Top 100 J.J. McAvoy Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “Hearts can break. Yes, hearts can break. Sometimes I think it would be better if we died when they did, but we don’t.” – Stephen King.”

— J.J. McAvoy

52. “Your life is not guaranteed. My sister is not your insurance. Do not test me and this vast benevolence I am bestowing upon you.”

— J.J. McAvoy

53. “As I gently lifted Ethan I smiled as how warm he was; a little bundle of life.”

— J.J. McAvoy

54. “God needs me. What would happen if there weren’t people like me? If the world were perfect, if everything was the way you wished it to be, then why would you pray? God needs me, because without us, you forget about Him.”

— J.J. McAvoy

55. “I am Levi Black and my record was spotless; I didn’t mess around with students, I didn’t lose cases, and I sure as hell didn’t air my dirty laundry in public.”

— J.J. McAvoy

56. “There are people who are moved by the world, and then there were people who moved the world.”

— J.J. McAvoy

57. “The ’90s had The Breakfast Club 2.”

— J.J. McAvoy

58. “Sometimes the best thing you could do for a person was just be there, no matter the circumstances.”

— J.J. McAvoy

59. “Remember that we are all flawed, but that does not mean we don’t deserve love.”

— J.J. McAvoy

60. “See you at the altar, and try not to flinch at the holy water.”

— J.J. McAvoy

61. “I loved being dominated in such a beastly sexual way. How his hands, lips and tongue all grabbed on to me.”

— J.J. McAvoy

62. “The anger I’d had, everything, was gone, and kissing her reminded me, again, that she was right. We were connected to each other. She was the air in my lungs, the blood in my veins; she was my whole life.”

— J.J. McAvoy

63. “What the hell have you been doing and who dipped your outfit in whiteout?”

— J.J. McAvoy

64. “See something you like?” I asked, sqeezing the cold water from my hair. He frowned. “Sadly, yes, but it’s an illusion. The moment you get close, it turns into a ruthless savage and shoots you in the thigh with your own gun.”

— J.J. McAvoy

65. “To students, he was El Diablo, but in Law circles, he was called The Cleaner.”

— J.J. McAvoy

66. “Now let’s make nice with the government before they try to pin us for tax evasion.”

— J.J. McAvoy

67. “God created her and then shattered the mold afterward, for the world could not handle two of her.”

— J.J. McAvoy

68. “You won’t meet a woman who needs to be taught anything.”

— J.J. McAvoy

69. “I may be pretty, I may be young, but I was a Giovanni. Giovannis were – and always would be – beautiful, but lethal when crossed.”

— J.J. McAvoy

70. “I glared at the fire, remembering similar flames in her eyes as she shot me. It was like she had figured out how to make hell reflect in her gaze.”

— J.J. McAvoy

71. “When the doors to the control room opened, I instantly threw my knife. Liam stared at the knife lodged in the wall by his head before looking at me wide eyed.”

— J.J. McAvoy

72. “Every last person we kill is for family. If we do not kill them, they kill us. It’s the way of the world. It is self-defense.”

— J.J. McAvoy

73. “I didn’t think I would be better for a while, but i wasn’t horrible either, which made me sort of proud.”

— J.J. McAvoy

74. “Thea,” he whispered, right before falling on top of me. “I think I’m becoming addicted to you.” I.”

— J.J. McAvoy

75. “I was scared. I was scared because I didn’t realize how much I loved him until that moment. How much I couldn’t live without him now. He was... my whole world now. I’d go anywhere. I’d do anything for him.”

— J.J. McAvoy

76. “Star light, star bright, the many stars I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, keep this girl for the rest of my life.”

— J.J. McAvoy

77. “You have always thought of the family before anything else, even yourself. Now all you want is a woman? I don’t care if she’s black, purple, green, Irish or not. You should have what you want.”

— J.J. McAvoy

78. “I love fall. It’s my favorite season. You have to give it to Mother Nature, even when she’s technically dying, she’s doing it like a true lady and going out with style.”

— J.J. McAvoy

79. “Are you flirting with me while some idiot is sewing my wife back together? Tell me you aren’t so I don’t have to rip your head from your shoulders.”

— J.J. McAvoy

80. “Neither of us spoke. I doubted I could have heard her over my racing heart anyway.”

— J.J. McAvoy

81. “Father, I’d rather die at your hands than at Liam’s... or worse, Mel’s. Give me one second to tell you and then I will run faster than Forrest Gump.”

— J.J. McAvoy

82. “Never look away from me for too long.”

— J.J. McAvoy

83. “I’m not now, nor shall I ever be, any man’s arm candy.”

— J.J. McAvoy

84. “She could disarm and cut people down with them alone. It was a talent of hers. She had no need for guns, she just liked them.”

— J.J. McAvoy

86. “There sitting in the middle of the bed with her pinky sticking out as she drank her tea like the damn queen of England, was my wife.”

— J.J. McAvoy

87. “When she reached me, she stopped and kissed my father on the cheek before taking my hand. However, when I looked in her eyes I saw a twinge of sadness, and it pained me to my core. I squeezed her hand, not to hurt her, but to tell her I saw and I didn’t like it. I wanted her to be happy. I would let her pick anyone in the church and kill them if it made her smile.”

— J.J. McAvoy

88. “What’s one hit when you win the battle?”

— J.J. McAvoy

89. “She’s cold, sir,” Greyson said, partially terrified, partially impressed. “Wrong again,” I replied. She was a Callahan and like all Callahans... “She’s ruthless.”

— J.J. McAvoy

90. “Icarus burned because he flew during the day. He wanted the world to see. We fly in the darkness, where people are afraid to look.”

— J.J. McAvoy

91. “Declan didn’t understand. Olivia didn’t understand. No one understood what I felt. How deep the guilt had embedded into my soul. Father had told me repeatedly that family was everything. That we lived and died for family, but then Liam happened and I swear Sedric knew what I had done. He looked me dead in the eye and waited for me to confess my sin, but I couldn’t speak.”

— J.J. McAvoy

92. “The woman I married could fool angels into believing she was one of them.”

— J.J. McAvoy

93. “Normal is never the adjective used to describe you! Exceptional. Notorious. Unstoppable. That is what you should aim for. You’re in pain? Your body aches? Guess what? That’s your life. You think those idiots outside helped you because they cared? Because you’re so precious? They stepped in to make you weak, to drag you down to their limitations, their weaknesses. A helping hand is a selfish one. If you can’t save yourself, you have no right to be saved.”

— J.J. McAvoy

94. “May God have mercy on all our souls when Mel finds out.”

— J.J. McAvoy

95. “He was known as the “Boogeyman of the East,” and I was the unknown “Wicked Witch of the West.”

— J.J. McAvoy

96. “If I do my job, you will be, too.” He smirked. “So just stop fighting this once and let me have you, wife.”

— J.J. McAvoy

97. “This was a battle – a war between Mafia houses – and this time, Romeo and Juliet were on the right side.”

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98. “The last thing I ever wanted to be was one of those women in romance novels that needed to be rescued or who ruined themselves for men.”

— J.J. McAvoy

99. “I wanted to take her head and bash it in further, but I didn’t kill on Sundays.”

— J.J. McAvoy

100. “I do. I care about God, and I do believe in Him.” I really did. “However, I know why I was created. God needs me. What would happen if there weren’t people like me? If the world were perfect, if everything was the way you wished it to be, then why would you pray? God needs me, because without us, you forget about Him. He is on my side, not yours.”

— J.J. McAvoy