Top 500 Rebecca Yarros Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “She’s fine,” Xaden interrupts. “I’m the one feeling a little clingy.”

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102. “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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103. “You have been the gift of my life,” I tell Tairn.”

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104. “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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105. “We made it a good one.”

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106. “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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107. “She is warmth and light and air and love.”

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108. “You get one chance to form your own squad, and you choose your ex, your current lover, the quadrant’s resident smart-ass, two people who have tried to kill you in the past year – one over said current lover – and whatever Dain is? These are your choices for the most important mission any rider could possibly undertake?” “I’m glad someone said it,” Tairn chimes in.”

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109. “Remember that folklore is passed from one generation to the next to teach us about our past. If we lose it, we lose the links to our past. It only takes one desperate generation to change history- even erase it.”

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110. “Nostalgia hit with a wicked right hook.”

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111. “I’d pay good money to see him lose it. To be the one he lost it with.”

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

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113. “Just you and me today, honey bear.” Garrick swings his arm over Xaden’s shoulder. “Don’t worry,” he leans in and whispers. “I’ll take good care of you.” He flashes a dimple.”

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114. “I don’t like your selection in mates, yet here we are,” Tairn responds.”

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115. “Secrets make for poor leverage. They die with the people who keep them.”

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

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

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119. “Maybe I fell for the wrong – ” “It would be a shame to kill my last living relative.”

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120. “It’s already snowing up the pass. I bet we get seven inches tonight.” “Maybe more if you’re good.”

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121. “Eyes here,” Dain says, and Sloane looks his way.”

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122. “I’m pleasantly fuddled but not entirely sloshed.”

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123. “You could hyphenate,” Garrick suggests. “Or combine? Riorgail? Sorrenson?”

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124. “And he’s not my boyfriend.” Rhi snorts and Ridoc offers me a sarcastic thumbs-up. “Agreed,” Xaden says. “That’s far too casual a term for what we are.”

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125. “Real love has to be choked out, held under the water until it stops kicking.”

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126. “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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127. “Do you want me to sit out here with you?” His grin deepens. “When you clearly need to rest? No, love, though I appreciate the offer. It’s hard to explain, but I’m just going to take a little time to myself to soak in this view.”

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

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129. “You take a step toward this Sorrengail and you’ll be dead before you can even shift your weight,′ Xaden says, his voice dropping lethally. ‘She’s not up for discussion.”

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130. “Are you trying to bring me to my knees? Or win the argument?” His hand flexes at my hip as his heated gaze sweeps over me.”

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131. “I am as unknown as he is, and you still trust me,” she says. “I will not be another battle you have to fight.”

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132. “It’s been my honor. Liam’s last words to me.”

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133. “Good. That hilt is eight inches – ” “Seven,” Dain corrects. “Imagine a man actually shortening a girl’s estimate,” Maren teases.”

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134. “I love you. The world does not exist for me beyond you.”

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135. “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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136. “Should I get the wingleader?” Tairn flat-out laughs in my head.”

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137. “I never lied when I said I can’t live without you, Violence.′ He backs away slowly, his lips curving in a sad smile. ‘And defenseless women have never been my type, remember?”

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138. “Don’t look for me. It’s yours now. He’s gone.”

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139. “Get your leathers. We have dragons to ride.”

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140. “Should I get the Wingleader?”

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141. “They choose for reasons they don’t see fit to share with us.” He pushes off his desk. “And not all strength is physical, Violet.”

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142. “She can’t die, and not just because there’s a chance I won’t survive. She can’t die because I know I can’t live without her even if I do.”

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143. “We do not eat our allies.”

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144. “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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145. “The woman was a meteor, a shooting star capable of granting impossible wishes or destroying life as I knew it.”

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146. “Second, I don’t control Violet. Never have. Never will.”

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147. “Well, that was graceful.” I jerk my goggles to my forehead. “You fly next time.”

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148. “We live by the Codex – ” I try again. “I live by you.”

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149. “But the way I see it, there are all kinds of wars. Some are just more visible than others.”

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150. “Hi there,” Xaden says as he strides toward me, the corners of his mouth curving. He’s shucked his flight jacket, too, and pushed up the sleeves of his uniform to his elbows. “Hi there.” I grin, somehow having found home thousands of miles away from the Continent.”

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