Top 450 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “Realize this is your only life and if you don’t make it count you’re a loser.”

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

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203. “Keys meant Neil had explicit permission to be here and do what he liked. They meant he belonged.”

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

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206. “Why does Roland think you’re tying me down?”

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207. “I hate you,” Andrew said, but it was hard to believe him when he sounded so bored by the concept. Andrew took a swig from the bottle and swiped his mouth clean with a thumb. The look he slanted Neil was both unimpressed and unconcerned. “Ninety percent of the time the very sight of you makes me want to commit murder. I think about carving the skin from your body and hanging it out as a warning to every other fool who thinks he can stand in my way.” “What about the other ten?” Neil asked. Andrew.”

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

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209. “He was content to watch and imagine. Lonely, too, but there was nothing he could do about that.”

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210. “Revenge is a motivator only for the weak-willed.”

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211. “You couldn’t at least use an Exy idiom? I hate baseball.”

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212. “Neil.” There was a world of regret in that name, but it was a promise, too. Neil pulled himself back together piece by broken piece and followed Kevin off the Foxhole Court.”

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213. “The only look in his eyes was murder.”

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214. “Take what he is giving you and make it your shield. It’s hard to kill a man when everyone’s eyes are on him.”

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215. “Nicky pulled a protein bar from the mix and passed it to Neil. Neil tried pulling the foil wrapper open and hissed through clenched teeth at the burn in his knuckles. Andrew took the bar from him, ripped it open in one easy swipe, and dumped it in Neil’s waiting hands.”

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216. “Four of Dan’s sisters had made it. They wore white sundresses they’d altered so three spelled out FOX. The fourth sported a fox paw that was already starting to lose a toe pad. They practically crushed Dan, smothering her with a group hug before fawning over her.”

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217. “Maybe it was Andrew’s conviction that swayed Matt. Andrew had never given half a damn about this game before and only honestly tried in scattered bursts. That he cared enough to argue now was unexpected and unprecedented.”

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218. “Laila was a nightmare in goal, but Kevin and Neil had an advantage few teams who faced the Trojans had: they had a nightmare in their own goal who they had to practice against daily. They’d spent all year trying to outsmart the best goalkeeper in the south. They didn’t have that much time to figure Laila out, but they didn’t need it.”

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219. “These wounds were going to scar where everyone could see them. Scarred was better than dead, so Neil figured he’d get over the stares eventually. Neil.”

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220. “He gave me a contract but I wouldn’t sign it. He couldn’t make me. This doesn’t mean anything. I’m still a Fox.” “Of course you are,” Wymack said.”

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221. “Whose place am I taking?” Neil asked, because both sides of the room were already decorated. Jean stopped by one of the nightstands and gestured for Neil to come closer. “Look and see.”

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222. “It would kill him to walk out of here.”

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223. “Neil didn’t know what to make of it. The Foxes spent seven hours together at practices every day and roomed with each other at Fox Tower. How they had anything left to say to each other was beyond him.”

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224. “Aaron’s face was white with fear and horror. “This has happened before.”

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225. “Nathan’s cleaver came down right where he’d been standing.”

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226. “Come on, cute face like yours has to have a girlfriend. Unless you swing my way, of course, in which case please tell me now and save me the trouble of having to figure it out.” Neil stared at him, wondering how Nicky could care about such things when the stadium was right there.”

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227. “He might have forgotten about the text that woke him up if he didn’t get a “47” message from a new number the following evening.”

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228. “Nicky plucked the list from Neil’s fingers and crumpled it. “Your ignorance is endearing, Neil. You’re nineteen and you’ve never looked at Allison’s tits? There’s no way you’re straight. You and I really need to sit down and talk about this sometime.”

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229. “I’m not a pipe dream. I’m not going anywhere.”

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230. “What the hell was that?” “Coach?” “Don’t you dare ‘Coach?’ me, you malfunctioning retard.” “No, but really,” Nicky said, looking wide-eyed at Neil. “What happened?” “Neil hit Riko,” Matt said. “It was beautiful.”

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231. “Andrew was smiling, but Neil knew his cheer didn’t mean he was going to play nice. He’d been smiling when he smashed a racquet into Neil’s stomach, too.”

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

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233. “You think this is hard? Look what I’ve been through. Surviving you is easy.” Nathaniel tipped his head to one side and fixed Towns with a cool look. “But can you survive me?”

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234. “Neil watched it so he wouldn’t stare at Andrew, but if someone asked him later what it was about he wouldn’t be able to tell them. He was sure he still felt Andrew’s heartbeat on his skin when he went to bed a few hours later.”

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235. “Neil was moving before the ceiling lights turned on, crossing the inner court to the court walls. He pressed his hands to the thick, cold plastic and looked up, where the scoreboards and replay TVs hung over the court’s ceiling, then down to the glossy wood. Orange lines marked first, half, and far court. It was perfect, utterly perfect, and Neil felt at once inspired and horrified by the sight of it.”

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236. “Neil spent the rest of the afternoon staring at his textbooks instead of getting any real work done.”

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

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238. “Renee told Neil last fall that Ravens weren’t allowed to date. Tetsuji didn’t want his team distracted from the game. Renee knew that, but she was over there anyway. Neil might be over-thinking her intentions, but he was willing to exploit any angle they could find. “Maybe not,” Neil said, “but it could give us an edge. Do you still know his number? Give it to her and see what she can do between now and finals.”

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

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241. “They stopped briefly at an Italian restaurant to wolf down chicken and pasta. Wymack grumbled about the bill, but his team knew better than to take him seriously.”

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242. “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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243. “Renee promised Allison she’d join them as soon as she finished her soda and stayed behind with Andrew, Neil, and Kevin.”

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

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245. “You don’t understand.” “I don’t,” Neil said hotly. “You have a way out. You have a future. So why won’t you take it? Why are you so afraid to take it?”

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246. “Exy was a bastard sport, an evolved sort of lacrosse on a soccer-sized court with the violence of ice hockey, and Neil loved every part of it from its speed to its aggression. It was the once piece of childhood he’d never been able to give up.”

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247. “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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248. “The buzzer went off again, and Neil’s heart stopped. The ringing in his ears wasn’t all him. His teammates were screaming, wordless war cries of disbelief and victory.”

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

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250. “Neil had never seen him play like this, so intense and fast and determined, but Andrew had promises to keep and a goal to defend. With.”

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