Top 500 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “Hey,” Nicky said, retreating when Neil tried again to wrest the stack from his arms. “Touch it again and I’ll bite you. Don’t think I won’t. I will. I’m a biter. Just ask Erik.”

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452. “I brought you here, but you saved yourself. You’re the one who decided to stay. You’re the one who stopped being afraid long enough to realize you could get a grip here and a foothold there. You found your own way.”

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453. “The Foxes would be okay, at least, and that was more than enough.”

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454. “He knew what day it was; he knew how little time was left.”

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455. “The all-black ensemble Aaron wore did nothing to make him look any taller, and Neil wondered how he could stand wearing long sleeves in May. Neil felt hot just looking at him.”

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456. “At this level it is supposed to be about skill, and your team is sadly lacking. You have no right to play with us.” “Then you shouldn’t have transferred districts,” Matt said. “No one wants you here.”

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457. “I am tired of being called second when I am better than he will ever be. Tonight they’ll see how wrong they were about us.”

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458. “Jean noticed how Andrew and Neil moved like they were caught in each other’s gravity, in each other’s space more than they were out of it, cigarette smoke and matching armbands and lingering looks when one fell out of orbit for too long.”

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459. “According to Renee only she and Neil knew Andrew was gay. Neil had no idea how Wymack picked up on it.”

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460. “It turned out life was excessively complicated when there wasn’t a staff to handle the minutiae of day-to-day existence.”

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461. “Being related doesn’t make us family.”

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462. “Oh, and sorry in advance about the press. In my defense, they started it.” “Christ alive,” Wymack said. “What did you do this time?”

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463. “Neil didn’t know if this break in routine was grudging trust or determination to not let Neil out of sight again. Neil didn’t care right now so long as Andrew stayed.”

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464. “It’s not about my looks or faith. It’s that I’m a woman.”

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465. “Instead Wymack snapped his fingers at Neil and jerked his thumb toward the court door. “Tell your pet psycho to knock it off before he cripples someone.” “I don’t think he’ll listen to me,” Neil said. “You and I both know he will. Now get.”

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466. “His father. Your coach.”

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467. “I have to go. I don’t trust them to give you back.”

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468. “A cool evening breeze. Rainbows. Open roads. Teammates. No teammates wasn’t quite right. Friends? Friends.”

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469. “Every time Jean saw black clothes in his peripheral vision, he automatically tried to change directions and fall in line.”

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470. “I don’t like that word,” Andrew said. “Don’t use it.”

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471. “It’s fine, Coach,” Andrew said, catching up to them. He touched Neil’s back on his way by, fingers light enough to give Neil goose bumps, but didn’t slow on his way to Kevin’s side.”

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472. “When he finally slept, he dreamed of death and blood.”

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473. “I can see it. You’ve got that look in your eye that says you know where every exit to this dormitory is.”

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474. “Neil thought he’d be sick. He didn’t want to hear anymore of this; he’d already heard too much.”

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475. “Two teammates, Riko had said. Neil’s insolence had cost him two teammates, but Seth was only one.”

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476. “Neil gave up on Kevin – for now – and let his teammates sweep him up into their celebration.”

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477. “How she’d found the strength to climb out of that pit when no one else thought her worth saving, Jean didn’t know, but hand over bloodied hand she’d scaled the wall. She’d chosen life; she’d chosen hope. She’d chosen second chances, and now she was watching to see if he would follow.”

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478. “Maybe you are fools, and I am the biggest fool for indulging you, but better to be reckless fools than Ravens.”

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479. “Besides, I don’t know what I’d change it to.”

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480. “He regrets keeping me now, I’m sure.”

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481. “Andrew raised a hand to Neil’s face but stopped with his fingers just a breath from Neil’s skin. Andrew wasn’t looking at his injuries; he was staring at Neil’s unguarded eyes. “Did I break my promise or were you keeping yours?”

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482. “He pulled Neil’s head toward him and blew smoke in Neil’s face.”

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483. “He uncurled his fingers and stared at the gray phone resting in his palm. He didn’t think a small thing like this should hurt so much, but the grief that punched through him left him in pieces.”

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484. “Don’t you think you’re overdue for some rainbows?” “Yours was the first I saw in years,” Jean said, motioning to his head to indicate her hair.”

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485. “Pop. How easily these monsters die in the end.”

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486. “Andrew kissed him like this was a fight with their lives on the line, like his world stopped and started with Neil’s mouth. Neil’s heart stuttered to a stop at the first hard press of lips against his and he reached up without thinking. His hand made it as far as Andrew’s jaw before he remembered Andrew didn’t like to be touched. Neil caught hold of Andrew’s coat sleeve instead and knotted his fingers in the heavy wool.”

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487. “No one missed Neil’s new bands, but after a couple good-natured taunts they kept their word to stay out of Neil and Andrew’s not-relationship. Neil.”

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488. “They’d been apart for seven weeks but Neil keenly remembered why he’d stayed. He remembered this unyielding, unquestioning weight that could hold him and all of his problems up without breaking a sweat.”

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489. “He could be anyone, anywhere in the world, but he’d be alone until the day he died.”

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490. “Neil” might be an easily-spooked runaway, and “Nathaniel” was a hunted young man, but “Abram” was the one shielded from and untouched by his father’s bloody business. Neil would pull on every murder he’d seen and every endless, desperate night, and he’d face Riko unflinching. It was the least he could do. It was all he could do.”

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491. “Neil had no idea how the conversation had gone from murder to Renee.”

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492. “He should have known better than to trust Riko’s word.”

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493. “Betsy closed the door behind them. Neil could just make out the sound of her engine starting, and then it was quiet. Andrew was gone.”

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494. “It’s no surprise she had to die to be worth anything.”

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495. “What does Andrew have to do with this?” “Everything that matters,” Neil said.”

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496. “Permission to break his face, Coach?’ Jean asked. ‘Denied,’ White said.”

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497. “Los Angeles was a monster, too big and too loud and too hectic. The Trojans were strange and misguided. There was a cardboard dog in his bedroom that Jeremy treated like a de facto member of the household. Jean didn’t understand any of it, but he knew on a bone-deep level that this was better than anything he’d ever had. It was worlds more than he deserved. He feared it as much as he wanted it; the thought that this was his life now was terrifying.”

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498. “Ichirou’s smile was cold and fleeting. “Let them call you by whatever name they like. You will always be a Wesninski at heart.”

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499. “He dreamed of facing his father on an Exy court, and in his dream the Foxes won.”

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500. “The words sounded like a desperate prayer.”

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