Top 500 Nora Sakavic Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Andrew was laughing as he crashed into the orange metal. Neil didn’t know what amused Andrew more: Kevin’s violence or the splash of blood that now stained the front of Kevin’s shirt. Neil hadn’t even seen Andrew take a knife out, but it was in his hand in the air between them.”

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302. “How someone so warm had survived such a cold place, Jean didn’t know.”

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303. “Renee spoke. “Thank you,” she said, “for reaching him when I couldn’t.” Neil glanced at her. “He asked you to protect them?” Renee nodded. “Kevin told Andrew the truth about the Moriyamas first. Andrew knew letting Kevin stay could mean serious consequences for the rest of us. He was willing to protect his own against the backlash, but he didn’t care enough to fight for the rest of us. He gave them to me instead.”

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304. “Neil realized Matt had been waiting up for him.”

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305. “Be here at six o’clock tomorrow morning,” Wymack said. “We’ve got a game to win Friday.”

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306. “Andrew was watching him, still perched on the edge like he had a death wish. Neil wasn’t sure why he did it, but he plucked Andrew’s cigarette off the sidewalk and stuck it between his lips. He tipped his head to meet Andrew’s unwavering gaze and tapped two fingers to his temple in Andrew’s mocking salute.”

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307. “I’ve never understood why he likes knives.”

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308. “The sight of Riko had set every one of Neil’s fading bruises to pounding, but now he barely felt a thing. The only thing that mattered was his team and the way they moved around him.”

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309. “You were supposed to be a side effect of the drugs.” “I’m not a hallucination,” Neil said, nonplussed. “You are a pipe dream,” Andrew said.”

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310. “They knew he hated vegetables but loved fruit, that his favorite color was gray, and that he didn’t like movies or loud music. They were things Neil understood only in terms of survival, but his teammates hoarded these insights like gold. They were piecing Neil together and building a real person around all of his lies. They found the parts of him no disguise could change.”

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311. “Neil didn’t know what sound he made but Andrew’s fingers were a sudden and unforgiving weight on the back of his neck. Andrew pushed him forward and held him down. Neil tried to breathe but his chest was as tight as a rubber band ready to snap.”

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312. “He waited a beat to make sure Neil understood, then let go. The next time he raised his cigarette to his mouth Neil took it from him. Neil broke it between his fingers and let it fall to the asphalt by their feet. Andrew watched the halves roll away from each other and turned an unimpressed look on Neil. “Ninety-one percent,” Andrew said.”

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313. “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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314. “It’s always been ‘go’,” Neil said. He turned his hand palm-up and traced a key into his skin with his fingertip. He’d toyed with Andrew’s house key so many times he knew every dip and ridge by heart. “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.”

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315. “Renee rarely said anything on their walks anymore, too intent on what was happening on her phone. The occasional unhappy twitch at the corner of her mouth said her text conversations with Jean weren’t going well.”

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316. “At length Andrew smiled, slow and cold. It was the first time he’d smiled since coming off his drugs, and Neil couldn’t help but stare. “Now it’s getting fun,” Andrew said. “Finally,” Kevin said, equal parts exhaustion and exasperation. It.”

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

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

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319. “You can’t cut down someone who’s already in the gutter.”

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320. “Scarred was better than dead, so Neil figured he’d get over the stares eventually.”

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321. “When the Foxes filed off the court, Renee headed for Riko. She wasn’t the sort to pick a fight, so Neil stopped to stare after her. Riko didn’t take the hand Renee offered, but Jean did.”

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322. “Andrew let go of his racquet and got to his feet, but he was obviously unsteady. Neil expected him to fall, but Nicky slung an arm around Andrew’s shoulders and yanked Andrew close to him.”

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323. “You are Jean Moreau. Your place is here with me, with us. I’m your captain. You’re my partner. We’re supposed to be doing this together, aren’t we? Stop leaving me behind. Look at me.”

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324. “I can barely check my email without wanting to shoot my computer.”

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325. “Did you know I’ve never been skiing? I’d like to try it one day, though.”

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326. “Oh,” Andrew said. “Oh, you might actually turn out to be interesting.”

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327. “Speaking of, one of these days I want you to tell me how you roped her into it.” “I asked,” Neil said. “There goes that ‘asked’ thing again,” Matt said. “Does it mean something different where you come from?” “Most of the time, yes,” Neil said. The unexpected honesty startled a laugh from Matt.”

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328. “What? I thought you didn’t like her.” Nicky bolted upright like Neil struck him. “Who doesn’t like Renee?”

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329. “Katelyn’s refusing to see me or talk to me until Andrew and I get counseling.”

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330. “Andrew said it 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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331. “He looked for his racquet first and was relieved to find it right where he left it. On the heels of relief was confusion and alarm, because Andrew was nowhere in the kitchen.”

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332. “Jean would only drive himself mad if he tried to understand the toxic mystery that was the human heart.”

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333. “Brown like the soil in Rhemann’s garden, or the sand where the tide washed ashore, or the dirt roads Cat had led him down time and again. Brown like the gaze that sought Jean out in every room, but that last thought wasn’t one he could linger on.”

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334. “That’s just a mite bit hecked up.”

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335. “Neil worried for a moment what they’d do with Andrew’s rude brand of teamwork at their backs, but the next time he got a good look at Matt, Matt was grinning like this was the most fun he’d had in years. It.”

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336. “There were twenty-one thousand people enrolled at Palmetto State University. Neil wasn’t playing for himself anymore; he was playing to represent them.”

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337. “Andrew told me to handle it. That’s the easiest way I knew how.”

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338. “Looking at them all, Neil was as sad as he was proud.”

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339. “The injury was Kevin’s to bear, but we all suffered for it.”

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340. “Neil wondered what alternate universe he’d stumbled into. “Andrew hit you.”

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341. “Andrew casually reached for the wooden block of knives.”

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342. “Nathaniel’s mouth was moving, because of course he’d have to run his mouth despite being worn down to the bone.”

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343. “A hand on his chin startled him into looking up. When he met Jean’s eyes, Jean only said, “Focus on what’s important.” “I am,” Jeremy said. Jean opened his mouth, closed it again, and let go of Jeremy without a word. Jeremy snagged his arm when he started to turn away. “Who did this to you?”

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344. “He had to trust that they were all there, safe and having fun. He was content to watch and imagine. Lonely, too, but there was nothing he could do about that.”

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345. “Retreating from a furious older man was so instinctive Neil didn’t realize he’d flinched until Wymack froze. Wymack’s face went almost dangerously blank and Neil dropped his gaze. He was careful not to look away from Wymack entirely.”

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346. “When he looked up at the mirror, bright blue eyes stared back.”

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347. “Neil didn’t know how long he played with his little league team, but his hands remembered the weight of a racquet as well as they did that of a gun.”

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348. “Neil watched him do it, trying to remember the last time someone gave him a gift and coming up blank. That his first one should be from Andrew was unsettling.”

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349. “Kevin’s bleak tone brought Neil up short, as did the French Kevin was speaking.”

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350. “I want you to stop taking cracker dust.”

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