Top 200 Elise Kova Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Don’t let the shadows of the past smother the possibility for a bright future.” It.”

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52. “Progress was never meant to be stinted, and even failures weren’t to be destroyed.”

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53. “Stop. Stop trying to make the illusion of strength. You don’t need it. Not here. Not now. Let yourself be sad until the real strength returns.”

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54. “As Jax went to knock on the door, she nearly stopped him. But the opportunity was eliminated as his knocks faded into silence. “Who?” A sleep-hazy voice called. “Your blushing princess,” Jax called in a girlish falsetto. “Go away, Jax.”

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55. “Is this what I’ve been running from my whole life? Is this what it’s like to care for someone else? The rogue thought wanders across my mind as I stare up at him. How could I have wanted to hide from this?”

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56. “If someone loves you, truly loves you, it’s because they want to – because they can’t imagine a world in which they don’t. Because you make their soul sing just with your mere existence.”

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57. “They were sending her to war, so she would go and become something they had every right to fear.”

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58. “They wanted to kill her, so this Vhalla would die, she resolved, and a new Vhalla would be born from her ashes.”

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59. “Love, war, life was a series of battlefields strung together with the courage to march forward.”

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60. “Nothing made sense, and she would have him until it did.”

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61. “I want a place you hardly dare to even whisper. I want the bravery to not only read, but to do. I want a man, not a library boy. A man who is tall and witty and knows more about the world than you would ever dare dream.”

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62. “Would you, Lady Vhalla Yarl, like to someday be the Empress Vhalla Solaris?”

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63. “And I love you, Vi Solaris. I always have, and I always will. My life was never complete until the moment you returned to it. You gave me meaning. You gave me my past and my future.”

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64. “I shouldn’t need everyone to believe in or want the things I believed in and wanted.”

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65. “An arm closes around me and the blade of a dagger is at my throat. “King Eldas!” Aria shouts over my shoulder. My ears ring. I was right; it was her all along. I’ve never been so angry about being correct. “If you won’t parlay with us for your dear brother, then perhaps your queen?”

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66. “One of them was Larel Neiress, the woman whom had spent countless hours putting Vhalla Yarl back together after the world had broken her. But this time, her hands had not been there, and Vhalla Yarl shattered into three pieces.”

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67. “She would cut it away. She would cut away the anger, the pain, and the frustration. She’d cut and cut until she was sculpted into something better, something stronger. They wanted to kill her, so this Vhalla would die, she resolved, and a new Vhalla would be born from her ashes.”

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68. “Let them know.” He shrugs. “This world is dark and the night is unyielding; the least we can do is fill it with sweet, forbidden dreams.”

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69. “I told you this would never be easy, I warned you. I begged you to spare my heart if you weren’t ready for this fight.”

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70. “I love him, but I am only death. I am death to everyone I love. Someday I will be the death of him.”

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71. “You show up as if you materialize from the wind itself, to save the life of the crown prince whom you jumped off the side of the Pass in an attempt to save. You’re unassuming, you’re filthy, and you’re soaked in what I can only presume to be the blood of our enemies.” A grin slowly spread across Jax’s face, like that of a rabid beast. “Who said anything about being disappointed?”

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72. “You have to earn it.′ Vhalla didn’t know what else to say. She had trusted him, to lead her, to teach her, and he broke that trust. It wasn’t as though it was something she could simply start again on command.”

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73. “To this world. To the next. To the people we meet between and the bonds we share.”

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74. “Wait,” she paused, “you slept on the couches?” Vhalla rolled onto her side to look up at him. “Of course.” His brow furrowed slightly. “Did you think I would creep into your bed as you slept and spend the night lying with you without your permission?”

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75. “No, you’re leaving Midscape. Leaving me. We... I can’t.”

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76. “They were not a faceless enemy that was half wild and half mad. They were not less than human. They were not different from her just because they came from somewhere else, spoke differently, dressed differently, or looked different.”

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77. “Aldrik – the crown prince, the future Emperor, Fire Lord, ruler of the Black Legion, sorcerer – was only a man. And men could be broken.”

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78. “You wished for time,” Aldrik explained. “I heard each utterance when you beseeched time to stop, for mornings not to come. I want you to know I shared your every sentiment. I wanted to give you the promise of my minutes, my hours, my days.” His long fingers curled around hers, around the watch. “My future is yours, Vhalla Yarl.”

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79. “She had two choices. One was to continue lying there, doing nothing. The other was to get up and defy all odds. To reach and try for something that the world didn’t think she should have.”

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80. “I’ve always been... charming.” Prince Baldair smiled at her, and she didn’t even refrain from rolling her eyes.”

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81. “She waited for him to say something more. The silence held ciphers of truths that lingered between them, written in a script that neither knew yet how to decipher. This would not be the moment they were given sound.”

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82. “In a horrible way, he was like a song of death and flame.”

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83. “Vhalla stared up at him, at those cold judgmental eyes that threatened to pick her apart and lick her bones clean.”

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84. “If my words were silver blades you’d be long dead.”

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85. “Fadewalking seems a lot less impressive when an animal can do it too.” I can’t help a grin. Eldas narrows his eyes at me, but his scowl has lost some of its bite. “He can Fadewalk because he is of the Fade – a creature caught in the rift when worlds were severed.” “He’s a good boy, that’s what he is,” I coo to the wolf.”

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86. “The fires of Solaris, the fires of justice, burn bright and hot. The sun is rising, and it will cast this darkness from the earth. We will end the Supreme King.”

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87. “Let one person say something and give me a reason to burn it all.”

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88. “He traded his freedom for mine,” she whispered. “He was a reckless fool, and I was a girl pulled along by puppet strings. The fire burned too hot, and we didn’t notice until it consumed everything.”

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89. “But if we wait on this wedding, you can make my dress crimson. I will not wear gold if my Imperial nobility is bought with the blood of innocent civilians who died while I had a party.”

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90. “Larel’s voice was sad and sincere. “Aldrik’s been through a good deal, much of which he’s never even imparted to me. But I’ve seen the edges of the darkness he shoulders. I don’t think he worries for his sanity or his mortality. He doesn’t want you to die because he’s afraid that it would mean he’d have to live without you.”

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91. “You’re right about it all. I wanted you. The moment I found out what you were, I wanted you like a prize to be captured and put on my shelf. And you, Vhalla, you made it so easy to manipulate you to walk right where I wanted you. You, with your transparent innocence.”

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92. “Tell me, Vhalla, what’s it like to find out your prince is a coward? Is weak? Is scared? Is wicked? Is – ” “Human,” she said firmly.”

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93. “Aldrik didn’t look at her as she slipped back into her armor. It was a short walk but the last thing she wanted was to leave a man’s tent – the crown prince’s tent – less dressed than when she came in.”

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94. “Oh? Did you think he was some paragon of purity? I’ve seen him kill girls younger than you. I’ve seen him wind women up to crawl to his bed.”

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95. “We smell of honey and taste of forgotten dreams. We move like desperation.”

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96. “It’s worth it, the chance is worth it. Love is always worth taking the challenge.”

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97. “For all his orders and sneers, his commanding presence, and his intimidating always all-black ensemble, Vhalla saw something different. She simply saw someone who was lonely, someone who could likely count their friends on one hand, and perhaps wanted to one day use two hands. He was nothing like the man she first met, the man who wore a mask to meet palace expectations.”

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98. “The majors are enamored with you. They admire your strong and noble nature, your grace, your poise, your stunning intelligence and eloquence, and – after tonight – your inspiring loyalty.” Aldrik sat next to her. “My father excused himself over dinner, likely to hide his face, and the moment they were free of his presence, all they spoke about was you.”

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99. “My bodily needs were met while my soul starved.”

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100. “Be someone worthy of respecting first!”

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