Top 450 J.R. Ward Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “I’m not broken, I’m ruined. Do you understand the difference? With broken maybe you can fix things. Ruined? All you can do is wait to bury me.”

— J.R. Ward

2. “I love you. You are my heart beating outside of my chest.”

— J.R. Ward

3. “I’m so sorry. I love you. Please forgive me. Can’t live without you.”

— J.R. Ward

4. “Pull up your big girl panties and just do it.”

— J.R. Ward

5. “I love you. And I’m going to keep loving you even after you don’t know I exist.”

— J.R. Ward

6. “Man, he wasn’t going to need a stress test anytime soon. If his heart could get through a kiss from her, he could probably run a marathon. While dragging a car behind him. Sideways to the road.”

— J.R. Ward

7. “I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing.”

— J.R. Ward

8. “You never knew the last time you were seeing someone. You didn’t know when the last argument happened, or the last time you had sex, or the last time you looked into their eyes and thanked God they were in your life. After they were gone? That was all you thought about. Day and night.”

— J.R. Ward

9. “You feel me?”

— J.R. Ward

10. “Some things are destined to be – it just takes us a couple of tries to get there.”

— J.R. Ward

11. “You are a manipulator. I like to think of myself more as an outcome engineer.”

— J.R. Ward

12. “She is more beautiful than I have words for. And last night, I was blessed beyond measure to serve her.”

— J.R. Ward

13. “Say the word. Say the word and I won’t go. Say the word, Qhuinn. Do it and I’ll spend the night with you. Better yet, why don’t you just kiss me-.”

— J.R. Ward

14. “I am very comfortable with conflict, be it of the legal or mortal kind. My father was a mediator, a bridge maker. I am a grave maker.”

— J.R. Ward

15. “Terrific. A bisexual dominant vampire with kidnapping expertise.”

— J.R. Ward

16. “Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?”

— J.R. Ward

17. “You never realized how thick your fog was until it lifted.”

— J.R. Ward

18. “Stop it. Do not feel safe with him. The Stockholm Syndrome is not your friend.”

— J.R. Ward

19. “Besides, you think I’m not used to hurting? For me, it’s home sweet home, my brother.”

— J.R. Ward

20. “Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistable urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee.”

— J.R. Ward

21. “This was the gift of recovery, he thought. The ability to be here in this moment with the female he loved and be fully aware, fully awake, fully present. Undiluted.”

— J.R. Ward

22. “It was a farewell. Not a good-bye, but a fare... well. and he had the sense they would.”

— J.R. Ward

23. “The weight of the dead was heavier than the pounds of the body.”

— J.R. Ward

24. “Sorry, you’re on the ride now, and there’s no getting off in the middle.”

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25. “If you eliminate all possible explanations, then the impossible is the answer.”

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26. “Fine. If I can’t have you, then you do the taking. Have all of me, part of me, a small piece, whatever you want. Just please, have something.”

— J.R. Ward

27. “Life. In all it’s mundane majesty.”

— J.R. Ward

28. “People going in the wrong direction will get like that. Round pegs just don’t fit in square holes.”

— J.R. Ward

29. “Well, duh. He was six feet, six inches tall and built like a brick shithouse.”

— J.R. Ward

30. “Perfect date material, she thought. A vampire with the social equivalent of road rage. – Beth about Wrath.”

— J.R. Ward

31. “Written on the mirror, revealed by the steam, were the words, I love you, Jane.”

— J.R. Ward

32. “Fine, dandy, she thought. Then lose the shirt, peel off those leather pants, and lie down on my tile. We’ll take turns being on the bottom.”

— J.R. Ward

33. “Swear your fealty unto me, this night and forever more, placing none upon the earth above me and mine.” Xcor.”

— J.R. Ward

34. “There was both love and despair in his voice. He was truly handicapped when it came to emotions, and falling in love hadn’t changed that...”

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35. “Man, some open doors were not welcoming, and that was so the case here – less hi-how’re-ya, more come-in-so-your-skin-can-be-used-to-make-a-super-hero-cape-for-one-of-Hannibal-Lecter’s-patients.”

— J.R. Ward

36. “I’m not scared of death, it’s the suffering that bothers me – and I know I can help that. It’s the journey, not the outcome, that I can change, if that makes sense.”

— J.R. Ward

37. “Yanking his inner manwhore back to the land of polite conversating, he forced his hands to stop.”

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38. “Humans: Nature’s remedy for an otherwise good time.”

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39. “One shot. That was all you got. – Isaac.”

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40. “You are so beautiful, he mouthed. But of course she couldn’t see his lips. Guess he was going to have to show her.”

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41. “Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of a nanosecond. Or the knock on a door.”

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42. “Love can conquer everything but reality. Which will win every stinking time.”

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43. “Blessed are those who believe in all that two hearts aligned achieve. For once united, no matter where winter finds them, they will always be warm.”

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44. “An Active mind didn’t need distraction in its physical environment. It needed a collection of outstanding books and a good lamp. Maybe some cheese and crackers.”

— J.R. Ward

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45. “I love you. You are my heart beating outside of my chest. I don’t care who you are mated to, or whether they have blond hair or black hair, blue or green eyes, male or female parts – as long as you are happy, that’s all I worry about. I want for you what you want for yourself. I love you, Blaylock – I love you.”

— J.R. Ward

46. “It had been so good to see his enemy again. Positively heartwarming. Hallmark really needed to start up a line of revenge cards, the kind that let you reach out to those you were going to come after with a vengeance. – Lash.”

— J.R. Ward

47. “You are in a prison with no bars. I worry about you.”

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48. “Uh-huh, uh-huh, ohhhh, yeeeeeeeaaaah, who’s your daddy...”

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49. “I’ll be here waiting for you and for whoever else you love. That’s what the other side is. It’s just love.”

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50. “Falling into ruin was a bit like falling in love: Both descents stripped you bare and left you as you were at your core. And both endings are equally painful.”

— J.R. Ward