatest gift I’d ever been given.”

— Sarina Bowen