Top 450 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “The only one I’m interested in is you.”

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52. “It’s about family. Not necessarily the one we were born with, but the one we choose. This one. The people we trust to be part of our lives. The people we care about.”

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

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

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55. “One day I want you to look up ‘insensitivity’ in the dictionary,” Matt said, annoyed. “I’m sure it’ll do your ego wonders to see your picture printed there beside it.”

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56. “He withdrew completely, leaving just the memory of his heartbeat against Neil’s mouth, and spun away.”

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57. “He’d come to the Foxhole Court every inch a lie, but his friends made him into someone real.”

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58. “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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59. “The Foxhole Court was the only home he needed; the Foxes were his family. He didn’t want any of this to have a hold on him anymore. How sad, how strange, how stupid, that he could run so far and still end up back here in the end.”

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60. “I certainly don’t pity you. Why should I? You’re all fire. A tiny loss like this can’t put such a great flame out, right? You and I are the same that way, I think. We don’t sit well with being told no.”

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

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62. “Your lack of survival instincts is supremely distressing,” Riko said. “Take that look off your face before I carve it off.” Neil hadn’t realized he was smiling too, a cruel look he’d inherited from his father. Neil lowered his cup so Riko could get a better look at it. “I would love to see you try. You think I’m afraid of your knife? I’m the Butcher’s son.”

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63. “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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64. “He was their family. They were his. They were worth every cut and bruise and scream.”

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65. “I’m not a hallucination.”

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66. “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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67. “Let’s see the man who replaced Riko Moriyama at Kevin’s side. Introducing Neil Josten, the newest Palmetto Fox!”

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

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69. “Welcome to the Foxhole Court.”

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70. “Jean turned on Kevin and spoke in quick, furious French. “What the hell is this?” “His antagonism is a personality flaw we’re learning to live with,” Kevin said.”

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71. “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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72. “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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73. “Getting out took some serious wiggling since it wasn’t quite big enough for him, but desperation was a valuable lubricant.”

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74. “Andrew kissed him like this was a fight with their lives on the line, like his world stopped and started with Neil’s mouth.”

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

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76. “He was something solid to lean against, something violent and fierce and unmoving. Neil couldn’t remember what it felt like to have someone hold him up. It was terrifying and liberating all at once. His life was out of his control now; he was giving it to Andrew and hoping Andrew would keep it safe.”

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77. “It’s not really about the food. It’s about family. Not necessarily the one we were born with, but the one we chose. This one,” Nicky emphasized, gesturing between them. “The people we trust to be part of our lives. The people we care about.”

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78. “Congratulations are in order, I suppose! Since I have none to give, I will tell the others to respond appropriately.”

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79. “Neil Josten,” he mouthed. “Number ten, starting striker, Foxhole Court.”

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80. “But Neil Josten was a Fox. Andrew called his home; Nicky called him family. Neil wasn’t going to lose any of it.”

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81. “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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82. “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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83. “I thought you didn’t want to leave.” “I don’t want to,” Neil said. “What would it take to make you stay?” The.”

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

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85. “It’s always been ‘go’. It’s always been ‘lie’ and ‘hide’ and ‘disappear’. I’ve never belonged anywhere or had the right to call anything my own. But Coach gave me keys to the court, and you told me to stay. You gave me a key and called it home. I haven’t had a home since my parents died.”

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86. “He taught me to believe in myself. He showed me how to balance my faith and my sexuality, and he made me okay again. I know it sounds dramatic, but he saved my life.”

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87. “I won’t be like them,” Neil said. “I won’t let you let me be.” “One hundred and one,” Andrew said, “going on one hundred and two.” “You’re a terrible liar,” Neil said, and Andrew kissed him into silence.”

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88. “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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89. “Kevin’s mother Kayleigh Day and Riko’s uncle Tetsuji Moriyama created the sport roughly thirty years ago while Kayleigh was studying abroad in Fukui, Japan. What started as an experiment spread from their campus to local street teams, then across the ocean to the rest of the world. Kayleigh brought it home with her to Ireland after completing her degree and the United States picked it up soon after.”

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90. “Then it’s time to stop being the worst,” Wymack said. “It’s time to fly.”

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91. “She was breathing, but she was lifeless, a marionette whose strings had been cut. Neil.”

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92. “When I’m playing, I feel like I have control over something. I feel like I have the power to change things. I feel more real out there than I do anywhere else. The court doesn’t care what my name is or where I come from or where I’ll be tomorrow. It lets me exist.”

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93. “You have a problem,” Andrew said, “wherein you only invest your time and energy into worthless pursuits.” “This,” Neil flicked his finger to indicate the two of them, “isn’t worthless.” “There is no ‘this’. This is nothing.” “And I am nothing,” Neil prompted. When Andrew gestured confirmation, Neil said, “And as you’ve always said, you want nothing.”

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94. “I’m not alone enough to get lost.”

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95. “Make them love you, make them hate you, I don’t care. Just make them look at you.”

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96. “I won’t lie and say I didn’t think about it, but I decided to stay. I trusted you more than I was scared of him. So trust me now if you can. I’m not going anywhere. I’ll take care of Kevin until you return.”

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97. “I have a bit of an attitude problem.”

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98. “When I prove it, it puts a target on Seth’s back and a paintbrush in your hands.”

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99. “What would you give me?” Neil asked. “Don’t ask questions you already know the answer to.”

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100. “Andrew’s disinterest in his psychological well-being was what had drawn Neil to him in the first place: the realization that Andrew would never flinch away from whatever poison was eating Neil alive.”

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