Top 500 Rebecca Yarros Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “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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152. “She will,” he says, his head lowering slightly, but he doesn’t dip his shoulder even as I reach his front left claw. “Humans have the memories of gnats. Dragons hold grudges.” “I’m going to forget you said that,” I tease back.”

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153. “Say those three little words, and I’ll have you naked in seconds.” He looks at me with so much heat that I do a double take when I glance up, my breath catching. “I want you.” All day. Every day. “Those are not the three words I need.” He slides into my mind like a caress.”

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

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155. “The one that read I meant what I said on the parapet. Even when I’m not with you, there’s only you. That needed no explanation. He’s fighting.”

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156. “And if I ask you to stay behind, all cozy and safe while I get it?”

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157. “My power, my body, my soul – it’s all yours.” He slips a hand down my stomach and lightly strokes my hypersensitive clit. “Take whatever you need.”

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158. “The curse of being in the right place at the right time is that sometimes there isn’t a right thing to do.”

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159. “Let me in.” It isn’t a request. To my surprise, he lowers his shields, and the shimmering onyx bond between us solidifies. “You wielded your signet today. Behind the wards.”

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160. “He’s just asking me to stay close. And honestly, there’s nowhere else I’d rather be.”

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161. “Somehow, she’d found a miracle in the middle of the maelstrom, and it may have taken her a moment to realize what she had, but now that she did, she would fight with everything she had to keep it – to keep him.”

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162. “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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163. “It really pisses me off when you guys act like my sense of humor somehow lessens my ability to show up for our squad.”

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164. “Or is the miracle of our relationship the result of a precise combination of tragedies that broke us both so completely that when we collided, we became something entirely new?”

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165. “My loyalty is to Violet first above everything, everyone else,” Xaden says. “Then Tyrrendor. Then Navarre in the moments it’s worthy – usually when Violet is in residence.”

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166. “We are the weapons, and this place is the stone they use to sharpen us.”

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167. “The only thing more stubborn than a dragon is its rider. – Colonel Kaori’s Field Guide to Dragonkind.”

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168. “Everyone wants wisdom but needs luck.”

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169. “You forget that I know your body as well as my own, Vi.”

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170. “Going for blood today, are we, Violence?” he whispers. Metal hits the mat again and he kicks it past my head and out of my reach. He’s not taking my daggers to use against me; he’s disarming me just to prove he can. My blood boils. “My name is Violet,” I seethe. “I think my version fits you better.” He releases my wrist and stands, offering me a hand. “We’re not done yet.”

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171. “I kiss him back like my life depends on his surrender and tilt my head for that perfect angle. He finds it without even trying, taking the kiss deeper, stealing little pieces of my soul with each swirl and slide of his tongue with an expertise I can’t fight.”

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172. “I haven’t left this room since we got here.′ Our gazes collide, and it’s all I can do not to reach for her, but I know I’m the last place she’ll seek comfort. ‘I haven’t left you.”

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173. “Do not speak of my father. I am the one who watched him die.” Xaden points.”

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174. “You’re staring. It’s going to get awkward in about thirty seconds if you don’t stop.”

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175. “You want to fight for me?′ I reach up into my hair and pull the pins loose one by one, letting them fall to the stone floor. ‘Then take a chance without knowing how I feel. You want my heart back? Risk yours first this time.”

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176. “Aotrom lifts his head, then sprays water through his teeth, completely soaking Ridoc from the tips of his hair to the toes of his boots.”

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177. “You don’t really know me. Not at my core. Isn’t that how he replied when I told him that I’d end up falling for him? As if knowing him would somehow make me want him less, but everything I learn about him only makes me tumble harder and faster.”

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178. “It was never our continent. From the very beginning, it was theirs, and we were simply allowed to live here.”

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179. “Good idea. I could use a snack.” Andarna’s tone is indecently excited. “We do not eat our allies,” Tairn lectures. “You never let me have any fun.”

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180. “You will not fall. I will not allow it.”

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181. “Perhaps the kindest thing I could do for the characters would be to leave their stories unfinished. Leave them with their possibilities, their potential, even if they only exist in my own mind.”

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182. “Are congratulations or commiserations in order?” Tairn lifts his head. “Shut up.”

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183. “It was impossible to give away a heart I’d never gotten back in the first place.”

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184. “Well, look at that. I am a certified badass.”

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185. “And then she laughed. I fell in love with her all over again. Not the quiet, observant girl she’d been, or the friend I’d let down, but the woman she’d grown into, beautiful and strong, scarred and still laughing.”

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186. “I’ve got you,” he promises, his voice hoarse. “My power, my body, my soul – it’s all yours.”

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187. “You want me the same way that I want you. Wholly. Completely. With nothing but skin between us. Heart, mind, and body.” He brushes his mouth against mine, stuttering my breath. “All I want is to lose myself in you, and I can’t. You are the only person in the world with the power to strip me of every ounce of my control, and the only person I can’t fathom losing that control with.”

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

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189. “I love you and I want you to feel complete,” I tell her, and she slowly meets my gaze. “I want you happy and safe and thriving. I want you to live.” My voice breaks. “Even if it’s not with me.”

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190. “No, Violet.” He lifts both swords overhead, then slips them into the sheaths on the pack behind him with practiced expertise and a hint of a smirk. “Just you and me.” He’s gone before I can even think of a reply. With trembling hands, I unfold the paper – and smile. Xaden Riorson wrote me a letter.”

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191. “Now tell me, which chose you first? The one who gifted you the power of the sky? Or the irid?”

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192. “I’m afraid you may have gotten a bad deal by marrying me.” He tilted her chin and kissed her gently. “I got more than I could have dreamed of by marrying you. We’ll figure everything else out together.”

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193. “Did you scream for Riorson to save you when they locked you down here and broke your bones?”

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194. “He keeps his head low but opens his eyes to look at me. “I’m not sorry, but I am.”

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195. “Life doesn’t come with a script. It’s messy and unpredictable, but that’s what makes it beautiful. We have to embrace the uncertainty and find the courage to leap into the unknown.”

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196. “I chose you not as my next, but as my last, and should you fall, then I will follow.”

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197. “People are trying to kill you?” Jesinia’s brow knits. “It’s Thursday.”

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198. “Both,” Xaden replies. “I don’t want to be different people to you. Anyone else? Fine. Just not you. You’re stuck with all of me, and all of me is quite capable of keeping your confidence.”

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199. “You are not attracted to toxic men, I remind myself, and yet, here I am, getting all attracted.”

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200. “I’ll take care of you. Just... just live. Please live.”

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