Top 300 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

152. “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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153. “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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154. “You have to admit, you’re a little clumsy.” I gasp. “Only when scary politicians leap out of the shadows.”

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

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156. “You get this expression on your face when you listen to music, like you’re trying to climb inside it. Right now, it looks like the door is locked and you can’t get in.”

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157. “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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158. “This girl. He’d be keeping her. There was no way around it.”

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159. “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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160. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

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162. “The innocent memory of Georgie lying on his bed and mumbling that she needed Dale took on a whole new meaning.”

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

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164. “This girl. I want to run away with her. Elope. Go on safaris. Sink down to the bottom of the ocean holding her hand.”

— Tessa Bailey

165. “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?”

— Tessa Bailey

166. “The possibility that he’d shown up to see her, help her, without anything in return, made her comfortable in her own skin – ironically, without any of her usual beautifying trappings.”

— Tessa Bailey

167. “I lean in and rub my nose on his throat. “Sweat.” His deep chuckle makes me shiver. “Better work on that.” “No.” I let him peel my dress off over my head. “I like it.”

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168. “It’s weird. When you’re younger, you think you know everything. Then you get older and live in constant awareness of how little you actually know and understand.”

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169. “Trying to figure out what to do when no one is watching. And wondering if maybe that’s the stuff that actually matters.”

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170. “If you need servicing while we’re stuck in this fancy-ass hotel for a week, I’m going to be the one to do it. No one else. Not Golden Boy. Not even your right hand.”

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171. “Miss you?” He grated the incredulous question, dropping his mouth to her temple. “You left me without a soul. I can barely remember the days since you left. They passed without me feeling a single thing. Because you are feeling for me. You’re the only thing that keeps me from being numb. Twice in my life you’ve turned me back into a living, breathing man, and missing you... missing you, Peggy, doesn’t even begin to cover it. You revive me.”

— Tessa Bailey

172. “Not everyone is fertile ground for fixing.”

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173. “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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174. “You see, there are three factors one must consider when choosing a snack from a vending machine. Substance, for one. It needs to hold you over until real food is available. Freshness, which your cereal bar is sorely lacking. And finally” – his eyes dropped to her mouth – “taste.”

— Tessa Bailey

175. “This isn’t summer camp.” Those hands clenched. Unclenched. “If you want to kiss me, you’ll get everything. I’m not going to hold back.”

— Tessa Bailey

176. “When I saw you on the side of the road, Rita, I saw my wife, I knew.”

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177. “Are we all constantly fighting that change to something new and unfamiliar? Is that why, no matter what we do in our personal or professional lives, somehow it’s never done with full confidence? There’s always the fear of being wrong. Or maybe we’re afraid to be right and make progress, because that means change. And moving forward is hard, like you said.”

— Tessa Bailey

178. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

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

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181. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

182. “And when she was happy, like she was in that moment, she threw her arms open and ran right toward the main source, letting him sweep her away.”

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183. “People shine at different times.”

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184. “I know they don’t require a picture to keep your account active. This was about making you smile, not me,” His gaze fell to her mouth, taking its time finding her eyes again. “Well worth it.”

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

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187. “He wouldn’t stay so firmly rooted in his practices and routines that a good thing would come along and slip away.”

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188. “As I’m writing this, I’m starting to wonder if the longer we fight change in ourselves, the less time we have to live as better people. Or at least more self-aware people. I propose that we both do something that scares us this week.”

— Tessa Bailey

189. “It was the beginning of her own classic love story. And now the credits were rolling.”

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190. “Hannah was the total opposite. When she decided to commit herself to someone or something, she went in one thousand percent. Loyalty to the people she cared about hummed in her blood. Loyalty made her Hannah.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

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192. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

193. “Scoot forward,” he asked in a gravelly voice. “Just a little. I promise I’ll suck them so good for you. So good.”

— Tessa Bailey

194. “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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195. “All Piper could do was stare at the spot he’d just vacated. Goose bumps. He’d given her goose bumps.”

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196. “His words made her feel like she was floating. They were pure Brendan in their honesty and depth and gruffness and humility. And they were for her.”

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

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198. “Don’t dump my stash. I hereby bequeath all manner of pleasure machines to you, my pasty, studious little friend.”

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199. “B-Brendan.” Her chest ached almost too much to speak. “When I was falling in love with you, I was falling in love with Westport at the same time. That is my home. Our home. And I don’t want to be anywhere else. I knew it as soon as I got here tonight. Nothing was right. Nothing was right without you.”

— Tessa Bailey

200. “Maybe, like the ocean, he could evolve.”

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