Top 500 Rebecca Yarros Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “You are the culmination of every lightning strike and twist of fate. Do not settle for the love that hones your edges and turns you bitter and cold, Georgia. Not when there are so many other kinds of love waiting for you. And don’t wait like I did, wasting 17 years, because I’d left one bitter foot in my past. We’re all entitled to our mistakes. When you recognize them for what they are, don’t live there. Life is too short to miss the lightning strike, and too long to live it alone.”

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102. “She’s fine,” Xaden interrupts. “I’m the one feeling a little clingy.”

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103. “How many times has he read me? How many pre-thoughts has he eavesdropped on? Do I actually love him? Or did he just say what I wanted to hear? Do the things I needed in order to – “Less than a minute,” Xaden whispers as Sgaeyl moves toward him – toward us. “That’s how long it took for you to fall out of love with me.”

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104. “But do not wallow in guilt, Silver One. Whatever you feel is natural. Allow yourself to feel it but then let it go.”

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105. “It would be a shame to kill my last living relative.” Xaden tilts his head to mirror mine, then straightens, and on today of all days, I choose not to remind him that he has two half brothers.”

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106. “Violence, remember it’s only the body that’s fragile. You are unbreakable.”

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107. “You know it’s not like that for him,” he says in a lecturing tone that reminds me of Xaden. “I’ve never seen him – ” “Let’s not do this.” “ – care like this – ” “No really. Stop.” “ – and that includes Catriona.” My gaze whips toward him. “Who the hell is Catriona?” He winces and presses his lips in a thin line. “What are the chances that you’ll forget I said that between here and Samara?”

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108. “That’s why we’ll fail. Because you will choose everyone over yourself, and he will choose you over everyone.”

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109. “Anyone who’s ever dated a rider knows their first priority – their first love – is their dragon. Once you accept that, another man hardly feels like a challenge.”

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110. “If I’d been there, beyond the wards, I would have drained the very earth to its core to keep you safe.”

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111. “Less than a minute’, Xaden whispers as Sgaeyl moves toward him-toward us. ‘That’s how long it took for you to fall out of love with me.”

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112. “Do. You. Still. Love. Me?” I enunciate every word and lean right into his space just to prove that I’m not intimidated by him. He cups the back of my neck and pulls me within inches of his face – close enough to kiss. “I could reach the rank of Maven, lead armies of dark wielders against everyone we care for, and watch every vein in my body turn red as I channel all the power in the Continent, and I would still love you. What I did doesn’t change that. I’m not sure anything can.”

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113. “Funny how people rename everything that makes them feel uncomfortable.”

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114. “She exists, and I get turned on. I’ve come to accept that particular truth over the last year.”

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115. “Play my position, show no fear, and tonight we dine on the souls of our enemies!”

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116. “You preach peace while only having known its privilege.”

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117. “Scratch her eyes out,” Andarna suggests. “Really. The eyes are the softest tissue. Just jab your thumbs in there – ” “Andarna! Use some common sense,” Tairn snaps. “The kneecaps are a much easier target.”

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118. “I wish I could keep you safe as well. Our lives have turned out so very differently than we planned. I wish you were with me, that we had taken this journey together. You have been my compass all these years, and I’m not sure I’ll be able to find my way without you, but as I promised this morning as we said our goodbyes, I will do my best. I carry you with me in my heart, always.”

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119. “You do not have the right to burn what is mine.”

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120. “No one stays friends forever, Mira. Eventually those closest to us become our enemies in some way, even if it’s through well-intentioned love or apathy, or if we live long enough to become their villains.”

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121. “Yeah, well, it cost me you.”

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122. “You have the power to be a pain in the ass, too. Trust me.”

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123. “Was everyone’s dragon a curmudgeon? Or just mine?”

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124. “For the first time in months, I feel whole. A smile spreads across my face. “Andarna.”

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125. “You do some of your best work on that throne.”

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126. “I’m proud you’re mine.” Andarna’s voice wavers, the blinks of her eyes becoming slower. “Even if I need a bath.”

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127. “Dragons do not answer to the whims of men.”

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128. “I’ve always loved watching you on the mat.” “I know.” Xaden rolls his neck. “I’ve used it to my advantage a few times.” Of course he has.”

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129. “We are imperfect people made that way by an imperfect world, and we don’t always get a say in what shapes us.”

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130. “I can kill him if you prefer,” Xaden offers, raising his scarred brow. “And give him another opportunity to fake his own death?”

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131. “Love of my life.”

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132. “I bite back my smile. “I’m never scared of him.” Xaden’s eyes find mine, and my pulse skips. “And he’s not my boyfriend.”

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133. “It’s too late to save Mom, but I’ll be damned if I let Xaden get himself killed.”

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134. “And what would you have done with the knowledge had he shared it?” Tairn asks. “Stop bringing logic into an emotional argument.”

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135. “Life is varying degrees of pain, but Liam never leaves. He’s there every time I open my eyes, watching, talking me through the torture, holding my sanity together while simultaneously proving it’s already left.”

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136. “Me? Argue with you about books? I only pick fights I can win.”

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137. “I love you so much it hurts.”

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138. “Garrick Tavis. Xaden Riorson.” Captain Fitzgibbons’s voice carries over the formation as he reads from the death roll. “Well, this is awkward,” Xaden calls out. And every head in the courtyard turns our direction.”

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139. “Even the most effective poisons come in pretty packages, and Xaden’s exactly that – as beautiful as he is lethal.”

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140. “Ten years had passed since we’d met on a very different tarmac, and the sight of her still left me speechless.”

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141. “Think about that later,” Tairn commands. “I’m fine, thanks for asking.” “Of course you are. I chose well.”

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142. “You are my Home.”

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143. “It’s a good thing, though. Missing him. Grief means you had someone worth grieving.”

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144. “Rare abilities, when kept secret, are the most valuable form of currency we possess.”

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145. “As far as I’m concerned, you have the credibility of a drunkard and the integrity of a rat.”

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146. “I told you I’d feel jealous and then I’d kick his ass. I might have turned, but I’m still a man of my word when it comes to you.”

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147. “And it is always you.”

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148. “I have exactly two shades when it comes to the sun, pale and burned.”

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149. “Now, Andarna doesn’t eat our allies – it’s a whole thing her elders are trying to teach her – but you know how adolescents are.”

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150. “I told you in Aretia – I would rather lose this entire war than live without you.”

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