Top 250 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “There was never going to be a life away from you, because, Jesus, that’s no life at all. You, Hannah. Are my life. I love you and I’m coming home, so please, babe. Please. Will you just wait for me? I’m sorry.”

— Tessa Bailey

52. “It’ll never be enough. I can’t touch all of you at once and it drives me crazy. I need everything, always. More, more.”

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53. “I could tell by the way you looked at her, she was something real special.” “How did I look at her?” He was afraid to find out. “Ah, son. Like a summer day showing up after a hundred years of winter.”

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54. “I’m far from immune to you.”

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55. “It’s so good because I love you Rita. It’s good because you love me back. No matter the time it took. When it’s right, it’s right.”

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56. “Can you be mad at me while I kiss you, baby? It’s all I’ve wanted to do for the last two weeks.”

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57. “An actual shiver blew through him thinking of Hannah on the deck, fifteen-story waves building in the background. “If you hear me screaming in the middle of the night, you’re to blame for my nightmares.” “I can just be in charge of the music on the boat.” “No.” “You got me feeling all romantic about the ocean. It’s your fault.”

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58. “You want that pretty little mouth kissed? Now say it again without stuttering, baby.”

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59. “As for herself, she’d lacked any type of shield or voice of reason. Her life had been molded into a shape and left to harden in the sun. It was too late for her to change now.”

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60. “Do you talk to every girl like this?” “I don’t even turn on the lights for other girls.”

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61. “You can’t live life worrying about what other people will think.”

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62. “Laugh with them, instead of being laughed at. Make the joke, instead of being the joke. And above all else, don’t let them see how much it all bothered him.”

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63. “Her sister was a goddess with a pure, romantic spirit, and it was about time people flocked to her.”

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64. “Honest to God, Story. The bullet didn’t kill me, but the way you make me feel might.”

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65. “He’s like if someone drew eyes on a turnip.”

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66. “Like a summer day showing up after a hundred years of winter.”

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67. “I’ve loved you up one side of forever. Now I’m going to love you back down the other.”

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68. “Christ. My cock is thickening faster than whisked gravy over a high heat.”

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69. “You’re still not going to yell at her anymore. If she’s upset, I’m upset. I don’t think you want that.”

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70. “I’m going to take myself somewhere my intellect is appreciated. Xbox Live. Goodnight, ladies.”

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71. “You have to fight for what you deserve. What you want is no more or less important than what anyone else wants.”

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72. “Prayer isn’t an excuse to sin.”

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73. “What are you looking at?” “Just checking to see if your milkshake brought all the boys to the yard.”

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74. “I have the heartache version of a man cold.”

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75. “Belong to me, Story. Even if it’s just for a little while.”

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76. “Everything is going to be okay now. We found our way back. I’ve got you back and I’m not letting you go ever again.”

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77. “Hannah had a playlist consisting of 308 love songs and not one of them could describe this moment accurately. Not even close.”

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78. “If this woman tacked the word “please” onto any request, he would find a way to fulfill it. Build me a palace, please. How many floors, baby?”

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79. “Mmm-hmm. If I were a Magic 8 Ball, my answer would read ‘outlook not so good.’” “Why don’t you let me shake you up a little? See if we can’t get a different answer.” “My sources say no.”

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80. “How did I survive this long without you? I love you, Eliza. It’s all I can feel. I’m made of it. If you’ve got even an ounce of this for me, I’m so damn grateful.”

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81. “You ruined the sky for me today, Rita,” he said gruffly. “It’s flat-out mediocre without you up against it. I reckon it always will be now.”

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82. “That’s the first time you’ve said my name.” He rubbed their lips together. “Whisper it again in my ear, then I’ll go.”

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83. “He’s like eating a spicy breakfast burrito after years of having oatmeal for breakfast.”

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84. “Her soul was made of musical notes.”

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85. “Get your head out of the gutter, baby. You Catholic girls and your filthy minds.”

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86. “You brought the colour in. You brought me to life when I didn’t even realize I’d stopped breathing. Now I can’t get enough air. It’s everywhere because of you. Be my air. Let me be yours.”

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87. “Terrible things happen sometimes, but you can’t avoid the high of happiness or joy, because you’re too afraid of falling from a great height.”

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88. “I’m going to love teaching you some patience, sweetheart. You don’t know what dying means yet. You’ll know when you’ve come for my mouth so many times, you’d sell your soul to be filled.”

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89. “You’ve got innocent eyes, but a hot, greedy body. God help me, I would never stop banging you.”

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90. “If you’re laughing with them, they can’t laugh at you, right?”

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91. “Everyone’s low expectations of her were beginning to wear kind of thin, though. One look at her and this prick had become as dismissive of her abilities as her stepfather and her ex-boyfriend. What was it about her that courted such harsh judgment?”

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92. “We build resentments toward our loved ones. Sometimes we’re not even aware of them. But they grow so strong, they prevent us from remembering what we loved about our partners in the first place. Maybe one or both no longer wants to give their significant other the satisfaction of showing their amusement, so the other person stops trying. And the laughter dies.”

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93. “Being hurt only makes me need you more.”

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94. “His confessions made it easy to confess her own sins.”

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95. “If someone put a single scratch on your skin, I would go utterly mad, Ginny, and yet I burn to sink my teeth into your neck every second of the day. I don’t know how to uncomplicate that for you.”

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96. “When she died, I kept the ring on, kept my vows, to keep him healed as much as possible. Then you showed up, Piper. Then you. And it felt wrong having ever given those vows to anyone else.”

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97. “Hayden felt ready to snap. She felt out of control. She needed something. Unfortunately, she had a feeling that something was the six-foot-five hormone-whisperer walking beside her, whistling the Happy Days theme song.”

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98. “She was hopelessly, irrevocably in love with this man.”

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99. “You can’t fix me with a few magic words.” “Willa.” He shakes his head. “There’s nothing to fix.” When.”

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100. “Wow. A vaginal orgasm and a psychological breakthrough in the same day. You must be tapped.”

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