Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Now he snickers, but the sound dies when the tip of my finger circles his hole. His ass cheeks instantly clench. Not in fear, but anticipation. I see it in his eyes, a raw gleam of heat, before he lifts up his other knee and all but puts himself on display for me. Jesus. Nope, not gonna survive this.”

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202. “Summer always ends.”

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203. “Then it was all over but the cryin’.”

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204. “I had the loopy, impractical idea that we might just belong together for keeps.”

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205. “He kissed me between the shoulder blades. “Getting along together was never the problem with you and me,” he said. “We’re both easy. It’s just the rest of the world that’s hard.”

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206. “My dragons took long naps on their chains and forgot to frighten me with their fiery roar.”

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207. “He doesn’t need skill – he just needs to be here. Him. Here. With me.”

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208. “You’re everything that I want, and everything I need. You already have my heart, and I don’t want it back.”

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209. “I can handle it, Lark. Just lean on me. I’ll be your Apostate Farm.”

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

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212. “We’re off, are we?” Grandpa lifts the apron over his head. “I just need five minutes to get beautiful.”

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213. “Give me the D. You know you want to.”

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214. “Jamie took another sip from the flask before passing it my way. Beside me, he shifted his hips, and I had to suppress a shudder. My heart’s desire was sitting beside me.”

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215. “I have no idea when she and I are finally going to get together. I just know that when it happens, it’s going to be spectacular.”

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216. “Falling for you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done. You smiled at me that first night, and it was game over. It’s just taken me a few months to admit how much I’d risk to wake up next to you every day.”

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217. “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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218. “He’s smeared himself with my Chanel lipstick, so I cup his chin and wipe it off with my thumb. “I’m not afraid of a little lipstick,” he whispers. “You can mess me up any time you want, honey.”

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219. “This is nice,” he says solemnly. I swallow. “Would be nicer if you moved.” “In a minute.” He brings his hand to my face and strokes it gently. “I’m enjoying this. Your cheeks are bright red. So are your tits.” He ducks his head and kisses one breast. “You’re so hot when you’re turned on.” I grasp his ass and dig my fingers into the taut flesh, trying to push him deeper inside, but his body is unyielding. The Great Wall of Blake ain’t moving until he says so.”

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220. “I’m not sure,” I answer. “I’ll look at our game schedule and his game schedule and see if it works out. But I know Wes would be happy to come if his schedule allows it.” All of their faces light up.”

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221. “The sound of his voice fluttered right inside Georgia’s chest. It was the same smoky sweet timbre that used to whisper into her ear while they made love. She hadn’t let herself remember that sound in a long time.”

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222. “The boy could melt granite with that smile.”

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223. “Maybe it’s just that this woman is the answer to a wish I hadn’t known I’d made.”

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224. “Why did the scarecrow get a promotion?” Bingley quips. “He was outstanding in his field .”

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225. “It’s no accident that I’d named my guitar after a boy. He was as close to a boyfriend as I was likely to get.”

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226. “El amor es una amistad prendida fuego. Ahora lo entiendo.”

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227. “You want me to humiliate myself without coffee?” I grumble. “That’s cold.”

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228. “Let me love you tonight.”

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229. “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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230. “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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231. “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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232. “Any chick but Jess Canning, that is. She’s my problem. And I can hardly even form the words in my mind, they’re so awful. I’m falling for her. But does she notice? No, no and no. My date is too busy fawning over the Irish chump on the stage.”

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233. “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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234. “Happiness is being wrapped into a kiss.”

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235. “Last I saw him, he was sucking on a bottle of whiskey like he was trying to make it come.”

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236. “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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237. “When he finally goes still, I collapse on his sticky chest and growl in his ear. “That was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.” He clings to me, his big palms pressed to my damp back. We lie that way a long time. I’m just drifting on my own happiness. I lead a big life, and it’s a hell of a ride. But there aren’t many moments like this. I want to bottle it and carry it everywhere I go.”

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238. “Are you going to read it?” I ask. “Or just stand there making me sexually frustrated.”

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239. “We’re like a constellation in the night sky – people associate the stars with one another, but those stars only look like a group. They’re really millions of light years apart.”

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240. “I, James,” my beautiful brother echoes, “take you, Ryan, to be my friend and husband.” “To be yours in times of plenty and in times of want, in times of sickness and in times of perfect health.” My brother repeats the vow. “In times of joy and inevitable sorrow, in times of failure and in times of glory, I promise to cherish and respect you, to care for and protect you, to comfort and encourage you, and stay by your side, forever.”

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241. “Kissing my way down her hairline, I pause at her ear. “First time I ever saw you, I wanted a kiss,” I whisper, punctuating it with a kiss on her cheekbone. “Now I’m totally spoiled. Forever.”

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242. “Baby, you had me at teammates. Please tell me there won’t be enough chairs and I’ll have to sit on one of their laps.”

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243. “Their complaint is eight pages long, detailing instance after instance of inappropriate, homophobic language. And a few racial slurs, too. I drank a very large glass of scotch after reading it. I had no idea things were so bad.”

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244. “Still have your teeth?’ Benito asked, smiling.”

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245. “I don’t know why I fought you for so long.”

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246. “Wes,” I say softly. “You’d better just get used to it. Blake and I are together for real.” Blake’s expression fills with surprise. Then he gives me a wide Riley smile. “Aw, Jessie. You make me so happy.” He pushes me against the elevator wall and kisses me.”

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247. “Best as I could tell, he was minding a big sterilizer full of jam jars on the stove. He had the tongs in one hand, but mostly he busied himself singing Technotronic’s “Pump Up the Jam,” and dancing around. “You are killing me with that song,” his twin sister Daphne complained. The two of them looked to be high school aged. “This is what I sing when we make jam.”

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248. “Then I ignore the warning. His eyes widen as I shove my fingers through his hair and tug his head closer. “What – ” He doesn’t get to finish that sentence, because I’m smashing my mouth against his.”

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249. “And that’s how Canning and I came to have a big framed photo on our living room wall featuring the entire Toronto team dressed in very loud gingham. I swear the color rendered a little bolder in print than it looks in real life, because this photo is kind of blinding. But Jamie snickers whenever I suggest that.”

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250. “Am I finding somewhere else to sleep tonight?” He sighs. “No, jackass.”

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