Top 300 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “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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102. “How do people live their lives feeling like this, day in and day out? Like your next breath depends on another person’s happiness? She’s torture and heaven all wrapped up in one forbidden package.”

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103. “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.”

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

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106. “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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107. “Baby, sometimes what I’m thinking doesn’t translate into words. You’re going to have to badger them out of me until I get better at this, okay?”

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108. “I had it bad for you. If the convention didn’t make it obvious, I thought for sure the Fleetwood Mac album would do it. I’ve got it so bad for you, Hannah. Really, really bad. I tried to keep you out of here. But you won’t go. You’re never going to go. You just won’t.”

— Tessa Bailey

109. “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.”

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

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111. “Who do you think you are?” His gaze dropped to her lips. “I’m the guy who’s going to kiss you tonight.”

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

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

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114. “You’re incredible with or without me,” he rasped beside her ear. “I can do my best to learn to live with both if it means I get to keep your heart.”

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115. “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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116. “Don’t go sniffing around the older one. Piper,” Brendan muttered. “And don’t ask me to explain why, either.”

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117. “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.”

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118. “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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119. “And that’s when I realize the red panties are gone. Myles’s business card sits in their place.”

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120. “There is relaxation and acceptance in laughter. It’s the anti-resentment drug.”

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121. “There’s a lot we don’t know about each other. For instance, I didn’t know you were afraid of heights.” “What?” Ailish’s brow wrinkled. “I’m not afraid of heights.” “No.” Erin’s nodded at Ailish’s jean shorts. “Your zipper is, though.”

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122. “Travis let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding.”

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

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

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

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

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

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130. “The scene reminded Lita of a Marvel Comics movie where the hero tries to blend in among mortals, but is so obviously everyone’s savior. Her savior. If he would only allow himself to be.”

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131. “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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132. “She’d wanted to be free, thought it was the only way to be happy, when happiness was belonging to Jonah.”

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133. “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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134. “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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135. “He’s like eating a spicy breakfast burrito after years of having oatmeal for breakfast.”

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136. “I tried to tell myself wanting you, keeping you, was selfish. Maybe it is.” His lips brushed her forehead. “But I’m lost here, Lucy. I’m lost without everything you’ve got.”

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137. “Home.’ By Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.” He barely kept his hand from lifting to brush back her hair. “I don’t know that one,” he managed. “I’ll text it to you before I go to sleep. It’s perfect.”

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138. “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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139. “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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140. “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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141. “Belong to me, Story. Even if it’s just for a little while.”

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142. “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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143. “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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144. “That’s it? You’ve been standing there thinking for twenty minutes and your big epiphany is roses?”

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

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146. “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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147. “He pointed at Abby’s electric-blue pumps. “Women wear these evil creations around to confuse us. Sure, they make a girl’s legs look good, but that’s the black magic, my friends. They want us to feel their pain and not understand why.”

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148. “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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149. “Running for mayor is time consuming. That’s why I’ve never done it.” My laugh sneaks up on me. “Oh, is that why?”

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

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