Top 500 Taylor Jenkins Reid Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “Harry was one of the only men on the lot who didn’t stare directly at my chest. It actually bothered me, as if I’d been doing something wrong to not get his attention. It just goes to show that if you tell a woman her only skill is to be desirable, she will believe you.”

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402. “Oh, you definitely are. Getting me fired because you think I’ll show you up? Awful. That’s just awful, Evelyn. And walking around bragging about how you use people? Just terrible. But I really like it when you talk about.”

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403. “Too much self-sufficiency was sort of mean to the people who loved you.”

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404. “Water is how we keep living. Water is what we need to survive. My family was my water. I picked water. I’ll pick water every time. And I wanted Daisy to find her water. Because I couldn’t be it.”

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405. “He was sober, he put his kids first, he would and did do anything for his family. He was a good man. I guess I’m saying... if you redeem yourself, then believe in your own redemption.”

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406. “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.” I could make myself fit for him. He could make himself fit for me. But that’s not true love.”

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407. “Some men’s childhoods are permitted to last forever, but women are so often reminded that there is work to be done.”

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408. “It is funny the crazy things our brains make up to save us from the truth.”

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409. “Harry died an hour later. After he was gone, I had the devastating luxury of panic.”

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410. “Because that is truly all I want in this world. I want to try to do something myself, knowing that when I have nothing left, someone will take me the rest of the way.”

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411. “She did not think of future or past, but only present. How can I stay, how can I hold on, how can I balance? Better. Longer. With more ease.”

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412. “I can’t think of any two things that make you quite as self-absorbed as addiction and heartbreak. I had a selfish heart. I didn’t care about anyone or anything but my own pain. My own need. My own aching. I’d have made anyone hurt if it could have taken some of mine away. It’s just how sick I was.”

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413. “It felt like water in the desert.”

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414. “I was fishing for information that might break my heart. A flaw of the human condition.”

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415. “I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else’s muse. I am not a muse. I am the somebody.”

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416. “The sun will rise no matter what pain we encounter. No matter how much we believe the world to be over, the sun will rise.”

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417. “You have worked so hard for a life so grand. And now all you want are the smallest freedoms. The family peace of loving plainly.”

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418. “You’re asking me if I knew he was going to be unfaithful as if that’s a thing that you know or don’t know. Like it’s black and white. But it’s not. You suspect, then you sort of un-suspect. Then you suspect again. Then you tell yourself you’re crazy. Then you ask yourself whether fidelity is really something you value above all else.”

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419. “But a good life is knowing people care about you, knowing you can take care of the people that count on you.”

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420. “You destroyed me,” she said. “Twice now in our lives. I have spent years getting over you.”

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421. “It was inevitable wasn’t it? The small mistakes and heartbreaks of guiding a life. His mother had screwed up as much as she’d succeeded.”

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422. “All I’ve ever wanted was for you to be truly mine.”

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423. “I wanted out of my apartment, away from my father’s stale tequila breath and heavy hand. I wanted someone to take care of me. I wanted a nice house and money. I wanted to run, far away from my life. I wanted to go where my mom had promised me we’d end up someday.”

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424. “To love someone. To care for them. To throw your lot in with theirs and think, Whatever happens, it’s you and me.”

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425. “Our family histories are simply stories. They are myths we create about the people who came before us, in order to make sense of ourselves.”

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426. “The daily peace of loving plainly.”

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427. “That’s what I loved about her. She was no wallflower. You just had to be paying attention to see it.”

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428. “She never called me Evelyn, only mija, which made me feel really special, like I was hers and she was mine.”

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429. “And yet that sense that you can feel your heart in your chest, that your body tells you it wants more, that you lose yourself in the scent, taste, and feel of another person – it was all the same.”

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430. “Being wanted meant having to satisfy. At least, that was my view of it back then.– Evelyn Hugo.”

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431. “You can’t capture love in a bottle. You can’t hold on to it with both hands and force it to stay with you.”

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432. “I hope one day you find someone who feels like the other half of you.”

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433. “I thought of how many women out there thought they could prevent their husbands from cheating if only they were as gorgeous as Evelyn Hugo. But it never stopped any man I loved.”

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434. “Our parents live inside us, whether they stick around or not.”

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435. “People don’t find it very sympathetic or endearing, a woman who puts herself first. Nor do people respect a man who can’t keep his wife in line.”

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436. “That was how it was with Celia. When you denied her what she wanted, when you hurt her, she made sure you hurt, too.”

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437. “When there is only you, you do not get to choose which jobs you want, you do not get to decide you are incapable of anything. There is no room for distaste or weakness. You must do it all.”

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438. “Nina, her entire life, had been programmed to accept. Accept that your father left. Accept that your mother was gone. Accept that you must take care of your siblings. Accept that the world wants to lust after you. Accept Accept Accept.”

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439. “It’s one thing to play coy with them, I suppose. But what I have to do is stop playing coy with myself.”

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440. “Hugo has weathered her share of Hollywood scandals, not the least of which being her seven marriages, including her decades-long relationship with film producer Harry Cameron. The two Hollywood insiders shared a daughter, Connor Cameron, who is no doubt the influence for the auction.”

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441. “Eine Frau, die sich selbst an die erste Stelle setzt, finden die Leute nicht besonders sympathisch oder liebenswert.”

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442. “But if you have to go, then go. Go if it hurts. Go if it’s time. Just go knowing you were loved, that I will never forget you, that you will live in everything Connor and I do. Go knowing I love you purely, Harry, that you were an amazing father. Go knowing I told you all my secrets. Because you were my best friend.”

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443. “The finalists were Andrew Thomas and Jadran Petrovich, neither one of whom would set a record by winning. We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.”

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444. “I love you so much that when I sometimes get a look at all the crazy fan mail you get, I think, well, sure, that makes sense. I want to collect her eyelashes too.”

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445. “It’s a hard business, reconciling what the truth used to be with what the truth is now. Luckily, I didn’t have to do it for very long.”

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446. “Appreciation from people you admire changes how you see yourself. And he saw me the way I wanted to be seen. There is nothing more powerful than that.”

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447. “I was feeling so ashamed and so embarrassed and so stupid and so alone and lonely and pathetic and dirty and awful. And then, I got really mad.”

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448. “It seems as if you see me exactly as I wish to be seen. There is no greater gift than that.”

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449. “My ass might as well have been a flat wall. You could hang a picture on it.”

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450. “Because, after all, they are my parents. And when you get to be old enough, it’s finally OK to admit that they often do know best.”

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