Top 500 Lauren Roberts Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “Both boys have been continually told the very same lie as the kingdom beyond their castle walls. Kitt’s mother died giving birth to him before the king remarried and had Kai, making the princes half brothers. That is what they know to be true. Anyone who knows differently is part of the staff, sworn to secrecy, and stowed away within the palace.”

— Lauren Roberts

152. “I freeze, heart pounding, barely breathing. Prince Kai. I’d never seen the man. Never thought I would. Never thought I would steal from him either.”

— Lauren Roberts

153. “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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154. “Thank you, Jax. You didn’t have to help me, but you did.” “Of course I helped you,” he says with a shrug. “Besides, I’m not sure my brothers would forgive me if I hadn’t.” His brothers.”

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155. “It’s a good thing you’re not here,” he says softly, a tone I never thought I’d hear from him again. “Because I still haven’t found my courage.”

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156. “So, what, you don’t think I could steal from you again without you noticing?” “I think that I notice everything you do. So, no.”

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157. “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.”

— Lauren Roberts

158. “Perhaps in another life, I am brave enough to confess that I love him. Perhaps in another life, I learn to love him from afar. And that is the most fearless thing of them all.”

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159. “I think you overestimate love,” I say simply. “You can’t overestimate something that is infinite.” Infinite. How equally intimidating and intriguing.”

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160. “Every touch, every dance, every kiss disguised as distraction was anything but. Because before I loved her, I longed for her. She was a want I wasn’t worthy of. And I’m afraid I’ll never get the chance to deserve her.”

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161. “Loving is the gravest danger one can put themselves in. Those you hold dear will inevitably slip from between your grasping fingers.”

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162. “The brush of Death’s fingers down my face, like a calming caress. I thought I would be frightened of him and the end he’s dragging me towards. But it’s comforting in a way, being fully aware that this is the end.”

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163. “Looks like I messed up your pretty face after all, despite my best efforts.” “Oh, this is nothing.” She laughs breathlessly. “You should see the damage I did to your pretty face.” My lips quirk into a smile as I lift my head toward hers. “Oh, darling, as long as you still think I’m pretty, I don’t give a damn what I look like.”

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164. “He shuts his eyes to bask in the warm light. “Just admiring the sun.”

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165. “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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166. “Which one of them did this to you?”

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167. “I can’t take my eyes off you long enough to give a damn about what your foot is doing. So yes, I came to that conclusion on my own.”

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168. “Oh, darling, a trophy implies that I won it, earned it, deserve it.” He leans in farther, a certain reverence reflecting in his gaze. “But if I get to have you, it will be because you let me.”

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169. “If you look like hell,” he whispers with a sly grin, “then I’m fortunate to be going there.”

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

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171. “It is cruel, not being able to call him mine after everything we’ve endured. Perhaps in another life, I am strong enough to never need proof of it. Perhaps in another life, I am brave enough to confess that I love him. Perhaps in another life, I learn to love him from afar. And that is the most fearless thing of them all.”

— Lauren Roberts

172. “It’s survival of the fittest, and the fittest are the Elites.”

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173. “I did this to him. He’s going to die because of me. Because I’m a monster.”

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174. “I need you to find something else worth losing yourself to. I won’t let my impending death be yours as well.”

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175. “Every brutal act is born of love.”

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176. “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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177. “But I refuse to be ashamed of my softness. Gentleness is the strength that fragility lacks.”

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178. “Her chest heaves, brushing mine with each heavy breath. “Don’t think for a second,” she whispers, “that I won’t be the death of you.”

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179. “Guess who, Little Psychic?” My heart stutters, yet I somehow manage to keep my voice steady. “Someone who has already forgotten my new title?” Kai’s dry chuckle drifts into the breeze as I stand to lean over the railing. “Majesty, I have many titles for you. Not all are appropriate to shout.” I roll my eyes. I can’t help but leap at the distraction he offers from my spiraling thoughts. “What do you want, cocky bastard?” “You forgot the ‘my’ in front of that endearing nickname.”

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180. “My soldiers don’t mean anything to me. They are expendable and easy to replace.” His chest heaves, his eyes locked with mine. “So, yes, Gray. You aren’t one of my soldiers.”

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181. “Yet, I can’t help but think that in another life, another time, another chance to choose each other – I would be in that bed beside her.”

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182. “He holds me loosely, delicately, like whatever shared fragile feelings between us could shatter if handled with a lack of care.”

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183. “I stand beside the willow’s mighty trunk, beside my brother and sister.”

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184. “But then you’d be depriving me of the sound.”

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185. “I am a monster. I am a king. Perhaps one cannot exist without the other.”

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186. “And here I sit, unable to stop it. Unable to do anything but watch them slowly become each other’s forever.”

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187. “Though, I won’t have to worry about being a dead or dimwitted king, seeing that I won’t be a king at all.”

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188. “I’m forced to clutch the railing in front of me to stop from sinking to my knees. Because I know that dark hair, those curls that bounce with each terrified turn of her head. I can make out those crooked bangs from where I stand. My shout is swallowed by the roaring crowd. I’ve found her. At the center of a Trial.”

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189. “A thin layer of sweat has slicked my body, likely giving me the appearance of a glazed sticky bun.”

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190. “Mama always did tell me what a curse it is to be blessed with such an overactive imagination.”

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191. “His first kill, too.” The king continues with a bloody, reminiscent smile. “It was the first mission I sent him on, and I think the boy may have even cried after. Look at how far he’s come. Look at how well I’ve trained him. Now he kills at my command and barely bats an eye at the dozens of deaths delivered by his hands.”

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192. “I think vaguely of how I might leave this world. Fighting? Regretful? At peace? No, peace implies that all is well in my life. But there are wrongs to be righted and forgiveness to be earned. I refuse to die until I’m satisfied with the way I lived.”

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

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194. “It was her I was meant to adore in this world and crawl to in the one after.”

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195. “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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196. “This girl is the very thing I can’t seem to escape – can’t seem to go anywhere without the remnants of her following. Where I am, she is. Whether it’s in the flesh or in the fragments of my mind.”

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197. “Don’t make promises you can’t keep.” “It’s not promises I care to keep – it’s you.”

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198. “Fight back, Pae. I need you to fight back.”

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

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200. “Bury me as close to him as possible.” “Mother, please – ” “I want to reach out and grab his hand.”

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