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Life Quotes by J.R. Ward

57 Life quotes by J.R. Ward

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J.R. Ward writes that love can be worth dying for and that life often just says ‘shit happens.’ He points out that a tiny split‑second can decide whether a car crash occurs. He also reminds us that everyday chores are part of life’s ordinary rhythm.

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“Life is about doing what is necessary, and you did.”

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Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?

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“Life’s meant to be lived blind—that’s how you don’t take shit for granted.”

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In an earlier life, were you a pair of brakes?" "Try a brick wall.

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Life has gotten in the way of our life.

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And love … love was worth dying for. Worth living for, too.

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“Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not? - Wrath”

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God, he was probably too young to be this old, but life had a way of being about experience, rather than calendar…

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Darkness will never take me... because I have you. Light of my life, Marissa. That's what you are." -Butch and Marissa

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“The essential truth of life, he was coming to realize, wasn't romantic an took only two words to label: Shit. Happens.”

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Man, life was complicated. But the truth was simple. He was her home. He was where she belonged.

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“When you were having the sex of your life, the aftermath was not what you concerned yourself with.”

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“Caregivers had to take care of themselves, and part of that meant having a life beyond whatever illness had put them in…

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... I feel as though I am shelved. That I have been given the words to the story of my life, but…

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Love’em or hate’em, by blood or by heart, family was a kind of oxygen. Necessary for the living.

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“The thing was, the places of your life, like the clothes you wore and the car you drove and the friends and…

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“Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of nanosecond. Or the knock on a…

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“In his old life, the answer would have been easy: He'd have just put a gun to Vin's head and dragged the…

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Without time,” the angel said, “you have only the bottomless, shapeless mire of eternity.” “FYI, philosophy bores me.” “Not philosophy. Reality. Time…

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“The essential truth of life, he was coming to realize, wasn't romantic and took only two words to label: Shit. Happens. But…

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Without his mate to share his life, he was but a screen for events and circumstances to pass through. He was npt…

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You never knew the last time you were seeing someone. You didn't know when the last argument happened, or the last time…

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“Life was short, no matter how many days you were granted. And people were precious, each and every one, no matter how…

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“This was real life cocoa. The kind you gave someone you loved because you couldn't think of anything else to do and…

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“...he knew on some level he changed the course of his life. And you could do that, couldn't you, he thought as…

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Destiny was a machine built over time, each choice that you made in life adding another gear, another conveyor belt, another assemblyman.…

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“The thing was, all mortals were going to lose the ones they loved. It was the way life worked. But for most…

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“Bottom line? As much as you wanted someone to change and believed they could, they were in control of their life. Not…

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“You want to know what death is! I’ll tell you what it is—death is the living forgetting you! What you smell like…

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Sometimes in life, from out of a myriad of prosaic decisions like what to eat and where to sleep and how to…

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“Fuck my cousin, it's got nothing to do with my cousin for me. If you were alone, I'd still be right on…

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“Or, God, maybe this was just life. For everyone on the planet. Maybe the Survivor's Club wasn't something you "earned," but simply…

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“He kissed her a little more deeply and was happy to hear her gasp of pleasure. The sound brought his erection back…

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“In the context of the English language, there were many more important words than “in.” There were fancy words, historic words, words…

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Life is too frickin' crazy sometimes, it really is… You never know what's going to happen, do you.

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...He palmed up the life Alert. Death Alert was more like it: Help, I haven't fallen and I'm standing up-can you come…

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For him , life was a coin that had disaster on one side and waiting for disaster on the other

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“[...] [T]here was no quota on misery for people, no quantifiable threshold that once reached, got you miraculously taken out of the…

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he(Quinn)put his hand out to his friend. “I’ll lay my life down for you.With or Without that piece of paper

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Sometimes your whole life could hinge on a fraction of an inch. Or the beat of a nanosecond. Or the knock on…

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You're getting into some kind of shape, cop." Aw, come on, now." Butch grinned. "Don't let that shower we took go to your head."…

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“Why ever are you here?“ she whispered, putting her hands to his face. “Because I love you.” In so many ways, that explained nothing…

Time to the face the music,

“As his ears rang and his heart broke for her, he stayed strong against the gale force she let loose. After all, there was…

Layla brought her arms around herself, no doubt because she was remembering the feel of another, stronger set. "I have wanted to, but he…

“Rehvenge, I’m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.” “I thought your mother was dead.” “She is.” “You have a very…

In his fantasy, he kissed his best friend again, pulled back, and… “I love you,” he said into the spray of the shower. “I……

And love … love was worth dying for. Worth living for, too.

“He had a weakness, though. All of us do, and those of us who think they do not are not being honest.”

Because I was, and I remain, utterly and completely and totally…in love with you.