Top 50 Leigh Rivers Quotes (2026 Update)

1. “She feels like mine. Stacey Rhodes is mine.”

— Leigh Rivers

2. “Are you going to be my forever, Freckles?”

— Leigh Rivers

3. “If I told him that I wanted him to chase me, pin me down, and take whatever he wanted, against my wishes or not, would he?”

— Leigh Rivers

4. “I was taken into the arms of the devil and exposed to a world I didn’t belong in. With a desired thirst and need for destruction, our demons danced, and I lost myself. I lost myself in him.”

— Leigh Rivers

5. “At least I got to kiss her.”

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6. “I’m going to hunt down whoever is responsible. I promise you, little one.” I smile weakly. “You don’t need to hunt for him – he lives right under my roof.”

— Leigh Rivers

7. “I helped him with his own darkness, and he made me feel alive, sustaining me with tender touches and words, stolen kisses and nights in his bed when no one knew. I was happy.”

— Leigh Rivers

8. “Love is dangerous.”

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9. “Base is wearing a Batman mask, because he’s an idiot.”

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10. “I love you more than everything: It shouldn’t have taken me losing you to realize that. I should’ve chosen you. Olivia.”

— Leigh Rivers

11. “Make them go away, Freckles.” “Make what go away?” I manage to ask. “The voices.”

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12. “She’s like my own sunrise. Beautiful. Perfect. She fills a part of me that’s been empty and dark for as long as I can remember. Maybe I am falling in love with her. Should I tell her? Would that scare her?”

— Leigh Rivers

13. “I like rough kisses that hurt.”

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14. “I want a voice, but I have no idea how to use it or how I’d stop his wrath if I did.”

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15. “I close my eyes and make a wish. I wish someone would choose me.”

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16. “Even if I’m a bag full of trauma?” I smile. “I have my own bag. We can swap when they get too heavy and we need a balance.”

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17. “An evil smile crosses Tobias’s face. “Because, son,” he says, raising both brows, “I have Bernadette Sawyer.”

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18. “If someone found a way to remove you from existence, I would burn the world before making sure my soul found yours in the afterlife.”

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19. “I don’t know how to beat them, he signs, his nostrils flaring, angry at his own words. I’m one man. But I’ll fight. For you, I’d do anything.”

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20. “We have an emergency announcement. Reports say that Tobias Mitchell has escaped his institution this afternoon and is currently at large. The murderer and psychopath was given a life sentence over twenty years ago.”

— Leigh Rivers

21. “The only girl I’ve ever imagined giving my heart to. It might be a little black and a little jagged around the edges and my mind might be a little wild, but she owns them. Olivia owns my mind, body and soul.”

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22. “Marry him. Go live your life and raise our kids. Make sure he makes you happier than I ever can, but just know, once I’m out, I’m coming for you.” He swipes a tear sliding down my cheek. “Will you?” “Yeah. I’ll wait forever if I need to, because you’re mine.”

— Leigh Rivers

23. “For the good girls who like to dance in the dark while being watched by the devil.”

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24. “Promise me they’ll know who I am, the real me, the one you once fell in love with.” I nod, our noses touching as our foreheads meet, tears falling down both of our cheeks, my face contorting in ways it never has before. “I’m sorry I couldn’t do more to help you.” Each breath shakes as I try to stop myself from hyperventilating. “I’m so... s... so sorry.” “You tried.” Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath and press my lips to his one last time.”

— Leigh Rivers

25. “Run, little stranger.”

— Leigh Rivers

26. “His hand freezes, then he drops it to his side. “You’re afraid of me.” I avert my eyes. “You are aware that you’re the only person in the world I’d never hurt, right?” “If that was the case, then you wouldn’t have walked out of my life when I needed you the most.” I shake my head. “You already did hurt me.”

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27. “For those who crave darkness yet hide in the light. You can come out now. Tobias is home.”

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28. “Let’s assume Kade does get his hands on me,” he says as he follows me with our bags. “Would you help him, Stacey?” I throw my head back and laugh. “He’s the son of Tobias Mitchell. He doesn’t need help.”

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29. “There was a time when one person was able to make me ignore that side of myself. I helped him with his own darkness, and he made me feel alive, sustaining me with tender touches and words, stolen kisses and nights in his bed when no one knew. I was happy. I thought I was safe. I thought I was free. Until I wasn’t.”

— Leigh Rivers

30. “Malachi Vize – my new favorite mute psychopath – is waiting for you.”

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31. “It’s at this moment, as I devour his swollen lips and tongue, that I realize I’ll turn evil for him.”

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32. “Our broken puzzle pieces are finally firmly in place, and they’ll never be torn apart again.”

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33. “I think if I ever took my last breaths outside, I’d like to be able to see the moon.”

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34. “Losing your voice to everyone is one thing, but losing your voice to someone you loved – trusted – is ten million times worse. I’ve never been heard.”

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35. “I want to know if anything was ever real for you. Any of it. If you tell me you love me, that I mean the world to you, then I’ll admit that I feel the exact same. Because I do, Malachi. I love you so much it hurts.” I shut off the voicemail, and step forward, my body shaking with rage.”

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36. “No time for dramatics,” Tobias Mitchell says in a deep voice, standing above the dead body. He’s wearing the same uniform as his victim. He nods to the door. “Let’s go. The building’s on fire, if you didn’t notice.”

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37. “Sit next to me in the car ride home.” She hums. “Why?” “So I can hold your hand.” I shrug and press my mouth to hers. “Or your thigh. Whichever is more accessible.”

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38. “Those voices are calling me a little liar while a devil chuckles on my shoulder. I’m a sneaky prick, and I don’t care.”

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39. “Stop saying that. We aren’t blood related. You aren’t my real sister, so what’s the goddamn problem?”

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40. “No. You were mine when we were kids, and you’re mine now. You’ll always be mine. Even when we’re dead, our souls will belong to one another.”

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41. “We’re all broken in some way, Tobias. But we can also be fixed.”

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42. “I watch him take the black one and write down one word that makes no sense. Mine.”

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43. “I kiss her once, twice, three times. “We make our own timeline. If you feel a certain way, then you feel a certain way. If it helps, I like you too.”

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44. “Words like “missing you” and “I didn’t think it was possible to be without you, and now there’s a huge wall between us” and “will you visit me? I’m sorry for yelling at court” and my least favorite, a very dark time for me, “I’m not comfortable around these people. They call me a weirdo like the kids at school did because I won’t talk. Please don’t leave me in here,” yet she didn’t reply, even when my letters grew more desperate. No reply.”

— Leigh Rivers

45. “Don’t be afraid of me, Freckles,” he calls, spitting out blood that’s leaked into his mouth. “This is for us.”

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46. “Staying silent is like being in a mental prison.”

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47. “Naked. Exposed. Branded with my mouth and my initials burned into her, and little cuts from my knife. She looks perfect. She looks like mine.”

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48. “Don’t cry any more tears because of them. You’ve got it all out. Dry your eyes and keep your chin up. They don’t deserve your tears.”

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49. “I am, but a pretty little thing like you can call me Tobias.”

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50. “She’s like my own sunrise. Beautiful. Perfect. She fills a part of me that’s been empty and dark for as long as I can remember.”

— Leigh Rivers