Top 500 Rebecca Yarros Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “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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402. “I am in love with him.” I bristle. “I haven’t so much as thought about you in years.”

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

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404. “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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405. “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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406. “I’ve loved you since forever. I’ve been in love with you since I was old enough to understand what that meant. No one else ever had a shot of getting close. How could they, when you took my heart with you?”

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407. “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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408. “First means nothing. Last means everything.”

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409. “Love doesn’t even have the decency to die. It just transforms into abject misery.”

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

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412. “I’m more than willing to let you burn me.”

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

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414. “Live up to your nickname and fight this, Violence,′ Xaden whispers against my ear.”

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415. “Which I didn’t mind, since my bed is too cold without you physically in it and too quiet without you screaming my name.”

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

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417. “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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418. “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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419. “She slowly lifts her gaze to mine. “What you asked me to.”

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420. “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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421. “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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422. “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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423. “And now I’m a rider. Riders fight.”

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424. “I’m Theophanie, by the way. Seems only right that you know my name, seeing as I know everything about you, Violet Sorrengail.”

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

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426. “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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427. “Our fates are intertwined, for I cannot exist in a world where you do not.”

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428. “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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429. “We can live as cowards or die as riders.”

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430. “Because you didn’t fall for an ordinary rider. You fell for the leader of a revolution,” he whispers, the sound so soft it barely carries to my ears.”

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431. “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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432. “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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433. “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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434. “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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435. “Just because your body is built differently than the others doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to keep your seat.”

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

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

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439. “Forget awkward. This felt like coming home.”

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440. “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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441. “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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442. “Sometimes the best gift the god of luck can give is his absence. – Zehyllna: Isle of Zihnal by Major Asher Sorrengail.”

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

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

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445. “I could torch him if you would like,” Tairn offers. “But you do seem attached.”

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446. “That trick you mentioned? You know, with the fingers?” A slow smile spreads across my face. “Thanks.”

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447. “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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448. “Xaden Riorson.” I lift my chin as if I’m answering to my father for my choice. “And he’s mine, even when he’s being a possessive ass.”

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

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450. “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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