Top 140 Bella Forrest Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “The surrealism of our situation hit me so suddenly I stumbled slightly despite the perfectly flat ground.”

— Bella Forrest

102. “At that moment, however, I knew that no other person had ever mattered to me as much as Sofia Claremont.”

— Bella Forrest

103. “Keeping secrets is the cancer.”

— Bella Forrest

104. “He told me things as they were, told me that I could rise up from my past and be better. The reason we could never be together was because I believed that I was irreparable and he didn’t share the same conviction. Being with him meant constantly disappointing him just by being who I was.”

— Bella Forrest

105. “I was so focussed on getting back to our apartment that I didn’t think to check if anyone was following us. If.”

— Bella Forrest

106. “I am not designed for vengeance, so don’t make me die trying.”

— Bella Forrest

107. “There were a few times I wished I’d made more space for people’s feelings throughout this journey.”

— Bella Forrest

108. “It was frantic, his hands on my hips, running up the curves of my waist, bringing me as close to him as possible. His kisses weren’t soft or delicate, but that wasn’t what I wanted anyway. I wanted passion and fire, to remind me I was alive.”

— Bella Forrest

109. “Of creatures who inhabit the darkness, there are two types. Those who revel in it, and those who fight to escape it.”

— Bella Forrest

110. “By genetics and upbringing, I was fated to follow the same path as them – just like so many young adults with dysfunctional childhoods who fell by the wayside later in life. But, by God, I wasn’t going to let that happen to me. I wasn’t going to be the repeat of an old song; I was going to be the damn definition of avant-garde.”

— Bella Forrest

111. “I’d begrudgingly tried it, when my face didn’t feel so dry.”

— Bella Forrest

112. “Still, I had faith we would figure something out.”

— Bella Forrest

113. “I cupped her cheeks with both hands. “I adore you, Sofia Claremont.” I placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, breathing out when her arms snaked around my waist.”

— Bella Forrest

114. “Wherever this place called “The Shade” was, I had no allies. No.”

— Bella Forrest

115. “For, in the end, that is all life is – a series of teachings that we may choose to accept or reject,” he replied. “Mistakes and failures are guaranteed, but it is how we choose to educate ourselves after we stumble that molds who we become.”

— Bella Forrest

116. “Lies were increasingly common, I had learned, which made the truth worth more.”

— Bella Forrest

117. “I will wait for you, Vivienne. I don’t care how many centuries it takes before you’re ready, but I will wait for you.”

— Bella Forrest

118. “And I love you, angel. More than the universe and all its stars combined.”

— Bella Forrest

119. “I feared what loving him could mean for me.”

— Bella Forrest

120. “To have her respond in kind, unhindered by the Elder, was an ecstasy I wanted to lose myself in forever.”

— Bella Forrest

121. “It’s what true bravery was, in my opinion. Having not only the self-awareness but the courage to recognize you ought to change, and then preparing to go to war with yourself every day to achieve it.”

— Bella Forrest

122. “They had a story for these ruins, and it was no fairytale. My skin erupted in goosebumps as apprehension welled up inside me. Another story meant more pain, but I owed it to them to witness their history.”

— Bella Forrest

123. “His confidence was something that I admired – he wasn’t cocky or arrogant, but pragmatic. He simply knew what he was capable of.”

— Bella Forrest

124. “Poor Theo. He just wanted to succeed here, but the very system he ascribed to was keeping him from being happy.”

— Bella Forrest

125. “Exactly. This society has no need for an individual who can’t contribute.”

— Bella Forrest

126. “All we do is stumble about, seeking our own pleasure at the expense of others with no idea of the heavy fate that hangs over our heads. There is such profound evil in this world. I feel the roots of it deep within the universe, which is sinking into darkness and despair because of the everyday actions of each and every being across all the planes. When the end comes for us all, maybe it will be for the best.”

— Bella Forrest

127. “The whole time, I was aware of Navan, standing there on the periphery, his eyes following my every move.”

— Bella Forrest

128. “In that moment, I was suddenly grateful to Violet. Compassion burned in her like a beacon, and I couldn’t help but be attracted to it like a moth to a flame. Since my wife had died, I had cut off almost everyone I had known. It was easier that way – easier not to feel. How misguided I was: The feelings didn’t go away. I had just buried them under a veneer of calm. I had become so distanced from humanity, so apart from it, that I had forgotten that life was precious.”

— Bella Forrest

129. “No system was worth defending if it didn’t bend for its people.”

— Bella Forrest

130. “What is it with these people and shoving me up against hard surfaces?”

— Bella Forrest

131. “Once something was done, it could never be undone, but it could always be improved upon.”

— Bella Forrest

132. “Even as he started running, I couldn’t stop kissing every part of his skin that I could reach. I’d been scheming how to get back at Annora. But now I realized I really didn’t need to. Caleb had already chosen me. And that was enough to cut her deeper than anything I could possibly do to.”

— Bella Forrest

133. “I was in love with Sofia Claremont and the thought of her being my wife was more than anything I could ever ask for.”

— Bella Forrest

134. “With Sofia, it felt like I’d finally found my compass. I knew that as long as I had her, I had someone to keep me grounded, someone to direct my way. If only for Sofia, I had a reason to stay awake.”

— Bella Forrest

135. “Guide their souls into yourselves, Hermessi. Welcome them into your arms. Tomorrow, they will flow with the rivers, they will grow with the trees, they will fly with the winds, and they will grow with the flowers.”

— Bella Forrest

136. “Your blood shouldn’t dictate what you can do as long as there’s willpower.”

— Bella Forrest

137. “It was obvious to me that all of this was Navan practicing. Practicing using his free will to go against his grain, defy his natural instincts. There was an undercurrent of roughness to his manner, but from what I could tell, he’d learned to control it. To become a master of his circumstances, rather than a victim of them.”

— Bella Forrest

138. “The group sat in silence, absorbing the information. The whole room felt cramped. It was as though there were something else in the cellar with them, slithering around them, slowly wrapping its coils tighter until it crushed the life right out of them.”

— Bella Forrest

139. “I supposed we were more vulnerable to wondering. Grief did that to you. It made you wish for a life that wasn’t yours. It made you dream.”

— Bella Forrest

140. “It was a silly thing, but if I had learned anything over the last few months, it was that humor was one of the only effective coping mechanisms.”

— Bella Forrest

141. “How much of this universe am I ignorant of? I feared the answer to that question was far more profound than I could imagine.”

— Bella Forrest

142. “He glanced sullenly toward the door, then back at me with a look of deep resignation in his eyes. “You ready to leave?” I hesitated, not feeling ready to leave this little haven in the slightest, but then nodded. “If you are.” He took my hand and led me toward the door. “I’m not sure I’ll make it halfway down the corridor before I decapitate him, but let’s see how this goes.”

— Bella Forrest

143. “He never caved in, always searching for the solution, rather than allowing himself to be consumed by the problem.”

— Bella Forrest

144. “And it wasn’t just because she was my heart and my life. She was so much more.”

— Bella Forrest