Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “I need you in my life, smalls,” he says in a whisper. “No matter what happens tomorrow, that won’t change.”

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202. “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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203. “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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204. “Damn. This thing between us isn’t going to just burn out. I was a fool for thinking I could walk away.”

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

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206. “It’s us. And it’s perfect.”

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207. “You didn’t tell me he had a headache!” “I didn’t know!” “What kind of nurse are you?” “The kind who plays hockey!”

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208. “Maybe I can convince you to kiss me again. I’m right here, honey. Come get me.”

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209. “Tell me about your boyfriend. He must be pretty special. You’re taking a lot of flak for being with him.”

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210. “Silence fell again, and I thought it might swallow us whole.”

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211. “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.”

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212. “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.”

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213. “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.”

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214. “I felt the thrum of expectation just from breathing the same air that he did.”

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215. “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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216. “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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217. “It’s as if I have thirty-five high-strung children in my care. Somebody is always breaking something.”

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

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219. “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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220. “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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221. “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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222. “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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223. “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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224. “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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225. “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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226. “The only time I feel like myself is when I’m with you.”

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227. “I’m not like other men, Ash. I’m Man 2.0.”

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228. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget the day Pat walked into the gym and found us – me, flat on my stomach with Jamie’s knee digging into the back of my neck, while I yelled “Ballsack!” over and over again.”

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229. “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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230. “I love kissing you,” he says solemnly.”

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

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

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233. “Oh. That’s cool,” I hear myself say. But it isn’t really. After the wedding, Jess went full-on Amish and shunned me. We were.”

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

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236. “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.”

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237. “I licked my dry lips. “I really need to jerk. You mind?” His moment of hesitation practically killed me. “Go ahead. We shower in the same room, right? Hell.” He chuckled. “We crap in the same room. Though there’s walls.” There weren’t any here. I shoved my hand under my waistband and gripped my aching shaft. I didn’t whip it out, though. Just gave it a slow tug beneath my shorts.”

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238. “Funny how I never really appreciated the bible until I got free of the people who’d taught it to me.”

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

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240. “It’s not so terrifying to show people who you really are.”

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241. “My trick is understanding that there aren’t any tricks. You just have to wade through each moment as it comes.”

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242. “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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243. “Whatever you call it, there was an ache inside me that I longed to soothe. And I moved through each day a little lost, trying to fill an empty spot in my soul. But it never went away. Five months out of rehab, I still felt it all the time. It showed up when I was stressed or bored. It showed up when I was tired or underfed. Sometimes it showed up even when everything was going well. It was never, ever going to stop. There was no cure. You just lived with it. The end.”

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244. “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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245. “When my sadness finally lifted, I found my head on Josh’s shoulder. He stroked my hair slowly, patiently. “Josh?” “Mmm?” he said. “Can we get married?” His breath caught, and then I felt his smile against my forehead. “You do mean to each other, right?” I squeezed his knee. “Yes. Would you do that for me?” “I would like that very much,” he said in a small voice.”

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

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248. “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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249. “I got so lucky to find someone who loves me as thoroughly as Wes does. How many people ever find that?”

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

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