Top 500 Lauren Roberts Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “He is my fantasy. This is my reality.”

— Lauren Roberts

402. “Pae, let me force every person in this kingdom to their knees for you.”

— Lauren Roberts

403. “So, you just want me? No powers?’ ‘Yes. I just want you,’ she breathes, annoyed with me. My mouth twists into a crooked grin. ‘I knew you wanted me, Gray.”

— Lauren Roberts

404. “And will you be beside me up there?’ ‘If I should be so lucky.’ ‘Promise me,’ she murmurs sternly. ‘I don’t want to be alone.’ I nod against her hair. ‘I promise, Dena.”

— Lauren Roberts

405. “She is still my mission, and I am still her monster.”

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406. “I wonder if I’ll be able to watch over her when I get to wherever Death is taking me.”

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407. “Is love not a power of its own?” I murmur. “For those lucky enough.” Her voice is even. It always is. “But for most, it means certain death.”

— Lauren Roberts

408. “Only, it does not matter that every beat of my heart belongs to her. Because she does not belong to me.”

— Lauren Roberts

409. “A king who doesn’t know his people cannot be a king for his people.”

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410. “Death is familiar to me, both friend and foe, and far too frequent in my life. But for her, Death is devastation, no matter its victim.”

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411. “A king left his mark upon my heart, and now, I will leave mine across his kingdom.”

— Lauren Roberts

412. “Foolishly, a poet tells I am never not his distraction.”

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413. “It was the most real thing anyone’s ever said in those interviews.”

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414. “Sadly, sometimes it takes martyrs to show people that there is something worth fighting for.”

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415. “I watched you kill him.” Five years. Five years ago, I killed for the first time. Five years ago, I plunged a sword through a man’s chest for the first time. Five years ago, I watched a man crumple to the floor before running from the first of my many crimes. Five years ago, it was her father who was my first kill.”

— Lauren Roberts

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

— Lauren Roberts

417. “Only now can I see what it was he brought with him into the sewer. A chain jangles around his neck, practically choking him. I pull it off, not giving it another thought as I toss it aside to continue pulling him up, inch by inch.”

— Lauren Roberts

418. “He tastes like a secret I wish to scream, a word on the tip of my tongue that will never be mine to utter. So I say his name instead, as if I could claim him so easily. As if I’m not thinking of three damning words when I say it. I love you.”

— Lauren Roberts

419. “The problem wouldn’t be taking that ring off. It would be getting me to put it back on.”

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420. “The word echoes in my scull, sounding different from every time prior.”

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421. “As tempting as it is to watch you stare at me all night,” his voice is a caress, lulling me to sleep with a single sentence, “sleep, Pae.” I manage to give him a groggy grin before asking, “Are you going to sleep?” “Oh, darling, I’m already dreaming.”

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422. “Just count the stars, Dena.”

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423. “If you die, I’m going to kill you.”

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424. “Your hair could pass for moonbeams before it passes for gray.”

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425. “Then you have no idea how much power you hold over me.”

— Lauren Roberts

426. “There, at the bottom of the list, lies a name I’ve thought of far more than I care to admit. It’s her.”

— Lauren Roberts

427. “It’s like looking into a storm.”

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428. “Even in the midst of crying, she manages to glow, as though each tear were a drop of sunlight.”

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429. “She looks over at me, and I look over at her. Something like understanding seems to settle between us. As though loneliness has found its equal.”

— Lauren Roberts

430. “I decided to study the sky that night, spotting similarities between us. I was lonely in a way that I imagine the stars to be, observed by everyone yet too far to truly be seen.”

— Lauren Roberts

431. “Plagues, now I’m talking to the floor,” I mutter, further proof that I’m losing my mind.”

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432. “With a slight nod to Kitt, she turns slowly toward the court. Her sudden smile catches even me by surprise, the flash of her teeth white against that dirt-streaked face framing it. She inclines her head then, dipping it toward each side of the throne room. The movement is nearly taunting, as if daring any Elite to try to tear the crown from her head. Her gaze is a challenge that travels around the room.”

— Lauren Roberts

433. “His gaze feels right, familiar. And when his eyes lock with mine, I wonder why I ever bother looking at anyone else.”

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434. “Will you forever be the prize I am aimlessly trying to win?”

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435. “I look like a boy who’s trying to fill the shoes of a man, sitting in a chair that’s swallowing me whole. Living in a kingdom of people I’m too afraid to confront. And yet, through it all, I pretend. Pretend to know how to live my life as a king.”

— Lauren Roberts

436. “I push slowly through the crowd, my gaze unable to stray from such eminence. But watching isn’t nearly enough. I could fall to my knees, beg to be the only one worthy of witnessing her.”

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437. “Because for the first time in my life, I’m excited to go to a Trial.”

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438. “He closes the distance between us, pressing rough palms against my cheeks. “So damn the Trials. Pae, let me force every person in this kingdom to their knees for you.”

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439. “I want him to own my name and still beg when he says it.”

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440. “You asked me what my favorite color was once. I’d never even pondered the answer to that question before you. And yet, I realized in that moment that it was blue.” He bends to brush a kiss to my temple, a murmur against my skin. “It is your eyes.”

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441. “I don’t regret it.” His words are a rush, a confession he’s clung to. “I don’t regret you, or what was between us. And I don’t regret kissing you on that roof. But I know I’ll regret what I have to do to you for the rest of my life.”

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442. “I dip my head, hiding the twitch of my lips. Then I tuck our moment into that quiet part of my mind, right alongside the others. Just in case we never get the chance to share another.”

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443. “His eyes finally flick to mine, causing my heart to hammer against my ribcage. Stupid, stupid organ.”

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444. “He kisses the pad of my thumb before the war begins.”

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445. “Forever my undoing.”

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446. “I would give him every piece of me if he only asked politely.”

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447. “My heart bangs against my chest, beating for her, beating for every moment we may never get to spend together. And when words finally spill from her lips, she might as well have plunged a dagger into my back like she promised so long.”

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448. “Good,” I murmur. “Because I’ve always had a thing for short hair.”

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449. “The invisible tether between us is now charged with our past, our present, our future – with everything we once were and everything we now are.”

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450. “The bangs I continually cut for Adena looked the same.”

— Lauren Roberts