Top 500 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “And you, Neil? Are you all right?” “I’m fine,” Neil said, and Renee didn’t push it.”

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202. “Oh, Neil, unpredictable as he is unreal.”

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203. “Liar. But that’s what makes you interesting. It’s also what makes you dangerous. I should know better by now. Maybe I’m not as smart as I thought I was. Should I be disappointed or amused?”

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204. “You waited for us,” Andrew said with feigned surprise. “A liar who practices occasional honesty. Clever. Keeps people guessing. Very effective. I would know. I do it myself, you see. Come on, then. After you.”

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205. “Do your teammates still think you’re the quiet one?” Andrew asked.”

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206. “The master wants to salvage you. He’s going to sign you to the Raven lineup in spring. So long as you keep quiet and keep your head down he won’t tell the main family he’s found you.”

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207. “UT is second-ranked, and they have been second in their region for the past five years.”

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208. “This is about you. This is about everything it took you to get to this point, everything it cost you, and everyone who laughed when you dared to dream of something big and bright. You’re here tonight because you refused to give up and refused to give in. You’re here where they all said you’d never be, and no one can say you haven’t earned the right to play this game.”

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209. “We’re okay,” he said to the empty hall. “We’re going to be okay.” The Foxes would be okay, at least, and that was more than enough.”

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210. “If you always got what you deserved, you wouldn’t be a Fox.”

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211. “Neil watched the door close behind him, then sent a questioning look at Matt. Matt was studying him with a curious intensity. “Why are you so special?” Matt asked. “I’m not,” Neil said, confused. “Andrew doesn’t give ground to anybody. Why does he keep saying yes to you?” “He’s high,” Neil said, twirling a finger near his temple. “He thinks it’s funny.” Matt eyed him a bit longer, then shook his head and relaxed against the back of the couch again.”

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212. “Neil glanced at Wymack and chose not to think about Riko. Instead he thought about his homecoming, of Wymack dropping everything to pick him up and Wymack holding him together when he almost broke.”

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213. “Who overdosed?” Neil asked. “Seth.”

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214. “Why?” Neil asked. “Why would you help me?” “Ask me later,” Andrew said. He tapped bloody fingers to his mouth and grinned at Neil around them. “It’s better if this isn’t in the way, don’t you think?”

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215. “This was why Wymack’s contract, Kevin’s lofty ambitions, and Andrew’s words meant nothing in the end. It didn’t matter what they offered or promised him. Neil wasn’t like them. He was nothing and no one, and he always would be.”

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216. “If I could ban some of you from ever opening your mouth in public, I would, but this is out of my hands. Attempt to behave yourselves without sacrificing your confident image. Think you can do that?” “You’re no fun, Coach,” Nicky said. “I will be a lot less fun if you make us look like fools,” Wymack said. “But I’m not as worried about you as I am about our resident punching bag and his smart mouth. Anyone have ideas on how to make Neil look a bit less like a battered wife?”

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217. “The Ravens’ coach, Tetsuji Moriyama, took Kevin in after his mother died. He’d raised Kevin to be a star but never let Kevin forget he was just Riko’s valuable property. Neil didn’t know much else about him. The one time Kevin mentioned him he’d slipped and called him “the master”. Neil didn’t need to hear anything else after that.”

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218. “Don’t touch my things, Riko. I don’t share.”

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219. “You’re crazy,” Neil said to Andrew in an undertone. “This is news to no one,” Andrew said.”

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220. “Everyone knows the only reason Palmetto qualified for this division is because of your coach.” “Funny, I’m pretty sure that’s how Edgar Allen qualified.”

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221. “Neil tried stuffing Exy into every scrap of free time he had. He brought SUA tactics and line-ups to class with him to hide under his textbooks, and he met Kevin at the dining hall for lunch to argue plays. Despite the active effort he made to focus on Friday’s game, his thoughts kept derailing without warning. Whenever Andrew crossed the room, Neil’s gaze followed. Every time Neil took his keys out of his pocket and saw the newest addition to his set he remembered Andrew’s kiss.”

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222. “Instead he drew fox paws down the border of his paper until Kevin came for him.”

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223. “Andrew was the Foxes’ freshman goalkeeper and their deadliest investment.”

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224. “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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225. “He wouldn’t die a lie.”

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226. “Neil had spent his entire life drifting by on the outskirts, looked over and looked past. It’d made him happy, or so he’d thought, because being ignored meant he was safe. He hadn’t realized how lonely he was until he met the Foxes.”

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227. “You have twenty minutes or until they throw you out of their lives, whichever comes first.”

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228. “Death was unpleasant, but it was a familiar and tolerable ache in his chest.”

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229. “How’d you get him to stop tripping us up at practice the other day?” Neil whittled it down the barest, easiest truth. “I asked.” “You asked,” Matt said.”

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230. “Neil, Wymack called him, even when he looked like this, even with his father’s face and his father’s eyes and the Moriyamas’ number on his face. Neil, Wymack called him, and more than anything Neil wanted it to be true.”

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231. “Kevin’s not allowed to drive your car but Renee is?” Neil asked. “It’s fun telling Kevin no,” Andrew said with a wicked grin.”

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232. “Tonight Neil was in perfect form, and he was mad as hell at the Ravens for hurting his Foxes.”

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233. “They were different kinds of heartless and Neil, for all his problems connecting with other people, didn’t want to be a monster.”

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234. “Oh, Coach.” Andrew tossed his hands up in a helpless shrug. “You can’t even imagine how much fun we are having right now. It’s overwhelming. Give us a minute to catch our breaths before our hearts explode in our chest.”

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235. “Thinking that Andrew needed space and time to regroup the same way Neil did almost wrecked Neil’s attempts to get his neutral facade back together.”

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236. “As he listened to them, Neil realised he was happy. It was such an unexpected and unfamiliar feeling he lost track of the conversation for a minute.”

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237. “Enlighten us. If the first step isn’t tolerance, where does a pair of bigots begin in fixing a mess like this?”

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238. “Kevin says you’ll be a champion. Four years and you’ll go pro. Five years and you’ll be Court. He promised Coach. He promised the school board. He argued until they signed off on you.”

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239. “You misunderstand,” he said, with a knowing nod. “I wasn’t asking, Neil. You helped create this mess. The least you could do is help clean it up. Where’s your sense of responsibility?” A knife wouldn’t hurt this much.”

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240. “What was Neil supposed to do with a truth like this? He was going to be dead in four months, five if he was lucky. He wasn’t supposed to be this for anyone, Andrew least of all. Andrew said all year long – had said it to Neil’s face just this week – that he didn’t want anything. Neil shouldn’t be the exception to that rule.”

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241. “No one talked about it, but somehow they all ended up in Neil and Matt’s room. Matt and Aaron shoved the couch out of the way, and the girls showed up a minute later with blankets. The living room wasn’t meant to sleep nine bodies but somehow they made a workable nest out of it. Foxes came and went as they grabbed pillows and changed into pajamas. For a moment, though, Neil and Matt were alone. Matt gave Neil’s shoulder a careful squeeze.”

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242. “At the Foxhole Court “family” was a fantasy invented to make books and Hollywood movies more interesting.”

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243. “Better than that bright future was what he already had: a court that would always be home, a family who’d never give up on him, and Andrew, who for once hadn’t wasted their time denying that this thing between them might actually mean something to both of them. Neil hadn’t even noticed the silence at first, too distracted by his dizzying thoughts. Now he couldn’t help but smile and pull Andrew in. This was everything he wanted, everything he needed, and Neil was never letting go.”

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244. “Nicky winced. “Kevin, the man is dead. Like, permanently.”

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245. “Neil or Nathaniel or whoever,” Nicky said. “He’s ours, and we’re not letting him go. You want us to vote on it or something? Bet you it’ll be unanimous.”

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246. “I am Jean Moreau, he thought, and then: Who is Jean Moreau when he is not a Raven?”

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247. “Neil had been doing one stupid thing after another all year long and this has turned into one of the best years of his life.”

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248. “We’re Foxes. Something is always going wrong.”

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249. “What are you doing with a Maserati?” “Driving it,” Andrew said, like it should be obvious, and got in the driver’s seat.”

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250. “You are the captain of the sunshine court. In no universe could you be anyone’s villain.”

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