Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2026 Update)
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151. “I’m standing on the balcony a full ten seconds before I realize it’s raining, washing me clean of my boiling anger.”

— Victoria Aveyard

152. “Her eyes are on mine as he brings the butt of his gun down, shattering the bones in her sewing hand.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

154. “But we all still have the ability to choose, in the end.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

156. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

159. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

160. “I will not be a red queen.”

— Victoria Aveyard

161. “But I can’t shake the feeling that, while they stand with me, there’s no one beside me. Even with an army at my back, I am still alone.”

— Victoria Aveyard

162. “He narrows his eyes, and I can see the cogs turning in his mind. Then he snaps entirely. “I told you, I told you not to get in over your head!” He slams a fist down on the table, looking angrier than I’ve ever seen him before. “And now,” he breathes, staring at me with so much sorrow it makes my heart hurt, “now I must watch you drown?”

— Victoria Aveyard

163. “She says she doesn’t care, but her eyes tell a different story.”

— Victoria Aveyard

164. “Like any wife, she hates her husband for challenging her.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

168. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

169. “I know life all too well. But I turned from that path. I’m not a rat anymore. I’m the lightning girl, and now I have too many ideas to count. Freedom, revenge, liberty, everything that fuels the sparks within me, and the resolve that keeps me going.”

— Victoria Aveyard

170. “His face turns to stone again, his eyes narrowed and icy, doing all they can to ignore what his heart wants to feel.”

— Victoria Aveyard

171. “I have been running for so long. Since before all this even started. Even back in the Stilts, I was a runner. Avoiding my family, my fate, anything I didn’t want to feel. And I am still racing now. From those who would kill me – and those who would love.”

— Victoria Aveyard

172. “Revolution needs a spark,” I murmur, repeating what Julian would say in our lessons. “And even sparks burn.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

174. “I remember the feel and smell and taste of him. Heat and wood smoke and sunrise, but no longer. Cal smells like blood, his skin is ice, and I tell myself I don’t want to taste him ever again.”

— Victoria Aveyard

175. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

178. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

179. “Long ago he called us ants, Red ants burning in the light of a Silver sun. Destroyed by the greatness of others, losing the battle for our right to exist because we are not special. We did not evolve like them, with powers and strengths beyond our limited imaginations. We stayed the same, stagnant in our own bodies. The world changed around us and we stayed the same.”

— Victoria Aveyard

180. “The past is so much greater than the future.”

— Victoria Aveyard

181. “But we are often made weak by what also makes us strong.”

— Victoria Aveyard

182. “I want so badly to stop. I want to stand still without killing myself or someone else. But that is not possible. I must keep going, I must hurt myself to save myself, hurt others to save others. Hurt Kilorn, hurt Cal, hurt Shade and Farley and Nix and everyone stupid enough to follow me. I’m making them runners too.”

— Victoria Aveyard

183. “We destroy, but we also rebuild.”

— Victoria Aveyard

184. “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-.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

188. “I am the shadow of the flame.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

190. “I do not fear pain.”

— Victoria Aveyard

191. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

192. “Like the others, you are Red and Silver, and stronger than both. I think you are the future. I think you are the new dawn.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

194. “Make no mistake, my girl,” he finally breathes. “You are playing the game as someone’s pawn.”

— Victoria Aveyard

195. “They’ve pulled me inside out, swapping Mare for Mareena, a thief for a crown, rags for silk, Red for Silver. This morning I was a servant, tonight I’m a princess. How much more will change? What else will I lose?”

— Victoria Aveyard

196. “The squire will march and fight and carry on until he drops. Until someone gives him permission to stand back, and be a little less strong.”

— Victoria Aveyard

197. “While we are together, I will never suffer a prison again.”

— Victoria Aveyard

198. “I let her hold me for a long while. I do my best not to cry. My best is not enough.”

— Victoria Aveyard

199. “He thinks speeches are a waste of time. Cal likes action, not words.” That makes two of us, but I don’t want to admit I have anything in common with Maven’s older brother. Maybe once, I thought so, but not now. Not ever again.”

— Victoria Aveyard

200. “Moonlight falls on the floor, bright enough for us to see by. In the silvery light, the red blush in my skin is barely visible – I look the same as a Silver.”

— Victoria Aveyard