Top 300 Sarina Bowen Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “My face wasn’t the same as I remembered, either. I saw a squarer jaw then I used to have, and my hair was bleached out from the summer’s sunshine. Not half bad, I realized. Standing there, I looked a long time at myself. Which was precisely why there were no mirrors in Paradise.”

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252. “Wait. What?” I demand. He releases me with a wet pop. “You. Me. We’re a thing, if I do you in my bed.” “Says who?” My words are tough, but I’ve heated up faster than the top-of-the-line stove I spotted in his spiffy kitchen. “Says me. My bed is a temple. It’s reserved for solo spanks. And girlfriends.”

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253. “I have the same dirty mind as everyone else. And I just want what everyone else has.”

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254. “What kind of city doesn’t have a football team? Explain that to me, Wes.” “They do have one,” I point out. “The Argonauts.” Richard narrows his eyes. “Is it an NFL team?” “Well, no, it’s CFL, but – ” “Then they don’t have a team,” he says firmly. I stifle a laugh.”

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255. “That was so hot,” he tells me. Hot? Try scorching. Blistering. A goddamn inferno.”

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256. “Don’t worry, beautiful. You’ll get what you need.”

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

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258. “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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259. “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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260. “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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261. “Apparently all the people who grew pristine organic food were beautiful themselves.”

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262. “We should sleep,” I say although I’m wired. “Or you could tell me about the thing at work.” I groan. “I will, I swear. But does it have to be now? Can’t I stay in my happy place?” He chuckles into the back of my neck. “Wasn’t I just in your happy place?”

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263. “I need to say this. I want you, you understand. All of you. Right now. But you need to know this. Outside of here, I will hold your purse. I’ll get mani-pedis with you. I’ll cry while watching Lifetime movies with you. I will hand over my man card and be your minion everywhere you want, except in the bedroom. In here, I want you to surrender, just a little bit, and let me take the lead.”

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264. “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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265. “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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266. “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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267. “Silence fell again, and I thought it might swallow us whole.”

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268. “Marriage under law is a union of equals,” she.”

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269. “This is how it feels to get just what you need when you didn’t even know you needed it.”

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270. “Because I’d wanted to touch him more than I’d wanted my next breath.”

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271. “But hope is tricky. She sneaks up on you even in unpredictable locations.”

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272. “And when he turned around, it was as if the sun had come out after a rainy day.”

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273. “He tastes like cola and Shakespeare and Saturday nights. I’m.”

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274. “This feels right. We feel right. Whether it’s two years that passed or twenty-two, if I hold you in my arms it will always feel exactly right.”

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275. “I am not a snob, because I know opulence doesn’t stamp out ignorance and unhappiness.”

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276. “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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277. “My hand creeps down into my boxers without my approval. Jamie is pumping himself now. Slowly, up and down. He pauses to rub his thumb over the head, and my throat constricts. “Wes,” he says, his voice like gravel. “I need your help.”

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278. “Changing on the fly: the substitution of players between the ice and the bench while the clock is running.”

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279. “We both just savor the connection. It’s like finding an object I thought I’d lost – I have to stop and admire it for a moment, wondering how something can be both familiar and unexpected.”

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280. “You won’t be.” Because there’s no way he can be. I’m too close to coming already, just from being in the same bed as him. He doesn’t need skill – he just needs to be here. Him. Here. With me.”

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281. “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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282. “Eventually he sits back a bit, breaking our kiss. I reach for the condom, hoping to move things along. But he takes it out of my hand, tearing the package. Instead of sheathing himself, he reaches down and rolls it onto my cock. The breath halts in my chest. “Really?”

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283. “Gay marriage is legal now. It’s been legal in Canada for ages. Why.”

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

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285. “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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286. “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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287. “This is the league’s anti-discrimination policy. I looked it up. Everything is, uh, covered.”

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288. “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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289. “Did he open the wrong... “Probably shouldna opened all those drawers,” Blake carries on, rubbing his chin. “Ya can’t unsee some of those toys. But everybody has to have his own kinda fun. Speaking of fun, I also brought you an Italian sub from the deli on our corner. Do you think I can get the bitchy nurse lady to bring this bag in there for you?”

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

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291. “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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292. “If I’m Ethan, you’re Beverly.”

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293. “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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294. “This is why people cooked food-to create the perfect meal for a table like this-for people gathering together.”

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295. “I spent six years trying to get over you, and it didn’t take. Our time is now.”

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296. “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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297. “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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298. “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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299. “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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300. “It’s as if I have thirty-five high-strung children in my care. Somebody is always breaking something.”

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