Top 450 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “You’re hopeless,” Nicky said. “If you want to go, go. You’ve done more than enough for us this semester, Neil. At some point you’ve got to think about yourself. Watch,” he said when Neil shook his head. “I’m going to go tell the others, and they’ll all tell you to go home. You’ll see.”

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2. “You don’t even who know I am.” “The hell I don’t,” Wymack said. “You’re Neil Josten, nineteen year-old recruit from Millport, Arizona. Born March 31st, five-foot-three, right-handed, stick size three. Starting striker for my Foxes and most improved freshman striker in NCAA Class I Exy. “No,” Wymack said, getting louder when Neil started to interrupt. “Look me in the eye and tell me if you think I care who you used to be. Hm?”

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3. “It’s not the world that’s cruel. It’s the people in it.”

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4. “He silently counted to ten in French and Spanish.”

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5. “Is your learning curve a horizontal line?”

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6. “Neil feigned confusion as he got to his feet. “Am I bothering you?” “Beyond the telling.” “Interesting,” Neil said. “Last week you said nothing gets under your skin.” Andrew.”

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7. “I’m not a math problem.” “But I’ll still solve you.”

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8. “That had to be enough. He traced the outline of a key into his bloody, burnt palm with a shaky finger, closed his eyes, and wished Neil Josten goodbye.”

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9. “This is my reassured face,” Neil said, pointing up at his blank expression.”

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10. “Andrew put a hand to his forehead dramatically. “I think I’m coming down with something. Cough, cough. Best I leave before I infect your team. There’s so few of them left. You can’t stand to lose anyone else.”

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11. “It sounded like a dream; it tasted like damnation.”

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12. “He ran until he couldn’t breathe, but he never stopped hurting.”

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13. “Do us a favor,” Andrew said. “Let’s no one talk for a while.”

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14. “Andrew said nothing for a while, then, “You’re more a raccoon than a fox.” Neil stared. “What?” “A raccoon,” Andrew said, and mimed holding a ball in front of his face. “Exy is the shiny object of your sad little world. You know you’re being hunted and you know the hounds are closing in, but you won’t let go to save yourself. You once told me you don’t understand why a person would actively try to die, but here you are. I guess that was another lie.”

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15. “We’re all going to die,” Kevin said at last.”

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16. “Andrew flicked his pack of cigarettes at Neil. “Give me one good reason to not push you off the side.” Neil shook a stick out and lit it. “I’d drag you with me. It’s a long way down.”

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17. “You hate me, remember?” “Every inch of you,” Andrew said. “That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t blow you.” The world tilted a little bit sideways. Neil dug his shoes harder into the floor so he wouldn’t fall over. “You like me.”

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18. “I am a bad person trying very hard to be a good person.”

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19. “You gave me a key and called it home.”

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20. “Truth is irrefutable and untainted by bias. Sunrise, Abram, death: these are truths.”

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21. “Remember this feeling. This is the moment you stop being the rabbit.”

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22. “Ah, you are right. That must be it. What was your name again? Alex? Stefan? Chris?”

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23. “His smile was small and fierce as he leaned forward into Neil’s space. “Remember this feeling. This is the moment you stop being the rabbit.” Neil.”

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24. “I need you to let me go.”

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25. “You are a Fox. You are always going to be nothing.” Andrew stubbed his cigarette out. “I hate you.” “Nine percent of the time you don’t.” “Nine percent of the time I don’t want to kill you. I always hate you.” “Every time you say that I believe you a little less.” “No one asked you.” With that, Andrew caught Neil’s face in his hands and leaned in. Nicky’s.”

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26. “Fight because you don’t know how to die quietly. Win because you don’t know how to lose. This king’s ruled long enough – it’s time to tear his castle down.”

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27. “Such an unexpected will to survive from someone who has nothing to live for.”

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28. “Money greases the wheels of the world easier than blood does, and Riko has access to both.”

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29. “Andrew doesn’t believe in regret; he says regret is grounded in shame and guilt, neither of which serves any real purpose. That being said, I tried taking you off his hands at one point.” When Neil looked at her in surprise, Renee affected an innocent look that for once was not entirely convincing. “Andrew refused on the grounds he wouldn’t wish you on anyone except a mortician.”

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30. “I didn’t think I was a personal problem. You hate me, remember?” “Every inch of you,” Andrew said. “That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t blow you.” The world tilted a little bit sideways. Neil dug his shoes harder into the floor so he wouldn’t fall over. “You like me.” “I hate you,” Andrew corrected him, but Neil barely heard him.”

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31. “Then don’t trust ‘Neil’,” Neil said. “Trust me.” “Oh, but who are you? Do you have a name?” “If you need one, call me Abram.”

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32. “We are children of a dying god and foot soldiers in a war we didn’t ask for.”

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33. “Honesty suited Andrew because he was an instigator at heart and his opinions were often unpopular.”

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34. “How’s that target on your back feel?” “Familiar,” Neil said.”

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35. “Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil apart. Neil finally understood why his mother thought this was so dangerous.”

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36. “Let Riko be King,” Kevin said, with the exaggerated enunciation of the thoroughly sloshed. “Most coveted, most protected. He’ll sacrifice every piece he has to protect his throne. Whatever. Me?” Kevin gestured again, meaning to indicate himself but too drunk to get his hand higher than his waist. “I’m going to be the deadliest piece on the board.”

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37. “Kevin reacted the way Neil expected everyone would to the truth: with a horrified demand that Neil leave immediately. Andrew, though, nodded in the face of it and told Neil to stay. He stood his ground when Neil asked him for murder and gave him a key to their house. But that didn’t count, because Andrew was Andrew, and this was definitely the last turn he needed his thoughts to take. He dragged his attention back to the task at hand and vowed never to listen to Nicky again.”

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38. “Andrew made the mistake of turning his face away at one point, so Neil chased water down the side of Andrew’s neck. Andrew’s fingers clenched convulsively on Neil’s sides as a shudder wracked Andrew’s frame. Andrew tried to recover with a ground-out, “Your neck fetish is not attractive.” “You like it,” Neil said, unapologetic. “I like that you like it.” He.”

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39. “If you won’t play with me, you’ll play for me,” Kevin said. “You’re never going to get there on your own, so give your game to me.”

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40. “Riko hadn’t let him be “Neil” at Evermore. Every time Neil answered to it on the court, Riko beat him for it. Neil hadn’t had much choice, since the Ravens hadn’t known what else to call him, but Riko wanted him to know how much trouble he’d caused the Moriyamas with all of his alibis.”

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41. “Did you have any plans to do anything?” Matt finally thought to ask Neil. “Besides the obvious, I mean.” Neil wasn’t sure if Matt meant Exy or Andrew.”

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42. “Being raised as a superstar must be really, really difficult for you. Always a commodity, never a human being, not a single person in your family thinking you’re worth a damn off the court – yeah, sounds rough. Kevin and I talk about your intricate and endless daddy issues all the time.” “Neil,” Kevin said, low and frantic.”

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43. “Kevin dragged his stare back to Wymack’s face and said, “and my father comes to all of my games. That is enough.” On.”

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44. “And I am nothing... And as you’ve always said, you want nothing.”

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45. “You’re rubbing his face in everything he’s lost, and from where I’m sitting, it looks like you’re enjoying it.”

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46. “Hope was a dangerous, disquieting thing, but he thought perhaps he liked it.”

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47. “When you said you were afraid of heights, you were joking, right?”

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48. “You have to let him go.” “Oh,” Andrew said, as if this was news to him. “Do I?” “You’ll lose him if you don’t,” Neil said. “He’ll keep pushing Katelyn away if you tell him to, but he’ll resent you for it. He’ll count down the days until graduation and when it comes you’ll never see him again. You’re not stupid. I know you can see it. Let him go now if you ever want him to come back.”

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49. “Yes or no?” Andrew asked. “Yes,” Neil said.”

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50. “For the first time in months he could finally breathe again. It was such a relief it was frightening; Neil hadn’t meant to lean on Andrew so much.”

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