Top 300 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “I want you. However you are, whatever you are, I want you.”

— Tessa Bailey

252. “Connor didn’t look at her as if she were an exhibit at the zoo. A strange and exotic bird. No, he looked as if he wanted to climb into the exhibit with her, find out how to adapt. Erin felt a sudden dose of yearning.”

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253. “It’s no big deal,” he said quickly, backing up to lean sideways against the doorjamb. Crossing his arms. Definitely not thinking about how easy it would be to prowl over her on that bed, tease her a little more, run his fingertips along that section of skin between her hip bones and waist, flirt until kissing turned into her idea, instead of his intention all along. He knew the dance moves well.”

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254. “We can fix this by laughing at ourselves. If we stop taking ourselves so seriously for a moment, our partner can do the same. There is relaxation and acceptance in laughter. It’s the anti-resentment drug.”

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255. “The kind of person who wants to be better and sees their own faults is someone I want to spend time with.”

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256. “I almost had those panties off, Josephine. Frankly, I don’t care if it’s the pope.”

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257. “Can I rub it here, baby?” Brendan rasped the question, his bare chest heaving, a fine sheen of sweat on those work-honed muscles. “Just want to rub it where I made you come.”

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258. “She wanted, craved Jonah. He’d grabbed hold of her libido and shaken it like a snow globe.”

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259. “She rode on a rainbow unicorn over the Milky Way and waved at an astronaut.”

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260. “You could take me to Mass every day for the rest of my life and I’d still be the kind of guy who would finger you in the back row.”

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261. “But you can’t take the bad lessons you learned and apply them to every good thing that comes your way. Because there’s nothing about what we have. It’s really, really good. You’re wonderful, and I love you. Okay, you stupid idiot? So when you’ve done some thinking and pulled your head out of your stubborn ass, come and find me. You’re worth the wait.”

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262. “He’d tasted her unbelievable mouth yesterday evening, and his pride demanded only the best on her tongue.”

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263. “Three men had approached her at a bar, one asking if he could buy her a drink. Her reply had been, “Sure. Petrol, please. Unleaded.”

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264. “I want to be the man who steals it. All day, every day. Forever. Stay with me right here.”

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265. “I wonder if I’m who I’m meant to be or if I’m just too distracted to keep evolving.”

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266. “But she looked into his eyes now and heard his words echo back from the deck of the Della Ray. You have perseverance, character, and a huge heart. And she chose to believe him. She chose to believe in herself.”

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267. “Maybe the crew would realize they were wrong about him after some time passed. After all, they were just following his lead, treating him like he asked them to.”

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268. “You can wrap me as tight as you want around that little finger, but I won’t play games about what this is. Get me, Piper?”

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269. “When I walk in the front door after a shift, Lucy, I want your mouth on mine before I even get my jacket off.”

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270. “It’s not always about the next thing you do. Sometimes it’s about what you already did.”

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271. “I’m obsessed with eating her out. And I’ve never even gotten the opportunity.”

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272. “I love you so badly I could get lost in it and never find my way back out.”

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273. “I’d take a bullet between the eyes before I raised a hand to you, Taylor. The fact that you have to spend a second in pain makes me want to die.”

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274. “We’re going to have to meet twice this week. No way we can cover cock talk and get important things done –.”

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275. “Hayden’s ovaries stood up and delivered a thundering ovation.”

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276. “Piper, I don’t just go putting my arms around girls.” She paused in the doorway. Looked back. “What does that mean?” 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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277. “Come back here.” “I don’t think I will.” “Half pint.” “I have a name.” “Come back here and tell it to me, then.”

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278. “Yes. This was it. It had to be. He was setting her free of this prison she’d been locked in for weeks. If she helped him, he would release his hold on her. This was the solution. Finally. Right?”

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279. “You need me to be nice? I’ll be the nicest person you ever met. Just to you. Only you. Jesus Christ, you’re so beautiful.”

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280. “Like you said, men need things spelled out in thick red Sharpie.”

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281. “You don’t get locked up somewhere for four years and leave without a few soul scrapes.”

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282. “This man smiles constantly. I hate him.”

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283. “It’s like I always say: A man doesn’t bring a woman to Bingo unless he’s serious about her.”

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284. “Everyone had weaknesses. They just came in different sizes and shapes.”

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285. “She’d been pleasantly surprised to find out the movie starred Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon and decided the tape probably belonged to Bethany – but around the one-hour mark, the scene happened. The one on the roller coaster when Mark uses his finger on Reese.”

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286. “I had it bad for you.”

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287. “I can’t be expected to make promises under the influence of pasta and wine!”

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288. “I’m a pandemic-era teacher, dammit. That basically qualifies me for a presidential.”

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289. “Listen to me. I love your sister. I love her so much I can’t wait for tomorrow. To see what she says, what she wears, which laugh she’ll use. She’s not your sister to me. She’s Lucy. She’s the girl who makes me feel human.”

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290. “Right away, I’m hit with a prickle of guilt over this morning’s activities. Not only did I fantasize about her body, I had the nerve to pick out dinnerware without her input.”

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291. “A balm spread over his heart, even as his need, his urgency, wrenched higher, hotter. “You can wrap me as tight as you want around that little finger, but I won’t play games about what this is. Get me, Piper?”

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292. “The main-character moment?” “Yeah. You know, when you’ve got the perfect mood going, soundtrack to match. And you’re on a rainy road, feeling dramatic. You’re the star of your own movie. You’re Rocky training for the fight. Or Baby learning how to merengue in Dirty Dancing. Or you’re just crying over a lost love.” She turned slightly in the seat. “Everyone does it!”

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293. “But he found himself wondering what it might be like to fill that role for Hallie. In another life, obviously. A full-time giver of Hallie smiles.”

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294. “Once you go hockey boy, you never go back.”

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295. “You can’t live life worrying about what people will think. You’ll wake up one day, look at a calendar, and count the days you could have spent being happy.”

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296. “I didn’t know what right felt like until you,” he choked out. “I’m holding on to the good you give me. I’m holding on to you.”

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297. “His existence is a threat to my sanity.”

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298. “I can’t breathe for loving you and loving you is the only way I can breathe.”

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299. “What she thought was living life to the fullest had actually been living life for other people to watch. To gawk at. She wouldn’t lie to herself and pretend one month had completely cured her of her deeply rooted yen for attention. For praise. For what she’d once interpreted as love. Now though? She is participating in her life. Not just posing and pretending. The world was so much bigger than her, and she was really seeing it now. She was really looking.”

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300. “She jackknifed on the couch, screaming so loud that it could be heard clear to Orlando. This was it. Her Dateline moment. A robbery gone wrong. Or was it?, questioned Keith Morrison.”

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