Top 120 Tracy Deonn Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “You’re Bree Matthews, baby. You can do anything.”

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102. “Every display of power is necessary.”

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103. “Being clever and being creepy are not mutually exclusive.”

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104. “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 formed outside of Oaths and despite of them, the wavelength of understanding tuned to the frequency of Sel and Nick.”

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105. “No one owns the space between bloodlines, between ancestors and descendants. Not even the dead.”

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106. “Just because my hair takes up space doesn’t mean it’s dirty.”

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107. “I want you whole.” His next kiss is a promise that leaves me trembling. “I want you entire.”

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108. “Even when you choose yourself, you turn hope into something tangible for the rest of us.”

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109. “See? This is why I date girls. Taste!”

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110. “She’s suffered so much, but she has always had people with her. She had us. Now she’s alone.”

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111. “Like many true things, this is awful, and hard.”

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112. “Kissing you is like touching the sky, like touching the horizon. God, Bree, it’ s even like touching the – ” “The fall,” I whisper. “Not just standing at the edge, but going over. All of it.”

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113. “My lungs might be crushed from the weight of his rib cage, but I find that I don’t care. Who needs air, anyway?”

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114. “Everything has two histories. Especially in the South.”

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115. “It is rage, expanding so fast and so hot that it fuels itself beneath your skin. Grief so deep you are only an open wound, only pain. Pain so fresh that the world itself feels like it should be burning.”

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116. “Is this what kings do? Make other people’s lives harder with their own bad decisions.”

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117. “Six months ago, my mother was still alive and I didn’t know what death looked like. Now I know what it sounds like.”

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118. “A demonic great Gatsby.”

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119. “Human beings deny other human beings’ humanity and call that power.”

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120. “You had to fail, Bree. You had to fall.” “Why?” I exclaim. “Because you had to rise.”

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121. “The air itself is desperate to hold me back, because I can break it, because I am the tip of the spear. The pain-sharpened blade.”

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122. “Guilt and shame won’t help me here. They arrest motion, and now is the time to act.”

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123. “If Nicholas Davis had touched you, he would not have let you go.” Erebus’s lips purse. “He will be a nuisance enough as it is.”

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124. “Alice has known me for half my life. We are sleepovers and skinned knees and first crushes and always making sure our lockers are side by side.”

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125. “How would you like me to carry you? What would please you, Page Matthews?” I huff and circle him, evaluating my options and ignoring his long-suffering stare. “Piggyback.” “Excuse me?” “You heard me.” “Like that movie – ” “Shut up.”

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126. “Briana Matthews cannot be the only voice that speaks against you.” Nick’s face turns derisive. A bright fury, rising beneath his skin. “Not when she bears our burdens for us and goes so unprotected. Not when you erase her humanity to guard your own power and protect your own whiteness.”

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127. “And then I’m in the air, leaving the earth and trees far behind me.”

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128. “I will build you into a girl whom no one can destroy. You won’t need a weapon. You’ll become one.”

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129. “My point is that you mock the very values that keep you relevant – and you should hold your tongue in gratitude.”

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130. “The Legendborn cycle saves human lives while destroying them in the same breath.”

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131. “Your hair is too long.” Nick fires back, “No time to get it cut.” “The stubble?” Sel asks. “Really?”

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132. “And if I want to burn it all to the ground?” His answer is a quick grin against my lips. “My blade is yours.”

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133. “Aren’t you the heir to the throne of white dude magic?”

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134. “The only way to honor my mother and her sacrifices, and the sacrifices of the women before us, is to face every challenge head-on. They ran so I would not have to.”

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135. “Hey,” he interrupts, tapping my knee. “Not everyone needs to be Bree. Half the time, I’m not even sure Bree needs to be Bree.” He shakes his head. “This ain’t a Bree Matthews–ass mission. You can’t go in and blow the place up, then apologize later.”

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136. “And I will never let Arthur Pendragon keep us from who we are together.”

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137. “Some truths only tragedy can teach. The first one I learned is that when people acknowledge your pain, they want your pain to acknowledge them back.”

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138. “How can you miss something that feels like it was never really there?”

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