Top 450 Stephanie Garber Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “The girl was dead. If her lifeless body had not confirmed it, then it would have been made clear by the horrible scream of the Fate who held her in his arms. The story curse was familiar with pain, but this was agony, the sort of raw grief that was only seen once in a century. The Fate was every tear that anyone had ever shed for lost love. He was pain given form.”

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252. “He was still indescribably breathtaking, but it was all the tragic beauty of a sky where every single star was falling. His hair was a storm of broken gold. His eyes were a mess of silver and blue.”

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253. “Your future can be whatever you wish. We all have the power to choose our own destiny.”

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254. “Dante had wings. And, holy mother of saints, they were beautiful – soulless jet-black with midnight-blue veins, the color of lost wishes and fallen stardust. He was turned toward his nightstand washing his face, or maybe he was kissing his reflection in the mirror.”

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255. “Do you kiss the prince because you actually enjoy it?” Jacks asked. “Or is it because you honestly think it will magically revive him?” “Maybe I do it because I know it will annoy you,” Evangeline answered archly. Jacks flashed a smile that was far more wicked than welcoming. “Glad to know you’re thinking about me when you kiss your husband.”

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256. “And you’re wrong if you think I don’t want you. I’ve wanted you for so long, and I’ll never stop wanting you.”

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257. “But Tella wanted love about as much as she wished to contract a disease. There were no kisses worth dying for. No souls worth merging with. There were many beautiful young men in the world, but Tella believed that none of them could be trusted with something as fragile, or valuable, as a heart.”

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258. “Little Fox. Two simple words. Only they did not feel simple at all. They felt like falling. They felt like hope. They felt like the most important words in the world. The words made her blood rush and her head spin until once again it was only her and Jacks. Nothing existed except for the press of his cool forehead, the feel of his strong hand tangling in her hair, and the pleading, broken look in his quicksilver blue eyes.”

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259. “For the rest of her life, whenever she thought about heartbreak, she would see the way he looked at her.”

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260. “It was shortly after this, when Evangeline’s arms were being measured for gloves, that she noticed the scar. It was on the underside of her right wrist, thin and white, shaped like a broken heart. And it had definitely not been there before.”

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261. “Something cracked inside of Tella. It might have been her heart, breaking while he walked away-as if he hadn’t just freed the fates and damned the entire world for her.”

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262. “People called it falling out of love, but falling was easy. Letting go of Luc had been more like climbing the face of a rock. She’d clawed her way out, fighting to shake it off, to let it go, to find something to hold on to.”

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263. “Tella was amazing; of course Death would want to keep her.”

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264. “I’m actually a little afraid I’m going to lose. I no longer think love is a guarantee of victory or of happily ever after. But I think it’s a reason to fight for those things. I know my attempt to save Jacks could end in a fiery explosion, but I’d rather go up in flames with him than watch while he burns.”

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265. “Happy endings can be caught, but they are difficult to hold on to.”

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266. “The cabin looked as warm as a handwritten love letter, with a stone fireplace that took up an entire wall and a forest of candles dangling from the ceiling.”

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267. “Evangeline wanted to give love and to be loved and feel love at just the sight of someone. She wanted butterflies and kisses. She wanted it so much that sometimes she thought her heart would burst from it.”

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268. “Then her parents would both be sure to tell Evangeline that not all loves happened at first; some took time to grow like seeds, or they might be like bulbs, dormant until the right season approached. But Evangeline had always wanted love at first- she wanted love like her parents, love like a story.”

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269. “Jacks gave her a smile that was all sharp edges. A drop of blood fell from the corner of his mouth, and something godforsaken washed over his expression. “Hurt is what made me.”

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270. “It’s not what I did, Little Fox. It’s what you’ve done.”

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271. “She’d been wrong before. Her life hadn’t been full of moments leading to the Valory Arch. Every moment of everything had brought her to this place. It had taken all the heartbreak, all the almost love and the wrong love, to know that this love was true love.”

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272. “Als ik jou was, zou ik ze van alles op de mouw spelden. Ik zou zeggen dat je je zus gearmd hebt gezien met een man in een cape, of dat je een plukje haar op een van haar handschoenen hebt gevonden dat eruitzag alsof het van de vacht van een olifant afkomstig was... Mensen verwachten de waarheid hier niet... En die willen ze ook niet horen. Veel mensen hier rekenen er niet op dat ze de wens hier zullen winnen; ze zijn hier voor een avontuur. – Aiko.”

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273. “I’ll never understand humans.” Poison sighed. “All of you seem to welcome our lies, but you never like it when we tell the truth.”

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274. “She used to think it was ridiculous, the idea that a girl would give her heart to a boy even though she knew it would also give him the power to destroy her.”

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275. “She feared that dreams were like fairytales, a little bit true and not entirely trustworthy.”

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276. “She tried to pull away, but Jacks held tight, knotting her hair in his fist and keeping his forehead pressed to hers. “Please, Little Fox, remember.”

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277. “I know you were willing to sacrifice yourself for her, but I wasn’t willing to sacrifice you.”

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278. “He silently held her tighter and pressed his forehead to hers. She wasn’t sure if he was crying or if she was, but there was wet on her cheeks. It felt a lot like tears.”

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279. “Tella loved it when he showed off. She loved that he was magical. She loved so many things about him. She wanted him more than she’d ever wanted anyone – she didn’t want him to let her go or to leave her alone, not even for a moment. She wanted him to chase her to the ends of the earth, to show up in her dreams every night, and to be there when she woke as well. She wanted him to love her.”

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280. “Her future was determined by her choices, not her destiny.”

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281. “I know you are afraid of love, I know it’s hurt you in the past and you see it as a weapon. You think love is a disease, but you’ve become the disease. Your fear of love is destroying you and everyone you touch. And it doesn’t make you powerful, it makes the world around you tragic.”

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282. “The Fate gave the queen a look more vicious than any curse. ‘There is nothing of equal value to me.”

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283. “Having faith was brave.”

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284. “Jacks had always considered himself more of a sadist than a masochist. He enjoyed inflicting pain, not receiving it. And yet he couldn’t bring himself to leave the shadows of Evangeline’s bedroom.”

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285. “The future is much like the past; it is mostly set, but can always be altered – ” “I thought it was the opposite,” Scarlett said. “The past is set but the future is changeable?” “No. The past is only mostly set, and the future is harder to change than you would think.” “So, you’re saying everything is fated?”

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286. “The Fate didn’t move. He didn’t let the girl go. He looked as if he never would. He continued holding her as if he could return her to life with the force of his will. His eyes were wet with blood. Red tears fell down his cheeks and onto hers. But the girl didn’t stir.”

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287. “If you think I’m nice, you really need to spend time with better people.”

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288. “I will not let you die.” A single bead of water dripped from Jacks’s lashes onto her lips. It was raindrop soft, but the look in his eyes held the force of a storm.”

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289. “Jacks had been the moon and she’d been the tide, controlled by his impossible force.”

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290. “Occasionally people confuse fantasy with reality. Accidents sometimes result.”

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291. “If hope were a pair of wings, Evangeline’s were stretching out behind her, eager to take flight again.”

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292. “Here.′ Jacks’ voice was right behind her. And then she felt her ruffled cloak. He placed it across her shoulders and quickly secured the straps to her corset. ‘If you freeze to death, the trouble I’ve gone to keeping you alive will be wasted.’ His mocking tone was back, clipped and cutting, and yet she felt the soft brush of her fingertips lingering against her neck before he pulled away.”

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293. “And then they will write their vows on their hands and place them over each other’s chests, so they may sink into their hearts, where they will be kept safe forever and always.”

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294. “They said his kiss was fatal to all but her – his only weakness – and as he’d sought her, he’d left a trail of corpses.”

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295. “Chaos tilted his head, eyes landing on their intertwined hands. “Interesting.”

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296. “Caraval might all feel like a lie to you, but it’s my life – my truth.”

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297. “It’s you,” she whispered. “You’re the Prince of Hearts.”

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298. “There were candles glittering light and fires burning in hearths, but not a single person appeared. Fairytale images covered all the closed doors on the second floor: a rabbit in a crown, a knight holding a star-shaped key, a pastry goblin tossing sweets.”

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299. “Locks of blue hair fell across his forehead, but they didn’t hide his eyes. They were wide, broken star-bright, and full of something that looked a lot like hope.”

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300. “What is the point of having friends if they’re not there to support your bad decisions?”

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