Top 200 Rebecca Ross Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “Iris had relived them a hundred times, as if they were anchored to the ring. The moment Roman had slipped it onto her finger. How the stars had started to burn overhead, the flowers sweetening the dusk around them. How he had smiled at her through his tears. How he had whispered her name in the dark.”

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202. “She was trembling. Her eyes were wide and wild as she stared at him. He could lose himself in those hazel eyes, in wanting to calm the fear that blazed within her.”

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203. “It was eventide, the moment between darkness and light, when the constellations began to dust the sky and the city lamps flickered to life in reply.”

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204. “Return to me, Thea Attwood,” he said. Attie spun to look back at him. “In case you didn’t know, I have nine lives too, Tobias Bexley.”

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205. “I would like to take you to all the places you love most in the city, and then beyond. Think about them. Make me a list. We’ll go anywhere you want to. We’ll go together when the war is over.”

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206. “Time did not favor such quiet stories. Once, I had feared this, until I realized my story was not one to be devoured by strangers. No, this was for him and for me. And if we wanted to tell it, we would tell it in our own way.”

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207. “Attie smiled, tugging on her hand. “I’m telling you that Roman Carver Kitt is in the garden, waiting to marry you.”

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208. “Even then, Forest never let go of her hand.”

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209. “Iris! Iris, it’s me, Kitt.”

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210. “Because of course he would have one of those sorts of laughs. The ones you couldn’t hear and not feel in your own chest.”

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211. “It was only a book, but it felt far more than leather and paper and ink. It felt like something to tether her in the coming days, something to protect her as well as encourage her to keep going.”

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212. “His hands reached for her as she reached for him, and the stillness broke when they touched, as if they had cracked the world.”

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213. “And yet she wanted to write about what was happening in the west. She wanted to write the truth.”

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214. “They were three strides away from the door when there was a startling bright light, as if a star had fallen. A pressure in his ears, a boom that he felt in his chest. Even then, Forest never let go of her hand.”

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215. “And the answer is yes, by the way,” he said, kissing the curve of her knee. “I would still have found you, even if you had never written that essay.”

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216. “And what a cruel and terrible thing it is, to be a divine with such power and magic, and yet find yourself so small-minded and afraid that you decide to live out your endless days harming others. Instead of letting us choose to love you for the good you could be, you have forced us to serve you by way of pain and terror. That is unforgivable, and a lesson you will have learned too late, when you lose this war against us.”

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217. “My heart is only mine by half.”

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218. “You betrayed me for a woman?” Dacre said. “You are the greatest fool in my forces, as well as my greatest shame.” The words rolled off Roman. He smiled, feeling like he had swallowed a flame. It was lighting up his marrow. Illuminating his veins. “Oh, I would betray you a hundredfold,” he said, his voice rising. “I would betray you a thousandfold for her.”

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219. “Should I be surprised that I was falling in love with you a second time? Should I be surprised that your words found me here, even in the darkness?”

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220. “I don’t hate sandwiches,” he said, and he sounded more like his old self. “You dislike them, though,” Iris stated. “I’m simply too busy for them. They’re a distraction. And distractions can be dangerous.”

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221. “Damn, he was proud of her.”

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222. “There is always pain in healing,” the lieutenant interrupted. “To fully avoid it is impossible.”

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223. “Be safe. Be well. I’ll write soon.”

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224. “It’s always best to say less, to let others wonder where you’ve been and what you’ve seen and what you think. Let them imagine what could be. There’s great power in a mystery. Don’t spoil yours.”

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225. “Write me a story where there is no ending, Kitt. Write to me and fill my empty spaces.”

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226. “He chose me first,” I replied. “He dreamt of me before I knew of him. His soul found mine before I even knew how to look for his.”

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227. “He felt Iris cling to him, and he knew if he didn’t pull away from her that instant, he never would. He would follow her into her flat. He would peel away their damp clothes and lie beside her in bed. He would hold her to his heart and pray the morning never came.”

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228. “Dreams often revealed one’s greatest vulnerability; dreams were doors that led into hearts and minds and souls and secrets.”

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229. “Don’t run from me, Iris,” Roman said as he began to hobble toward her. “Don’t run from me, not after what we’ve just lived through. Not without granting me one final request.”

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230. “A shiver coursed through him as he looked up at the moon and the stars. He remembered everything.”

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231. “As the stars faithfully burned beyond the window, Roman had never been more certain. He could wake in the deepest region of Dacre’s realm, as far from the moon and sun as divinity could shackle him. He could wake and not know his name, forgetting every word he had ever written. But he would never forget the scent of Iris’s skin, the sound of her voice. The way she looked at him. The confidence of her hands. And he though, There is no magic above or below that will ever steal this from me again.”

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232. “Kitt and I are like fire and ice. I think we’d probably kill each other if we had to be in the same room for too long.”

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