Top 500 Taylor Jenkins Reid Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Just two bitches playing rock ’n’ roll.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

52. “I have to know my worth.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

53. “I was a lesbian when she loved me and a straight woman when she hated me.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

54. “No,” she told me. “Because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo. And anyway, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

55. “What broken family – no matter how shattered be reunited? What child, no matter how lost or abandoned, does not ache to be loved?”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

56. “The Chosen ones never know they are chosen. They think everyone gets a gold carpet rolled out for them.”

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57. “You are the very definition of a breath of fresh air.”

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58. “La gente piensa que la intimidad tiene que ver con el sexo. Pero tiene que ver con la verdad.”

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59. “My heart hurts when you hurt because you are my heart.”

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60. “And to anyone tempted to kiss the TV tonight, please don’t chip your tooth.”

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61. “They had taught her that family is found, that whether it be blood or circumstance or choice, what binds us does not matter. All that matters is that we are bound.”

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62. “We loved each other and we lost each other. And now, even though we still love each other, the pieces don’t fit like they used to.”

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63. “Everything that made Daisy burn, made me burn. Everything I struggled with, Daisy struggled with. We were two halves. We were the same. In that way that you’re only the same with a few other people. In that way that you don’t even feel like you have to say your own thoughts because you know the other person is already thinking them.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

64. “There’s no room for you in my life anymore. And I don’t owe it to you to make any space.”

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65. “The truth often lies, unclaimed, in the middle.”

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66. “A man hits you once and apologizes, and you think it will never happen again – Evelyn Hugo.”

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67. “You can be sorry about something and not regret it,” Evelyn says.”

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68. “I once read that charisma is “charm that inspires devotion.” And I can’t help but think of that now, when she’s holding my coffee for me.”

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69. “I love you so much, sweetheart. So, so much. And it’s in part because of things like that. You’re an idealist and a romantic, and you have a beautiful soul. And I wish the world was ready to be the way you see it. I wish that the rest of the people on earth with us were capable of living up to your expectations.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

70. “No matter how strong you are, no matter how smart you are or tough you can be, the world will find a way to break you. And when it does, the only thing you can do is hold on.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid

71. “I broke Celia’s heart because I spent half my time loving her and the other half hiding how much I loved her.”

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72. “A little over two years,” I said. “Is that a long time or a short time?”

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73. “All that matters is that your heart is in the right place.”

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74. “Sometimes reality comes crashing down on you. Other times reality simply waits, patiently, for you to run out of the energy it takes to deny it.”

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75. “You don’t have to make yourself OK for a good mother; a good mother makes herself OK for you. And my mother has always been a good mother, a great mother.”

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76. “You do not know how fast you have been running, how hard you have been working, how truly exhausted you are until someone stands behind you and says: “it’s okay, you can fall down now, I’ll catch you.”

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77. “If she knew how often I was thinking about her, she wouldn’t feel lonely.”

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78. “That’s how my story ends. With the loss of everyone I have ever loved.”

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79. “We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”

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80. “Isn’t it nice when you’ve outgrown the ideas of what life should be and you just enjoy what it is?”

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81. “That’s how my story ends. With the loss of everyone I have ever loved. With me, in a big, beautiful Upper East Side apartment, missing everyone who ever meant anything to me.”

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82. “Whatever happens happens. I’m not going anywhere. We are in this together and we will be fine.”

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83. “Daisy had no ass, no tits. A carpenter’s dream as they call ’em. Flat as a board, easy to nail.”

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84. “Be wary of men with something to prove”, “Never let anyone make you feel ordinary”, and “It is OK to grovel for something you really want.”

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85. “I love you. I love you in a way that I never thought possible. I have spent so much of my life thinking that this type of love was a myth. And now here it is, so real I can touch it, and I finally understand what the Beatles were singing about all those years.”

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86. “Losing me again. I don’t want to let you love me if you don’t think you can lose me again. One last time.” “I can’t. Of course I can’t. But I want to anyway. I’m going to anyway. Yes,” I said finally. “I can survive it. I’d rather survive it than never feel it.”

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87. “Good things don’t wait until you’re ready. Sometimes they come right before, when you’re almost there. And I figured when that happens, you can let them pass by like a bus not meant for you. Or you can get ready. So I got ready.”

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88. “I should have apologized and sent roses and stood on top of the Hollywood sign and shouted, ‘I’m in love with Celia St. James!’ and let them crucify me for it.”

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89. “If you are intolerable, let me be the one to tolerate you,” I said, and then I kissed her and tasted the lemon juice on her lips.”

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90. “You have these lines you won’t cross. But then you cross them. And suddenly you possess the very dangerous information that you can break the rule and the world won’t instantly come to an end. You’ve taken a big, black, bold line and you’ve made it a little bit gray.”

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91. “Often, I feel overwhelmed by this sinking feeling in my heart that I will never be enough.”

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92. “I was waiting for someone that would sweep me off my feet and would be swept up by me in equal parts.”

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93. “Sometimes I worry I’ll never find a place to call home.”

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94. “Do you know how much a body can weigh when it falls into your arms, helpless? Multiply it by three. Nina carried it all. All of the weight, in her arms, on her back.”

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95. “It’s us, our team, forever and always. And I will always root for us.”

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96. “I have always known there is no mountain you cannot climb, one step at a time.”

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97. “Write a list of things you’ll regret I’d be on top smoking a cigarette Oh, we could be lovely If this could get ugly.”

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98. “And maybe one day I’ll find someone I love the way Evelyn loved Celia. Or maybe I might just find someone I love the way my parents loved each other. Knowing to look for it, knowing there are all different types of great loves out there, is enough for me for now.”

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99. “I said, “Doesn’t it bother you? That your husbands have become such a headline story, so often mentioned, that they have nearly eclipsed your work and yourself? That all anyone talks about when they talk about you are the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo?” And her answer was quintessential Evelyn. “No,” she told me. “Because they are just husbands. I am Evelyn Hugo. And anyway, I think once people know the truth, they will be much more interested in my wife.”

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100. “Everyone sort of assumes that when faced with life-and-death situations, you will panic. But almost everyone who’s actually experienced something like that will tell you that panic is a luxury you cannot afford. In the moment, you act without thinking, doing all you can with the information you have.”

— Taylor Jenkins Reid