Top 250 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “I’m a storm of feelings over her. So many that I can barely pick them out of the blurring whirlwind and try to define them. I’m protective of her, proud of her, lustful to the point of pain, adoring and confused.”

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102. “Finished with his perusal, he asks, “Are you always this difficult?” “Actually, I’m usually much worse.”

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

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104. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

105. “I think I said, ‘If you loved me, you’d understand what I’m going through.’” “And I said, ‘I do love you, Rosie. That’s why I want to go through it with you.”

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106. “It’s only been one day since I was deep inside here, but it’s been too long.” Unexpectedly, he gave her a rough squeeze through her panties. “I know ways to get it deeper.”

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107. “I’m going to take a shower, all right?” He ran his fingers along the curve of her shoulder, pressing a thumb to the side of her neck and massaging. “I’m going to feed you before I introduce you to God.”

— Tessa Bailey

108. “I’ve only been here a couple minutes, but it was long enough to recognize first class eye-fuckery.”

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109. “How soft she’d be beneath him, how high maintenance she’d probably be in the sack and how he’d deliver. Again and again, until she wrecked his back with her fingernails.”

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110. “The cops still have a hard-on for the father.” “I’ve seen that porn.”

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111. “Every man I date either cheats or can’t commit. Or is already way too committed to his mother. Or PlayStation.”

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112. “I could love you easily, too. God help me, Taylor. I’m not sure how it happened and I don’t know what’s the right thing to do.”

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113. “Listen to me, baby. From the time we walk in the door to my apartment, you will have less than a minute before I put my cock inside you. No foreplay. No kissing. There won’t be any time, because you’ve got me strung so damn tight I can barely think straight. I need you to keep yourself wet for me on the ride home. Starting now.” Reaching across the car’s console, he yanked her skirt high on her thighs. “Put your hand between your legs, Ginger.”

— Tessa Bailey

114. “The world would be a pretty cold place without the criers.”

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

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116. “Everyone has a deck of cards for each person they love. You’ve got your regret cards, your good memory cards, bad memory cards. When one of your people dies, the deck of cards gets thrown up into the air and the cards scatter everywhere. Wakes and funerals are about putting them into a new order. You have to.”

— Tessa Bailey

117. “You were all given a choice,” Derek boomed. “Prison time or my time. One or the other. If you thought I was the lesser of two evils, you were wrong. You each have a skill that landed you in this room and I intend to use those skills to make Chicago safer.”

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118. “But as Derek watched himself holding Ginger in the mirror over the sink, her smaller, trembling body engulfed by his naked arms and chest, he felt the furthest thing from unaffected. Every sob or shudder that moved through her robbed him of breath. Derek wanted to decimate her sadness and anything causing it. Feeling powerless, he rubbed circles on her back with one hand.”

— Tessa Bailey

119. “Piper, the man looks at you like... he’s full of cracks and you’re the glue.”

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120. “Russell had a theory that every girl owned one perfect dress that could make men do anything they wanted.”

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121. “In a hardware store, a man only had to drop the barest hint about his project and dudes started pouring out of the aisles touting their best advice. This was a ritual that saved men from having to actually ask for help while also making other men feel useful.”

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122. “And when her face transformed with pure joy and she waved enthusiastically, Brendan knew he loved her.”

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123. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

124. “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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125. “I’m going to feed you before I introduce you to God.”

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126. “It makes choices for you. It demands you obey it, not taking no for an answer. And it’s usually right. It knows you better than you know yourself.”

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127. “I’m strongest when you’re around, but I’m going to get better at using that strength, even when you’re not standing beside me.”

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128. “When I bit you, I slid in even deeper.” His lips moved at her neck, over the bite mark. “Made you wet, didn’t it? Bad little beginner.”

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129. “He didn’t have words to describe her. She glowed. She’d somehow fallen out of the sky and landed in this unworthy place, with an unworthy man.”

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130. “Do you want some proof I can be more than a nice guy, sweetheart?”

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131. “Expecting perfect can only lead to disappointment. Besides, it’s the flaws that give a person character. That’s where the beauty hides.”

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132. “Is this like a strange kink? Instead of flashing people, you just go around accosting people with bizarre tales?”

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133. “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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134. “The quiet got too loud once you’d come and gone.”

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135. “God must have been busy answering someone else’s prayers.”

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136. “The first time they’d met, in this very pub, he’d hit on her using so little finesse, she’d been forced to ask if he was kidding. Granted, they’d both had a few too many drinks that night, but nothing excused the line, “I’m not drunk, I’m just intoxicated by you.” Nothing.”

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137. “Don’t argue with me about this.” She scoffed. “Oh, this isn’t an argument. That implies you might win.”

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138. “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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139. “I’ve slept in your sheets and seen my sweat cooling on your gorgeous skin. I’ve spent myself in your mouth and between your legs.”

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140. “Well, Ginger, looks like we finally found the one man unwilling to grovel at your feet.”

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141. “Maybe it was the way she only reached his shoulder that sent protectiveness surging up to his jugular, while somehow – at the very same time – he wanted to seek refuge in her.”

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142. “This won’t be a story we tell the grandkids. This one is just for us.”

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143. “Unlock the door or I’ll call a locksmith. You’re going to be comfortable in my home, goddammit.” Her mouth wobbles and she breaks into a laugh. “What is this? Aggressive southerning?”

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144. “Are you looking for something illegal so you’ll have an excuse to handcuff me, Derek?”

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145. “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.”

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146. “The man took a tragedy and used it to give himself purpose. The man is magnificent.”

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147. “She’d come to the hospital. In his clothes. Did she realize tears were spilling down her cheeks and she was shaking, head to toe? No, she didn’t. Based on her flirty shoulder shrugs and attempts to wink, she thought she was playing it cool, and it made his chest burn. This girl. He’d be keeping her. There was no way around it.”

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148. “I’ve never even had you, and your body haunts mine.”

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149. “He knew she’d seen. And there was some silent communication between them, but she didn’t understand the language. Had never spoken it or been around a man who could convey so much without saying a single word.”

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150. “Do you think there is a female fisherman hiding in this pie, Brendan?”

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