Top 120 Tracy Deonn Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “The unsaid thing about funerals is that directly after the communal mourning for someone you love, after everyone is gone and the connected grief dispersed, comes a solitude beyond imagining. A great, gaping nothing where a whole person and life and future used to be. The other side of a funeral is abyss.”

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52. “But you pulled the blade when you did and how you did because you put yourself in the right place to do so. Not your mother, not your grandmother, but you. You brought honor to your Line, and I don’t mean Arthur’s. You don’t need the sword, Bree. You are the sword. Their sword. Our sword.”

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53. “I can’t tell how old she is, of course, because Black women are magical like that.”

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54. “The land beneath my body is rich with voices, so close to the surface, blood in the soil, lives spent in whole here, from birth to death.”

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55. “And when your people die, you have to listen to strangers speak your nightmare into existence.”

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56. “Damsel in distress activates your hero mode?”

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57. “But sometimes you cope by wasting time, yes?”

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58. “Sometimes, you say the awful thing quickly and without taking a breath because lingering is too painful.”

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59. “We are not alike,” I whisper. “Then whose grief is this?”

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60. “You crave her, which means you cannot be the one to heal her.”

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61. “He didn’t break me. I broke the earth.”

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62. “The women around me are all in the business of throwing themselves at the wall, again and again, until it breaks – or molds itself in their images. It’s a type of impatient living that I’ve never dared try.”

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63. “We ran for many reasons. We ran to protect ourselves. We ran so we would not die, so that our daughters could live.”

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64. “With each step into the crowd, he becomes some new iteration of himself.”

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65. “Cowardice and bigotry don’t have to have faces. Their actions speak loudly enough.”

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66. “This is a bad idea,” Valec says, shaking his head and cutting the engine. But leggo.”

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67. “This place is ours, isn’t it?’ Lu dips her chin. “Yes, ma’am.” Regina smiles, soft and hopeful, then fades. ‘Good.”

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68. “Even when you choose yourself, you turn hope into something tangible for the rest of us. Even when you choose not to fight, you turn the tide. If you ask me, that right there is the soul of a king.”

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69. “That thing you did. That thing you do,” he says, his eyes filled with humor – and a shadow of hurt. “Tell yourself I’m just teasing. It’s okay to be nervous, but please don’t dismiss the idea that I like you, B.”

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70. “What better way to begin our adventure than with a pinch of rebellion.”

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71. “Be the answer, be the plan.”

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72. “Some oaths, Briana,” Erebus murmurs, “we make to ourselves. And to no one else.”

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73. “The last thing I see is my mother, holding me still while she whispers, “I love you.”

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74. “I just told you that my father is not only evil but one of the world’ s most ancient evils, in service to the being that devoured part of your soul, and all you’ve got is ‘wow’?” He shakes his head. “This generation is doomed, I swear.”

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75. “Colonizer magic. Magic that costs and takes. Many practitioners face demons. Many of us face evil. But from the moment their founders arrived, from the moment they stole Native homelands, the Order themselves gave the demons plenty to feed on! They reap what their magic sows.”

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76. “But here we stand and here we are. A king, a knight... and a prince.” “What... shall... we... do?”

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77. “She tastes like heat and danger and honey and” – Sel shudders – “power. Addictive, even without her root.”

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78. “But someone once told me that while we know ourselves best, we don’t always know what we ’re capable of doing or becoming.”

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79. “I want what every demon wants, Briana.” When he reaches for my hair, pausing to give me enough time to pull away, I don’t move. He tugs on one of my black-brown curls, drawing it down only to release it and watch the recoil. “Chaos.”

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80. “Half a heart is not enough to live a whole life, is it?”

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81. “Once you get tired of folks offering sympathy that doesn’t fit your pain, it’s easier to draw the bridge up than it is to keep it open.”

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82. “Only a king may teach a king.”

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83. “Bree is a child,” I insist. “She wasn’t raised for this war.” “No. She wasn’t,” he says, eyes turned inward and savoring. “But you truly haven ’t lived until you’ve seen her fight it.”

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84. “Not all of us are Bree Matthews.”

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85. “Come back, Bree. Come back to us.”

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86. “Greedy men collect what they cannot understand, and weak men destroy what they cannot control.”

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87. “So you’re not that good at pretending, after all.” He flashes a quiet grin. “Not when I’m with you.”

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88. “Daughter of sons.’ “Enough of that.”

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89. “I don’t need to do anything!” he snarls, stepping forward. “I only need her.”

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90. “I’m insulted and annoyed.”

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91. “Since we’ve all gathered in the same room – and he’s collected every knife and weapon-like item from the kitchen into his lap – he’s been less on edge. Leave it to Selwyn Kane to be comforted by a pile of sharp objects.”

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92. “Briana!” Zoe again. “Girl, you’re truly god-awful at hiding! May as well be sending up fireworks! Fourth of July–ass...”

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93. “You aren’t a failure!” I say. He smiles, harsh and slow. “And how would you know that, gorgeous girl? How could you ever understand what failure looks like? What it means to fall?”

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94. “I dream about us, Bree. Fighting side by side. Together. But lately, I dream that one day, we won’t have to fight at all.”

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95. “You don’t believe history is true. You won’t even admit it’s possible. That I am Arthur’s heir not by choice or honor, but by violence.”

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96. “Maybe you’re right, Briana Matthews, and I am not a problem to be fixed.” His eyes flare, red flame leaking from their corners. “But perhaps I should become one.”

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97. “It’s hard to be mad, watching the rare humor shared between them. When was the last time I saw them joke with each other? When was the last time their smiles echoed each other’s? Something unclenches in my heart to witness it: the familiarity of long cohabitation, the bonds forged outside of Oaths and despite of them, the wavelength of understanding tuned to the frequency of Sel and Nick.”

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98. “I knew you could grieve dead people,” I whisper “Guess I didn’t realize you could grieve living people too.”

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99. “I cannot truthfully say it is good to see you. I could lie, if you prefer?” His eyes brighten, almost hopeful. “Or you could lie? It would be like old times.”

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100. “It’s college,” Charlotte says with a shrug. “‘Smart but a bad influence’ describes like half the student body.”

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