Top 300 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “God must have been busy answering someone else’s prayers.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

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

— Tessa Bailey

105. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

108. “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

109. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

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115. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

117. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

118. “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

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

— Tessa Bailey

121. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

122. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

123. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

124. “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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125. “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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126. “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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127. “He’s like eating a spicy breakfast burrito after years of having oatmeal for breakfast.”

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128. “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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129. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

130. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

131. “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

132. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

134. “Fox, listen to me. I don’t care how many different beds you’ve been in. I know you belong in mine.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

136. “Why do women believe they need an occasion to dress up? Dress up for life, goddammit!”

— Tessa Bailey

137. “You’re not even worth a midweek leg shave.”

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138. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

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

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141. “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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142. “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

143. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

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147. “I don’t know if it’s possible to fall in love with a man in four days. But if it is, I think I’ve just soundly accomplished that feat with Myles Sumner.”

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148. “He gave in to just a touch of temptation, tucking a wind-tangled strand of hair behind her ear. Soft. “It means I’ll be around.”

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149. “Our life together is at stake. Did I really think I could just walk away from her? I would sell my soul to the devil to be holding her right now. To hold her forever.”

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

— Tessa Bailey