Top 500 Lauren Roberts Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “Remind me to to make you smile like that again, when you aren’t dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorise it.”

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2. “She is the embodiment of a bad decision. The twin of danger and desire. The fine line between deadly and divine. And I can feel myself drowning.”

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3. “If I am to be her enemy, I want it to be because she loathes herself for wanting me.”

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4. “She said I could touch her when I was sober.”

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5. “And when we arent partners anymore? Should I fear for my life?′ “That would be wise, yes.”

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6. “Because beasts don’t get the beauty.”

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7. “Men would likely go extinct without women to coddle them.”

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8. “And it’s not the Plague that makes you sick, it’s what came after.”

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9. “I’m too selfish to let you go so easily.” “Then pretend.”

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10. “You are my forever.” Shadow and Flame. Formidably inevitable. “Forever my undoing.”

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11. “We sway in silence until she whispers, “Pretend, right?” I swallow, hating the sound of the lie that slides off my tongue. “Pretend.”

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12. “Not someone. You.”

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13. “At the end of a blade, I would love you. Until it pierced my throat, I would say ‘yes’ to you.”

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14. “We are all waiting for someone.”

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15. “No one should have to endure the terrors of their own thoughts alone. Nightmares can be our worst nemesis. I know what that’s like.”

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16. “And where there is a flame, there is always a shadow.”

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17. “If darkness is the absence of light, then that is what I am when she is not around.”

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18. “Forever my undoing.”

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19. “Do I haunt your dreams, plague your thoughts, like you do mine?”

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20. “Jealousy looks good on you, Gray,” I murmur, my fingers still cupping her chin. Her eyes flick between mine, full of a familiar fire. “I’m not jealous.” My gaze lingers on her lips before traveling down the length of her. “Then you just look good.”

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21. “This will be the rest of my life. Forced to love her from a distance. Mourn the loss of her each day. But I will. I will smother every emotion but the one that belongs to her. I will love her until I am incapable of the feeling. She is the torture I may not survive. Eagerly, she is my undoing. She was supposed to be my forever. Now I’ll watch her become someone else’s. Because the beast doesn’t get the beauty.”

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22. “You cannot be nothing when you are everything to someone else.”

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23. “I worry about you Malakai.′ The sound of his full name has those gray eyes fluttering closed. ‘If I die – -.”

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24. “Perhaps you may not need powers to be powerful.”

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25. “A ballad of betrayal, a sonnet of sorrow. I’m tired of writing from the villain’s perspective.”

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26. “Darling, I’d be in this bed beside you if my brother hadn’t slipped a ring onto your finger.”

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27. “I had never known happiness before her. But if there is to be an after in which she doesn’t exist, I know I never will again.”

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28. “He stole your smile,” she whispers, tears clinging to dark lashes. “No wonder you didn’t have one to give me.” Regret rams into me once again, her words a reminder of every missed opportunity to make her smile with one of my own. “I’ll find one,” I murmur. “Steal it back if I must. For you.” Her lips lift, eyes shining with tears. “And I’ll cherish it.”

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29. “I was lonely in a way that I imagine the stars to be, observed by everyone yet too far to truly be seen. And for once, I wanted to be seen by someone.”

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30. “I can’t seem to die, can I?” I wipe a loose tear from my eye. “What was it you called me?” I can see the exact moment recognition lights his face. “A cockroach,” he chuckles, head shaking. “You’re a damn cockroach, Princess.”

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31. “There is love within duty, and duty within love. You can’t have one without the other, and yet” – she takes a deep breath, her gaze distant – “you can never truly have both.”

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32. “If you cannot endure suffering, you are unfit to dole it out, Enforcer.”

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33. “Promise me you’ll stay alive long enough to stab me in the back?”

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34. “Death is the only constant in my life, like an old friend who hones every one of my dark secrets into a weapon. He calls me weak and all I hear is Ordinary. He calls me doomed and all I hear is an earnest promise. His is the hand my bloody fingers reach for because there is comfort in his imminence.”

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35. “If she fights for nothing, she lives for death. But if she burns for something, she lives for hope.”

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36. “Are poets not just fools with fancy words?”

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37. “A king. A queen. A princess. A rock and an ear of corn.”

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38. “Vicious little thing, isn’t she?”

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39. “Take care of her for me,” she whispers atop his pale skin. “Take care of her, Mak.” I almost don’t hear her final, broken whisper. “See you in the sky.”

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40. “Plagues, I love that sound,” he murmurs, making me fall silent. “I would tattoo it into my skin if it meant you’d laugh at me for doing it.”

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41. “Oh darling, as long as you think I’m pretty, I don’t give a damn what I look like.”

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42. “You going to kiss me, Gray, or just continue admiring what you see?” he murmurs, now running a thumb over my bottom lip. “Still contemplating drowning you, actually.” My voice is breathy, my own fingers wandering over the curve of his jaw. “Oh, darling, I already am.” His lips inch closer to mine, teasing me. “And I’m begging you to let me breathe you in.”

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43. “If she fights for nothing, she lives for death. But if she burns for something, she lives for hope. I want her to fight me. I want her to burn for me, even if it means with hatred.”

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44. “So bow at my feet with a sneer, if you must. I won’t see it with your face to the ground.”

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45. “Privacy?” His chuckle skitters up my spine, awakening my sleepy senses. “Darling, I’d be in this bed beside you if my brother hadn’t slipped a ring onto your finger.”

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46. “King and queen. Shadow and Flame. Poet and muse.”

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47. “You’re quite the poet, Prince.” Moonlight pools in the dimple that accompanies his grin. “And you the muse, darling.”

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48. “But I crave the sound of my name on his tongue. I want him to shout it from a rooftop, whisper it in my ear, trace it on my skin. I want my name to form a familiar shape in his mouth, tasting of my lips. I want him to own my name and still beg when he says it. Or maybe I just want him.”

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49. “I’m breathless at the sight of her, doomed by the hope of having her. It’s a beautiful ruin, a devastating devotion.”

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50. “Where is the healing salve?” His expression is blank. “Gone.” I try to blink away my confusion, to no avail. “You used all of it on me?” “Without hesitation.” Cool, calm, collected. That’s Kai.”

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