Top 70 Rebecca Roanhorse Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “What could possibly go wrong?”

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2. “There is a beauty here, a calmness that I savor. I will savor the bloodshed, too, no doubt, but this balance between earth and animal and self feels right.”

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3. “National Park Ranger,” Aaron offers. “They stayed on after the federal government collapsed. Called themselves the Alt-Rangers. Said they had a higher duty to the land than to the government. They still wear their uniforms. It’s sort of a calling.”

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4. “You know people who love you don’t hurt you like that,” he says, eyes steady on me. “Love’s not supposed to try to kill you.”

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5. “Sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all.”

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6. “A man with a destiny is a man who fears nothing,” he whispered to himself.”

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7. “Everything you’ve done, your past, it’s all just a story you tell yourself. Some of it is true, but some of it is lies.”

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8. “Words matter,′ he says. ‘The name you give things, it forms them when you speak. You must always be careful with your words.”

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9. “We’ve all made choices,” Poe said. “Choices that caused harm, led to destruction, even at times death. We are all responsible for our deeds. The great and the terrible. But if we define ourselves only by what we’ve done, only by our failures, then this Resistance, this spark? It dies here and now.”

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10. “The Resistance will let you keep your hair. Have you seen Poe Dameron?” “He does have nice hair,” Wedge agreed.”

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11. “We were safe. Safe from the outside world, at least. But sometimes the worst monsters are the ones within.”

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12. “The First Order is no worse than the Sith, or the Empire, or countless others who would use the dark side. As always, they must be countered with the light.”

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13. “The forest around me is quiet and whatever judgment it makes of me, merciful or monstrous, it keeps to itself.”

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14. “This is... Rey!” the girl said suddenly. “And we’re out of the... ” She paused and then, “... Han system! We’re carrying medical equipment supplies to the southern region.” She grinned excitedly, clearly extemporizing. “We’re expected!”

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15. “But I’m no hero. I’m more of a last resort, a scorched-earth policy. I’m the person you hire when the heroes have already come home in body bags.”

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16. “What does that mean?” I ask. “It means come home safe. It means we’re family.”

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17. “I am the only storm that matters now, and there is no shelter from what I bring.”

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18. “To save the planet. They are devourers, you see. They will not stop until they have consumed every patch of ground and every drop of water, and pulled the guts of Mother Earth from the inside for their own uses.”

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19. “I love you. Don’t follow me. Six words. Simple words. Words that leave my heart stuttering in my chest, my breath coming short, but my feelings conflicted.”

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20. “There are only two kinds of men: ones who betray you sooner and ones who betray you later.”

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21. “From the back seat, Ben shouts, “Get in, losers! We’re going to Amangiri!”

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22. “Some people believe you destroy your enemies by making them your friends.”

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23. “Oh, me? I haven’t slept much these past few days,” Rey said quietly. “Too much on my mind.”

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24. “That all is the same,” he said, understanding immediately. “There is no difference between yourselves and the land.”

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25. “There was magic in the world, pure and simple, things she didn’t understand. Best get used to it.”

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26. “And Grandfather Crow said to First Woman, tell me your stories so that I might know who you are and what you value. If your stories are of the glory of war, I will know you value power. If your stories are of kinship, I know you value relationship. If your stories are of many children, I know you value legacy. But if your stories are of adaptation and survival, of long memory and revenge, then I will know you are a Crow like me.”

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27. “She wondered how much she was supposed to suffer in a single lifetime, how much exactly one person could take. But then she put that indulgent self-pitying moment away. She had work to do.”

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28. “My point,” Poe said, turning back to Agoyo, “is that many of us have dubious beginnings, but it is how we end that counts.”

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29. “The only thing I can think of is the man in front of me. A million questions roll through my mind. I want to run to him and wrap my arms around him, hold on and never let go. I want to sink my knife into his heart and make him suffer like I’ve suffered. But most of all I want to know why.”

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30. “To me it’s splitting hairs not to think these men monsters. After all, there are plenty of human monsters too, just as twisted and evil as anything supernatural.”

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31. “Seems anywhere there’s a natural resource, there’s someone willing to hoard it for themselves to make more money than they can spend.”

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32. “I have died many times in many ways. It is not the dying that is so awful, as the knowing that you must awaken alone the next dawn. I am not much of a morning person.”

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33. “Don’t take it the wrong way. I just mean that when something is part of your identity for so long, even if it’s not a good thing, it’s hard to let it go. Even if maybe you should.”

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34. “Leia would never hold someone’s past against them. She had enough demons in her family tree to guarantee she was not one to judge.”

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35. “Why try to educate those who cared not to learn?”

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36. “I know the rest of the sword is four feet long, its blade forged from the raw lightning that the sun gifted to his son as a weapon. His son who was once my mentor, once the only man I ever thought I’d love.”

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37. “There’s one more loss. Wedge, you better sit down.” Oh no. That was a sure sign Wedge preferred to stand. He leaned back against the edge of the kitchen counter and crossed his arms. “Tell me,” he commanded, his voice hard. “Luke Skywalker.” Wedge swayed. He reached back, gripping the counter. Not Luke! Could he even be killed? Didn’t Jedi live forever or something?”

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38. “The Resistance was the kiss of death, to friends and allies alike.”

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39. “Usually,” Xiala said carefully, “when someone describes a man as harmless, he ends up being a villain.”

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40. “No, this was it, his last stand. He would rather die here with a blaster in his hand and Norra by his side than hope to survive the tender mercies of the First Order.”

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41. “Feyou,” he said, placing her immediately. “But now you are a woman.” “I was always a woman,” Feyou said. “I just needed some time to become who I am.”

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42. “Snap nodded. “I’m just glad you’re okay, Dad.” Something swelled in Wedge’s chest. His heart, he guessed. Dad. “I’m great, son. Just great.” And he meant it.”

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43. “We’re not taking on the entire First Order tomorrow. We can’t. But we can take one step, and that earns us another day to take another step.” “We can’t do it alone.”

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44. “Leia studied her face. The girl was close, so close to something big. Bigger than Leia, maybe even Luke, if that was possible. But Leia knew that she wasn’t the one to ultimately get here there, that would be someone else.”

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45. “The most common punishments among the tight-knit Sky Made clans were banishment and, for lesser crimes, a system of restitution to make the injured party whole.”

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46. “A third gender, one I don’t believe you acknowledge here in this little backwater country.”

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47. “Don’t sink your ship just to prove you can swim.”

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48. “The sad truth you do not wish to face, Magdalena, is that sometimes the ones we call our heroes are the greatest monsters of all.”

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49. “It is said that crows can remember the faces of men who hurt them and do not forgive. They will carry a grudge against their tormentor until their deaths and pass on their resentment to their children. It is how they survive.”

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50. “Above all things, the Sun Priest must unite what is above to what is below. He must mirror the perfect order of the heavens to contain the disorder of the earth. Only when these are aligned can there be balance, and without balance, surely the world will tip into chaos. – The Manual of the Sun Priest.”

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