Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “You don’t see us, and so we are everywhere. And we will rise up, Red as the dawn.”

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102. “You believe you are the masters of the world, but your reign as kings and gods is at an end. Until you recognize us as human, as equal, the fight will be at your door. Not on a battlefield but in your cities. In your streets. In your homes. You don’t see us, and so we are everywhere.” Her voice hums with authority and poise. “And we will rise up, Red as the dawn.”

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103. “Wish him a happy birthday for me. And assure him it will be his last. But yours is coming, isn’t it? I don’t doubt we’ll spend it together. Until we meet again, Maven.”

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104. “Every house has a door, but it also has windows, a hole in the roof, or a broken lock. There is always a way in.”

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105. “I can’t believe I didn’t see him for what he was from the beginning: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And now I’m the sheep pretending to be a wolf.”

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106. “You did this to yourself, you stupid little girl.”

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107. “In the flickering candlelight, our shadows look like monsters on the walls. When.”

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108. “You are now Red in the head, Silver in the heart.”

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109. “Attend to your own fate, Mare Barrow.” “And that is?” “To rise. And rise alone.”

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110. “Mare Barrow, you have been summoned to Summerton.” Gisa’s.”

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111. “Once, I was afraid of these walls, frightened by such beauty. But I see the cracks now.”

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112. “Cal is built from his father’s dreams, and Maven from his mother’s nightmares.”

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113. “But I need him. And I can’t find the strength to let him go. Though.”

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114. “And his eyes are worst of all. Her eyes, Elara’s eyes. Once I thought them cold, made of living ice. Now I know better. The hottest fires burn blue, and his eyes are no exception.”

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115. “Change can be quick, or it can be slow. But the movement should always be forward.”

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116. “If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel myself beginning to shatter.”

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117. “In school, we learned about the world before ours, about the angels and gods that lived in the sky, ruling the earth with kind and loving hands. Some say those are just stories, but I don’t believe that. The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind.”

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118. “He is tired. He is broken. And he doesn’t want to fight anymore. Part of me doesn’t either. Part of me wishes I could submit to chains, to captivity and silence. But I have lived that life already, in the mud, in the shadows, in a cell, in a silk dress. I will never submit again.”

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119. “Swooning words. A romantic declaration. I can barely stop my eyes from rolling. “Save.”

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120. “Don’t lie to a liar, and Maven is the grandest liar of all.”

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121. “I’m afraid of failing. I’m afraid of letting this opportunity pass us by. And I’m afraid of what happens if nothing in this world ever changes.” He turns hot under my touch, driven by an inner resolve. “That scares me more than dying.”

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122. “Sometimes his silence is better than anyone else’s words.”

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123. “Maven lies as easily as he breathes, and his mother holds his leash but not his heart.”

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124. “His blood is silver and his heart is Silver. And he will never value another above his own.”

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125. “I see the crown dripping blood. A storm without thunder. Shadow twisting on a bed of flames. I see lakes flooding their shores, swallowing men whole. I see a man with one red eye, his coat blue, his gun smoking-.”

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126. “Red and Silver, high and low, some will see the truth.”

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127. “I’ve done this a thousand times before, watching the crowd like a wolf does a flock of sheep. Looking for the weak, the slow, the foolish. Only now, I am very much the prey.”

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128. “If only we had more time. One more week, or even one more day.”

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129. “I want to look back, but I have to walk away, to do what must be done, and forget what must be forgotten.”

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130. “I’m not leaving this place unless I leave behind his corpse – or mine.”

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131. “We are all a god’s chosen, and a god’s cursed.”

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132. “Monsters are more dangerous when they’re afraid.”

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133. “I hate First Friday. It makes the village crowded, and now, in the heat of high summer, that’s the last thing anyone wants.”

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134. “Today, we fight for tomorrow.”

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135. “I am a weapon made of flesh, a sword covered in skin. I was born to kill a king, to end a reign of terror before it can truly begin. Fire and lightning raised Maven up, and fire and lightning will bring him down.”

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136. “I flinch. The rag she gives me is clean, but it still smells like blood.”

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137. “The thing with heat is, no matter how cold you are, no matter how much you need warmth, it always, eventually, becomes too much.”

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138. “Oppressing you, trapping you in an endless cycle of poverty and death, just because we think you are different from us? That is not right. And as any student of history can tell you, it will end poorly.”

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139. “If. It’s the worst word in the world.”

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140. “You are the only person I care about, the only person who reminds me I am alive. Not empty. And not alone.” Alive. Not empty. Not alone.”

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141. “We are nothing more than distractions for each other, and distractions get you killed. But my hands close over his, our fingers lacing, until our bones are woven together. The fire is dying, flames reduced to embers. But Cal is still here. He will never leave me.”

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142. “I’ve done things, terrible things, and I don’t deserve forgiveness for them. But I see it in Julian’s eyes all the same. And it fills me with such hope. I will not become a monster, no matter what I must do in the days ahead. I will not lose who I am, even if it kills me.”

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143. “I’m a Red girl in a sea of Silvers and I can’t afford to feel sorry for anyone, least of all the son of a snake.”

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144. “Even rats want to get out of the gutter, Miss Barrow.”

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145. “If there was ever a person begging for an elbow to the face, it is Evangeline Samos.”

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146. “Like any wife, she hates her husband for challenging her, and like any queen, she hates the power the king holds over her. A bad combination.”

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147. “You and your brother have everything, Prince Maven,’ I whisper in a voice so fervent it might be a prayer. ‘You live in a palace, you have strength, you have power. You wouldn’t know hardship if it kicked you in the teeth, and believe me, it does that a lot. So excuse me if I don’t feel sorry for either of you.”

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148. “I woke up this morning as one person, and now I’m supposed to be someone else entirely.”

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149. “Mare of the Stilts died the day she fell onto a lightning shield. Mareena, the lost Silver princess, died in the Bowl of Bones. And I don’t know what new person opened her eyes on the Undertrain. I only know what she has been and what she has lost, and the weight of it is almost crushing.”

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150. “I fear being alone more than anything else. So why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I love? What is so very wrong with me? I don’t know. And I don’t know how to make it stop.”

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