Top 450 J.R. Ward Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Stuff was nice. Love was better. Refocusing on Novo, he said, “I would rather be in a hovel with you than a castle with anybody else.”

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202. “When she didn’t say anything more, he frowned, thinking this was the pair of them in a nutshell: Standing three feet away from each other and being separated by miles.”

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203. “Caregivers had to take care of themselves, and part of that meant having a life beyond whatever illness had put them in their role. God knew Ehlena told this to the family members of her chronically sick patients all the time, and the advice was both sound and practical. At least when she gave it to others. Turned on herself, it felt selfish.”

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204. “An overwhelming, possessive instinct flashed through him. With dread, he realized he wanted to mark her. Mark her as his. He wanted that special scent all over her so no other male would come near her. So that they would know whom she belonged to. So that they would fear the repercussions of wanting to possess her for themselves. Except.”

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205. “Sometimes life brought you to corners that you saw coming, big changes altering your direction and focus thanks to a given event, like a mating or the birth of a young. Other times, though, the glacial shifts came without warning, popping out of nowhere.”

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206. “Just don’t go out fighting. I don’t need to know where you’re going, that’s your biz. But if you get yourself killed, I got ninety-nine problems and you’re the biggest one of them.” Rehv to John.”

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207. “Hey, no offense, but do you mind if you put both your palms where I can see ’em?”

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208. “A leader gathered his thoughts before he spoke; he did not rush to the podium to be adored. Ego, after all, was the root of evil.”

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209. “You’re looking at that chick like you want to roll her up in a taco and put your hot sauce all over her.”

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210. “Uh-huh, right. Let me count all the ways you and I aren’t going there.”

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211. “Phury nodded his multicolored head. “Yes. But – ” In the Old Language, she hissed, “If any harm shall befall him, I will come after you, and find you where you sleep. I do not care where you lay your head or who with, my vengeance shall rain upon you until you drown.” That last word was drawn out, until its syllable was lost in more growling. Dead silence. Until Doc Jane said dryly, “Annnnd this is why they say the female of the species is more dangerous than the male.”

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212. “When a plate was put in front of him, he glanced up. “No veggies? Not that I’m looking a gift horse in the mouth.” “Vegetable matter is a waste of porcelain space.” Phury pushed a knife and fork across the butcher block. “Ask yourself, would I sacrifice the surface area of mashed or stuffing for peas?” “I love you.”

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213. “When he frowned again, she was fairly sure that the nomenclature did not please him, and she found herself wishing she had been birthed to other syllables.”

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214. “What’s up with the statue routine?” Trez muttered. “Someone move your My Little Pony collection again?”

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215. “As always, Blay was the anchor who kept him from being swept away.”

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216. “Just so we’re clear, I am not going to apologize to anyone for being a waitress. Work is work. You do everything the best you can, and it doesn’t matter what it is.”

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217. “Right? That’s exactly what I think. He’s a tough number, aren’t you, Rhamp? Also poops out toxic waste. You’ll learn that later.”

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218. “But then, gifts are like beauty, are they not. It is in the eye of the recipient that they find their seat, not in the hand of the giver.”

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219. “Sometimes words were less valuable than the air that carried them when it came to getting close.”

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220. “Letting go meant you accepted what couldn’t be changed. You didn’t try to hold on to hope in order to coerce a change in fortune... nor did you battle against superior forces of fate and try to make them capitulate to your will... nor did you beg for salvation because you assumed you knew better. Letting go meant you stared at what was before you with clear eyes, recognizing that unfettered choice was the exception and destiny the rule.”

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221. “I fell in love with one. And he fell in love with me.” And then I died and his mother brought me back to life – it’s great to have demigods as in-laws.”

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222. “My buddy’s just being an ass. It’s his life’s work.” “Everyone needs a purpose.”

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223. “She didn’t question the need to have him inside of her. She only knew that she was going to die if he didn’t take his pants off. Now.”

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224. “Be present. Love her until the end. Never her leave her side until the last breath. That was how he was going to honor her with his heart and his soul, even though he wasn’t worthy.”

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225. “She nodded, wondering why couldn’t she have been named Mary. Or Sue. Butno, she had to be nine-letter Elizabeth.”

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226. “And the truth was, the details didn’t matter. Just like shared blood didn’t matter. Family was so much more than DNA.”

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227. “And as he held his first true lover against him, feeling that familiar difference in their heights and smelling that wonderful cologne, part of him wanted to debate this break up until they both gave in and kept trying. But that wasn’t fair.”

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228. “And I will always be your warrior, Mary mine. Always and forever.” Mary.”

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229. “Butch didn’t live in his own place. He didn’t spend his own money. He had no job, no future. He was a well-kept pet, not a man.”

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230. “For him, life was a coin that had disaster on one side and waiting for disaster on the other.”

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231. “The pair of them were staring at the computer screen like two dogs watching animal planet: very focused, but incapable of turning up the volume or changing the channel. -Manny and Butch.”

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232. “Got a problem.” “I can’t fix your personality, sorry.” Lassiter laughed, the sound ringing through the house like church bells. “No. I like myself just as I am, thank you.” “Can’t help your delusional nature, either.”

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233. “Nothing that passes between us will ever be wrong. Come back to me.”

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234. “There was a reason for rituals. When you were lost in your own life, they provided a false structure, like paper walls for your house of cards, the illusion that things were predictable and safe sometimes the only thing that got you through.”

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235. “All kings are blind. The good ones see this and use more than their eyes to lead.”

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236. “Butch came in from the kitchen, Bud in one hand, sandwich in the other. “Hey, big man. S’up?” “I want the two of you to chain me to my bed.”

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237. “Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to dress, a true crossroads is revealed. In these moments, when the fog of relative irrelevancy lifts and fate rolls out a demand for free will, there is only left or right – no option of four-by-fouring into the underbrush between two paths, no negotiating with the choice that has been presented. You must answer the call and pick your way. And there is no reverse.”

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238. “As the vampire trailed a fingertip along the girl’s collarbone, she appeared to fall into a trance. It was not mind games on Zypher’s part. Females of both races couldn’t help themselves around him.”

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239. “You don’t know this yet,” he said grimly. “But you are mine.”

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240. “V tired to imagine giving up his proclivities. “My monster needs to get out. Especially now.”

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241. “Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just felt like you were.”

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242. “I love you, she mouthed in the shadows. “Let’s go,” she said roughly.”

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243. “Besides, the mhis that surrounded the compound could scramble anything from GPS to Santa Claus.”

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244. “Is it my turn yet?” Lassiter asked over the earpiece. “I was born ready for this.”

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245. “I always root for the monster.”

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246. “You want to know what death is! I’ll tell you what it is – death is the living forgetting you! What you smell like and look like, what your voice sounds like, how you laugh! Even if there is an afterlife, my death is going to be you going on without me until you can’t remember what color my eyes are or how long my hair is –.”

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247. “Still, he forced himself to think of what Mary always said about emotions. You weren’t responsible for them and you couldn’t control them, but you were in charge of your response to them.”

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248. “I hate this goddamn cat.” “I can tell.”

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249. “It was such a shame, John thought to himself, that it took death to make him appreciate the living so much.”

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250. “Whether you have sight or not, I see the future in your eyes” – Beth.”

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