Top 450 J.R. Ward Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “The King pointed to the carpet at his feet. “On your knees, bastard.” –.”

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302. “Off to the side and out of the glow of the headlights, Blay hung back and watched as Qhuinn crouched down by the driver’s door and cursed softly. “Messy. Very messy.” Tohr did the duty on the passenger seat. “Oh, look, a matched set.” “I think they’re dead.” “Really. What gave that away. The fact they aren’t moving or that this guy over here has no facial features left?”

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303. “Could the past be like this, he wondered, looking around at the empty clearing. A structure in your mind that you could burn down and get free of.”

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304. “We also mark what’s ours. And as I’m not going to see you for twelve hours, I think I’ll leave a little more all over you.”

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305. “And for all he had learned to bandage himself up on the outside, the wound remained just as bad and deep as the moment it had been made – when it became obvious that the one male he wanted above all others was never, ever going to be with him.”

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306. “That human, he’s a lesser waiting to happen, in my opinion – nothing less, nothing more.”

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307. “If anyone ever wanted to sense the infinity of time and existence, all they had to do was look at the night sky and feel their precious dead staring back at them. It was the great duality of union and separation.”

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308. “Pride was an unattractive trait, even if it was well-placed.”

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309. “Remember, forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting, hiding isn’t a long-term strategy, and distraction isn’t your friend.”

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310. “Dear God. Her eyes didn’t match the gentle lilt of her voice at all. They belonged to a warrior. Gunmetal gray, surrounded by lashes the color of her hair, they were grave, serious, reminding him of males who had fought and survived battle. They were staggeringly beautiful in their strength.”

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311. “There was a heavy, dark pause of vast significance. Which Jim broke by flashing his hands and belting out, “Booga-wooga!” At least Eddie laughed. Adrian flipped Jim the bird and headed to the fridge for another beer.”

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312. “She was staying. A little longer. V smiled to himself. So this was what winning the lottery felt like.”

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313. “You don’t know this yet. But you are Mine – Wrath.”

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314. “You are the male I might have been. You are the potential I had and lost. You are the honor and the strength and the kindness she needs. You’ll take care of her. I want you to take care of her.”

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315. “I’m prepared to be a very patient man when it comes to you. I will seduce you for however long it takes – give you space if you need it or follow you tight as sunshine on your shoulder if you’ll let me.” His eyes locked on hers. “I lost my chance with you once, Lizzie King – that is not going to happen again.”

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316. “Time was way too finite: no matter how much of it you had with someone you loved, when the end came, it wasn’t nearly enough.”

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317. “The thing was all mortals were going to lose the ones they loved. It was the way life worked. But for the most of the time, that reality was so far off in the mind that it had no more weight than a mere hypothetical. There were reminders, however, and the almost’s, the near-misses, the oh-God-please-no’s, snapped your chain and got you to stop and feel what was in your heart.”

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318. “The Destroyer has arrived and you are he.”

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319. “Man, it was a good thing vampires didn’t get cancer. Lately he’d been chain-smoking like a felon.”

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320. “That which cannot go on will not.”

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321. “Destiny was like the passage of time, however, immutable and unforgiving and uninterested in the personal opinion of those who breathed.”

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322. “In so many ways, he had wanted this his whole life – or at least ever since he’d survived his transition and had any sexual impulse at all. This moment was the culmination of countless daydreams and innumerable fantasies, his secret desire made manifest.”

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323. “Bad deeds like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder.”

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324. “And he was not lonely. Never had been. Vengeance was one hell of a roommate.”

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325. “Honestly, you stretch those vowels out any longer and we’re going to have to put you on life support.” – Ivie.”

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326. “Life was too short, no matter how long you lived.”

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327. “Like, bring on the daggers, get the salt, let’s do this thing.”

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328. “But that was the beauty of inner thoughts. No one had to know your weaknesses. And once you’d finished dwelling on them, you could toss them into the mental trash bin they belonged in.”

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329. “The guy stroked his goatee. “What do you call twenty guys watching the world series?” “The New York Yankees,” Butch replied.”

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330. “The brain has a way of confirming its own hypotheses. It’s how we function in our world. That which fits within our definition and perspective of our existence is retained, if not amplified. That which does not is either rationalized or cast aside until an event so great or profound occurs that we must rethink everything.”

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331. “You’re not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You’re twice what anyone else is because you survived.”

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332. “Qhuinn gave in immediately, as he was categorically incapable of denying the female anything – most certainly not one of her hugs. They were even better than her lasagna.”

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333. “Rhage glanced over in the relative silence. “You are a genius.” “Harold Ramis is.” “I’m sorry?” “You ever see Stripes? My favorite movie of all time. I based this thing on Bill Murray’s ride.”

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334. “We were always every age we had ever been.”

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335. “Mary, you can’t second-guess yourself. Listen, you go to war in your own way, and the worst thing a soldier can do is have his confidence fried before he hits the field. Not everything is going to end up in victory, but you’ve got to start it all off, every time, knowing that your training and your instincts are sound. You didn’t do anything wrong. You didn’t hurt Bitty on purpose.”

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336. “His heart was as empty as her stare.”

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337. “But that was life: Nobody got a guided tour to their own theme park. You had to hop on the rides as they presented themselves, never knowing whether you would like the one you were in line for... or if the bastard was going to make you throw up your corn dog and your cotton candy all over the place.”

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338. “Sometimes strength rested not in resistance, but in the release of arms against a foe of one’s own creation.”

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339. “Phury laid a hard one on the male’s mouth, the kiss a punch between faces, not anything even remotely sexual. And he did it only to wipe the expression off the bastard’s face. It worked. The Reverend stiffened and growled, and Phury knew he’d called the guy’s bluff. But just to make sure the lesson was learned, he clipped the male’s lower lip with a fang.”

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340. “Trez looked at his hands. “I didn’t ask for this.” “No one asks for life.” The executioner hiked iAm’s body up higher. “And sometimes they do not ask for death.”

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341. “Even when there were no more options for the body, the heart’s wishes find a way out, and as with all warmth, love rises. Besides, the will to fly was in the nature of the soul, so its home had to be up above. And gifts did come from the sky, like spring rain and summer breezes and fall sun and winter snow.”

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342. “Payne nailing him in the face woke him up. George brought him back his independence. But Beth handed him his crown.”

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343. “The nurse stared at him with such shock, it was clearly the first time anyone had not provided her with a safe, supported, emotionally aware and nurturing, micro-aggression-free educational platform.”

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344. “Indeed, this was the problem with lying to intimates, he thought. The untruths always came home to roost and never in a way that justified the falsity, however small or large it had been. Because, in fact, there was never a justification to lie to someone who loved you.”

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345. “It was always better to follow a bumpy course of one’s own than a smooth but intractable trail set by another.”

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346. “Please,” Eddie implored. “Not Lassiter. Anybody but Lassiter – he could be anywhere on the planet, doing anything.”

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347. “The guy was cracking down on the Brotherhood, organizing shifts, trying to turn four loose cannons like V, Phury, Rhage, and Z into soldiers. No wonder he always looked like his head hurt.”

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348. “He came into her life wearing a Syracuse ball cap and blue jeans that had holes in them.”

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349. “Easy, son,” Wrath said. “Jesus Christ – ” “Actually it’s Lassiter,” the man said, “in case you forgot.”

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350. “No matter what it takes, I’m going to prove that I love you and I need you and I want you – and that those kids are yours.” With.”

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