Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Someone already filed a complaint against Danton’s language, and it’s going to the disciplinary committee on the same day as the complaint against you.” My spine tingles. “Who filed it?” “Your team. Every last player. They.”

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202. “So I force myself to pull back. When I look down at Jamie, his eyes are glazed with lust, and his lips are swollen and red. I make the sign for “time out.” He tips his head back into the pillow and sighs, and I can’t help dipping down to kiss his exposed throat. I love you. The words are always right there on the tip of my naughty tongue. I swallow them back like I need to and say something much more practical instead.”

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203. “I no longer have a choice about how I feel. He’s gotten to me. And if I hold myself back, I might miss something.”

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204. “We’d been so close all those years ago. My subconscious just couldn’t get over the idea that we weren’t anymore.”

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205. “You can bite the pillow when I make you scream.”

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206. “Be well, Lark. Look kindly at yourself. That’s all I ask of you.”

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207. “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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208. “I’m supposed to be here taking measurements, but I haven’t even brought a measuring tape. And it’s not the apartment I need to measure – it’s the size of my balls.”

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209. “At least somebody has fun in my bed.”

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210. “I guess I’m turned on by philanthropy? Who knew.”

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211. “He breaks out in a huge smile. Rubs his hands together and then cracks his knuckles as if he’s preparing for a throwdown rather than a kiss.”

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212. “And now he was horny. His hand had moved, resting just above the waistband of his shorts. He gave the spot beneath his abs the tiniest of caresses, like he had an itch, but it was obvious he’d been hoping to do some strategic rearranging.”

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213. “You acted like a total douchecanoe.”

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

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

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216. “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.”

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217. “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.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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224. “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.”

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225. “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.”

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226. “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.”

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

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228. “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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229. “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.”

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230. “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.”

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

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

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233. “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.”

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

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

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237. “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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238. “Summer always ends.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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247. “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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248. “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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249. “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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250. “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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