Top 280 Jay Kristoff Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Conquer your fear, and you can conquer the world.”

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2. “This is how the rain becomes a flood. One drop at a time.”

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3. “There’s no softer pillow than a clear conscience.”

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4. “Sometimes the past won’t just die. Sometimes you have to kill it.”

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5. “Our scars are just gifts from our enemies... reminding us they weren’t good enough to kill us.”

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6. “The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us.”

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7. “An avalanche starts with one pebble. A forest with one seed. And it takes one word to make the whole world stop and listen. All you need is the right one.”

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8. “Friends are a family in a world like this. And family is more important than anything under heaven.”

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9. “That’s Fear talking. Never listen to him. Fear is a coward.”

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10. “Don’t mistake loyalty for servitude.”

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11. “The brighter the light, the deeper the shadow.”

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12. “That’s the power of words; twenty six little letter can paint a whole universe.”

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13. “Never flinch. Never fear. And never, ever forget.”

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14. “It’s easy to lose yourself in the idea of a person and be blinded to their reality.”

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15. “You’ve got the look of a girl who’s no stranger to the page. I can tell. You’ve got words in your soul.”

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16. “The littlest spiders have the darkest bite.”

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17. “At the heart of it, two kinds of people live in this world or any other: those who flee and those who fight.”

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18. “You can take the girl from the gutter, but not the gutter from the girl. Sadly, the same can be said about the glitter.”

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19. “And that’s the riddle, little brother. How do you kill a monster without becoming one yourself?”

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20. “Dying is easy. Anyone can throw themselves onto the pyre and rest a happy martyr. Enduring the suffering that comes with sacrifice is the real test.”

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21. “I am the war you cannot win.”

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22. “If you can’t see your chains, what use is a key?”

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23. “But to live in the hearts of those we leave behind is to never die. And to burn in the memories of our friends is to never say goodbye.”

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24. “If Vengeance has a mother, her name is Patience.”

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25. “You know, democracy sounds like a great idea until you spend three minutes with the average voter.”

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26. “You never know what can break you until you’re falling apart. You never miss your shadow until you’re lost in the dark.”

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27. “Here is truth, gentlefriends: when in doubt, it’s best to be polite when dealing with lunatics.”

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28. “The books we love, they love us back. And just as we mark our places in the pages, those pages leave their marks on us. I can see it in you, sure as I see it in me. You’re a daughter of the words. A girl with a story to tell.”

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29. “The Light is full of lies, Acolyte. The Suns serve only to blind us.”

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30. “The concept of fortune is nonsensical. Reliance upon chance is a certain recipe for calamity and an exercise in simple minded delusions.”

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31. “The storm begs no forgiveness of the drowned.”

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32. “A girl who was to murder as maestros are to music.”

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33. “However it ends, at least you had a story to tell.”

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34. “Truth is the sharpest knife, Corvere.”

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35. “You can keep the glory. I’m just here for the blood.”

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36. “We’re perfect while we hide behind our little screens. We can be whoever we want in the dark. But there’s no delete key IRL. No way to undo the mistakes we make.”

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37. “I’d have killed the sky for you.”

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38. “One day as a lion is worth ten thousand as a lamb.”

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39. “Some answers are learned. But the important ones are earned.”

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40. “Breathing in the ink and feeling all those wonderful lives beneath you fingertips. In between the pages, I’m an emperor. An adventurer. A warrior and a wanderer. In between pages I’m not myself-and more myself than in any other place on earth.”

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41. “All power comes with a tithe.”

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42. “Death is the only promise we all keep.”

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43. “The butterfly remembers being the caterpillar. But do you think it feels anything but pity for that thing crawling around in the muck? Once it has spread those beautiful wings and learned to fly?”

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44. “You will not lose me. I am yours forever. When the fire of the last sun fails, my love for you will still burn.”

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45. “How?’ he hissed. “’God didn’t want me. And the devil was afraid to open the door.”

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46. “The only thing worse than a fool is a fool who thinks himself wise.”

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47. “The four others wore ropes at their wrists and rebellion in their eyes.”

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48. “You be the push that makes them move.”

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49. “Not all that is dead truly dies.”

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50. “The brightest flames burn out the fastest, Aalea had told her. But in them, there is warmth that can last a lifetime. Even from a love that only lasts the nevernight. For people like us, there are no promises of forever.”

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