Top 300 Tessa Bailey Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Given your ability to keep your sense of humor under stress, either a war general or a comedian.”

— Tessa Bailey

252. “Acknowledgement. Apparently that was all it took to want to forgive someone. Just to have them acknowledge that you were hurt, out loud.”

— Tessa Bailey

253. “Thinking about picking out side plates with Stella has sent me into the throes of my best orgasm in recent memory, my knees nearly buckling from the monumental rush...”

— Tessa Bailey

254. “He kissed Abby. Abby. He... kissed Abby. Sensation exploded in his head like an atom bomb, incinerating everything in its path.”

— Tessa Bailey

255. “As a seaman, Brendan was all about luck. He knew he could only control so much. He could construct a tight schedule, guide the boat in a direction of his choosing. But it was up to the ocean how and when she gave up her treasures. With.”

— Tessa Bailey

256. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

257. “I’m about as approachable and welcoming as a vampire bat.”

— Tessa Bailey

258. “With this kiss, I willingly damn myself to a lifetime of suffering.”

— Tessa Bailey

259. “As her idol Dolly Parton once said, “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.”

— Tessa Bailey

260. “Love doesn’t come and go that easily, Beat. You need to believe you can lean on it, even when you have to lean really hard.”

— Tessa Bailey

261. “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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262. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

263. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

264. “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

265. “I want you. However you are, whatever you are, I want you.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

267. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

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270. “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

271. “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

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

274. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

277. “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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278. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

280. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

281. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

282. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

284. “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?”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

286. “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

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

291. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

292. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

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

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294. “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.”

— Tessa Bailey

295. “Come back here.” “I don’t think I will.” “Half pint.” “I have a name.” “Come back here and tell it to me, then.”

— Tessa Bailey

296. “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?”

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

— Tessa Bailey

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

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

— Tessa Bailey