Top 500 Rebecca Yarros Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Stories can change depending on who tells them.”

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302. “But what I do have is yours, Scarlett. My heart, my name, my very being – it’s all yours. And I promise I will spend every day of my life earning the privilege of your love if you let me.”

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303. “Xaden and I are the first of our signets to live simultaneously since the Great War?”

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304. “Open that door, and I’ll pin the edge of your pants to the wood and leave you there for the next three days.”

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305. “I will not stand for you being devoured by a house cat.”

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306. “I say yes. Let’s take our shot. Let’s go slow or move fast. Let’s do everything we talked about and dream up new stuff. I don’t care where we live or what we do, as long as I get to do it with you. I love you.”

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307. “That’s why you have to become better than me. There’s only you.”

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308. “I’m still not making it easy. But you and I are not easy people. What we build together has to be strong enough to withstand a storm. Or a war. Easy isn’t going to give that to us.”

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309. “Always here but never present.”

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310. “You are the smartest of your year. The most cunning.” I gulp at the compliment, brushing it off. I was trained as a scribe, not a rider. “You defended the smallest with ferocity. And strength of courage is more important than physical strength. Since you apparently need to know before we land.”

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311. “The four of us stick together. That’s the deal. We make it to graduation, no matter what.”

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312. “Stay close to the wingleader until we return,” Tairn orders. Surely he meant to say squad leader.”

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313. “You fly next time.”

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314. “I was forever kept in his orbit, allowed to glimpse the damage I knew lingered beneath his surface, but condemned to watch helplessly from afar as he collected scars.”

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315. “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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316. “Look at me.” I take hold of his forearm, but he doesn’t back off Faris’s throat. A thin line of blood appears at the blade’s edge. “Look. At. Me.”

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317. “I am in love with him.” I bristle. “I haven’t so much as thought about you in years.”

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318. “I’ve made my peace with knowing there’s no getting over you.”

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319. “That look right there is why I chose to answer your questions, for the satisfaction of us both knowing that I can still cut you and I don’t have to lift a blade.”

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320. “What happened to not getting into trouble?” “I never promised that.” I hold his gaze, noting the circles under his eyes. “You look tired.” “Just what every man wants to hear from the person he loves.”

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321. “For all that he says he isn’t soft, isn’t kind, he’s also the only man I know whose back is covered in promises made for other people. Even if his reasoning was preparing for this war we’re about to wage, he still risked his own life by vouching for them.”

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322. “You must save yourself,” Tairn demands. “I chose you not as my next but as my last, and should you fall, then I will follow.”

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323. “Now, earn your nickname and try your best to kill me.”

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324. “Sorry to inconvenience you, but this year the role of Violet Sorrengail” – he points to me – “will be played by Xaden Riorson” – he taps his chest – “who will drag her, kicking and screaming if he has to, into a real relationship with real discussions, because he refuses to lose her again. If I have to evolve, you do, too.” He folds his arms across his chest.”

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325. “Shadows creep across the step at our feet. “It’s fine,” I quickly assure Garrick, keeping my hand entwined with Xaden’s much larger one. “I’m fine. He’s fine. All fine.”

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326. “My face feels like it’s been blasted by dragon fire. “How would you like this to go?” Dain asks me as Narelle glances among the three of us, her silver brows knitting. “Just like it’s gone for the last eighteen months,” Xaden answers, losing any and all trace of the niceties he showed Dain an hour ago. “Everyone assumes she’ll wind up with you, but it’s my last name she ends up wearing on her flight jacket in formation.”

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327. “He’d protected me when I needed and taught me to defend myself so I wouldn’t require protection forever. And when others are quick to stand in front of me, Xaden always stands at my side, trusting me to hold my own.”

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328. “A purple sash crosses his doublet, pinned to his chest by a dozen medals he’s never won from a hundred battlefields he’s never stepped foot on.”

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329. “And now I’m a rider. Riders fight.”

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330. “Xaden Riorson is now in the business of keeping his mortal enemy alive.”

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331. “I know it was the not telling you. I get it. But when the lives of everyone around you depend on how well you can lie, it’s not easy to realize it’s the truth that will save you.”

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332. “No snide remarks,” I say to Ridoc with a quick smile. “I’m proud of you.” “I kept the inside thoughts inside,” he replies with a flash of a grin as Xaden approaches.”

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333. “You’ll feel the moment when you’ll know that there’s nothing to leave. And it might break your heart, but when you feel it, you fly. Promise me you’ll fly.”

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334. “You can’t interfere!” Tynan shouts at Xaden, but I don’t dare look away from my opponent long enough to see how the wingleader reacts. “No, but I can narrate,” Xaden retorts.”

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335. “You have worked just as hard – if not harder – than every rider in this quadrant. Just because your body is built differently than the others doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to keep your seat. It takes more than a few strips of leather and a pommel to define a rider.”

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336. “My father’s world rotated on the axis of my mother, and they didn’t meet until their third year. Her first real love would have been Aimsir, and she was irreplaceable. Our entire family’s happiness rested on her health and survival.”

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337. “You already hold my soul and now you want my pain? Getting greedy, Violence.”

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338. “Gods, I’ve missed the taste of you.” Even his mental voice comes across as a groan. “The feel of you in my arms.”

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339. “I may not want to appear different than every other rider on this field, but I already am.”

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340. “I’m not sure I’ll ever have a heart to give. Seems safer to read about love in novels than it is to honestly experience it.”

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341. “I didn’t know what this new future looked like, but I knew it was ours. And that was everything.”

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342. “Stay out of sight,” I tell Tairn. “I am as the night.”

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343. “I choose you. I choose whatever risk this brings. I see every part of you, Xaden: The good. The bad. The unforgivable. That’s what you promised, and that’s what I want – all of you. I can handle myself, even against you if I have to.”

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344. “But if we let fear kill whatever this is between us, then we don’t deserve it.”

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345. “She’s worse than your ex,” Torres mumbled. “She’s your what-if.”

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346. “Oh, Violence, you’re going to have to learn to shield against Tairn or his escapades with Sgaeyl will drive you mad- or into someone’s bed.”

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347. “Turns out, falling in love with someone only brings that blissful high all the poets talk about if they love you back. And if they keep secrets that jeopardize everyone and everything you hold dear? Love doesn’t even have the decency to die. It just transforms into abject misery. That’s what this ache in my chest is: misery.”

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348. “His allure is a warning not to get too close, and I am definitely too close.”

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349. “I’m done sleeping in a bed that doesn’t have you in it.” His thumb strokes along my pulse.”

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350. “Cadet Sorrengail, and whomever she acted with, committed the crime last night, and as of this morning, every single one of you and our king signed their pardons.” I nod. “Brilliant, reckless woman.” His gaze heats, and I fight a smile.”

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