Rebecca Yarros > Quotes

“Love – when it was right – was enough to save you. Beckett taught me that every single day. And ours was more than enough.
And so was I.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Last Letter

“If I’d been there, beyond the wards, I would have drained the very earth to its core to keep you safe.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“And you're going to teach us how to defeat you?" Aaric asks from behind us.
A corner of Xaden's mouth slowly curves upward. "I can teach you to try, but there's only one person capable of taking me down one day, and it isn't you, Graycastle.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“Don’t look at me like that and tell me no. That’s not fair.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Full Measures

“You’d rather I die, no doubt.”
“And be denied the pleasure of your company?”
“I fucking hate you.”
“That doesn’t make you special.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Let’s get three things straight, Your Highness. First, I have remarkable hearing thanks to the shadows at your very feet. Second, I don’t control Violet. Never have. Never will. But third, and most importantly—” He lowers his voice. “She really, honestly hasn’t thought about you. At least not since the second she set eyes on me.” I’m going to fucking kill him.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“Stay close to the wingleader until we return,” Tairn orders. Surely he meant to say squad leader.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Personally, I think she liked living there, between the pages with him. Always adding little bits of memory but never closing the door.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

“Who did you kill?" She directs the question at Xaden.
"Everyone" he responds unapologetically.
She nods, then drops her blade.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“Why did you choose me?' I have to know, because as soon as we land, there are going to be questions.

'Because you saved her.' Tairn's head inclines toward the golden as we approach, and she follows after us. Our speed slows.

'But...' I shake my head. 'Dragons value strength and cunning and... ferocity in their riders.' None of which defines me.

'Please do tell me more about what I should value.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“It was hotter than rage, and sharper than fear, and cut deeper than helplessness, all because I couldn’t get to you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“You are the culmination of every lightning strike and twist of fate.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished

“So, Tairn hasn't channelled to you, either, right?' Liam asks, a look of uncertainty, vulnerability on his face.

I shake my head. 'I think he has commitment issues,' I whisper.

'I heard that.'

'Then stay out of my head.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Everything between us is real, Violence.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Because love, at its root, is hope. Hope for tomorrow. Hope for what could be. Hope that the someone you’ve entrusted your everything to will cradle and protect it.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“I’ve seen love burn someone to the ground, and I’ve seen it make sense of the ridiculous. I won’t settle for less than that kind of fire.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Eyes Turned Skyward

“Aren’t you going to tell me how brilliant that idea was?” Tairn scoffs. “I chose you last year for that brilliance, and now you’d like to be congratulated like it’s something new? How odd.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“Did I see her outnumbered and already wounded? Did I think her bravery was as admirable as it was fucking reckless?” He turns that stare on me, and I feel the impact all the way to my toes.
“And I would do it again.” I raise my chin.
“Well-the-fuck-aware,” Xaden roars, losing his temper for the first time since I met him on Parapet.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Tomorrow is soon enough for regrets.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“All this time, you’ve been convincing everyone you’re the hero, and now you’ll be the villain…especially in her story.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“Sometimes I worry about Violet. She has your sharp wit, quick mind, and steadfast heart paired with my bullheaded tenacity. When she finally and truly gives that heart, I fear it will overrule the other gifts you’ve given her and logic will cede its voice to love.
And if her first two liaisons are any indication of what we might expect… Gods help her, my love, I’m afraid our daughter has atrocious taste in men. —Recovered, Unsent Correspondence of General Lilith Sorrengail”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“Welcome to the revolution, Violet.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“The last time a shadow and lightning wielder fought side by side, they managed to drive the venin back into the Barrens for a few hundred years. We’ll figure out how to do it again.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“My house. My chair. My woman - Xaden”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“I’ve decided you can all go fuck yourselves.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Onyx Storm

“There are a dozen of these daggers strapped to my body, so start disarming me.” He lifts a sardonic brow. “Unless you don’t know how to handle an opponent on top of you, and if so, that’s a whole other issue.”
“I know how to handle you on top of me,” I challenge quietly.
He lowers his mouth to my ear. “You won’t like what happens if you push me.”
“Or maybe I will.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“You should end the enemy at your feet.'
...
'I can't kill an unconscious man.'
...
'He would kill you given the same chance.'

'Well, that's a statement on his character. Not mine.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Do you ever stop to think that you're moving too fast to savor anything around you before it's gone?”
― Rebecca Yarros, Wilder

“Tell me something real.” It comes out as a plea, just like it did last year.
He sighs and curls around me. “I know who you really are, Violet. Even when you keep things from me, I know you,” he promises.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame

“I see the way he looks at her, like she’s the reason the seasons change and the sun rises until they’re a hundred and one years old.”
― Rebecca Yarros, The Things We Leave Unfinished