Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “Maven’s voice will always be louder than mine.”

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202. “For a storm coming, whether by my hand or someone else’s. I have no idea who will survive dawn.”

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203. “My master – he fell. He died. I’m not an apprentice anymore.” I try to hold in.”

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204. “Red and silver. It’s in Julian’s unmistakable swirling scrawl. The.”

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205. “My son the general!” King Tiberias booms, his proud voice cutting through the din of the party. For a second, when he pulls Cal close, putting an arm around his son, I forget he’s a king. I almost understand Cal’s need to please him. What would I give to see my mother look at me like that, back when I was nothing but a thief? What would I give now? This world is Silver, but it is also gray. There is no black-and-white.”

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206. “This was Maven’s doing. This was the shadow controlling the flame.”

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207. “I don’t know how, but I hope you become queen one day. Imagine what you could do then? The Red queen.”

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208. “I am not a general or a tactician, but her reasoning is clear. I am the little lightning girl – living electricity, a lightning bolt in human form. People know my name, my face, and my abilities. I am valuable, I am powerful, and Maven will do anything to stop me from striking back.”

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209. “If you die, I’ll kill you.” He smiles sadly. “Likewise.”

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210. “I can’t imagine living for a thousand years and still being so stupid... It’s almost an accomplishment.”

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211. “I think living without love, any kind of love is weakness, and the worst kind of darkness.”

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212. “For their lives, for their children’s lives, they will give up what little freedom they had left.”

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213. “I used to think there was only the divide, Silver and Red, rich and poor, kings and slaves. But there’s much more in between, things I don’t understand, and I’m right in the middle of it.”

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214. “I was four years old the first time I came here, and Maven was barely two. He hid behind his mother’s skirts, afraid of the darkness and empty cells. I guess he’s not afraid of the dark anymore.”

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

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216. “And behind every false smile is a reminder; they are watching.”

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217. “Todos tenemos cicatrices y fantasmas propios.”

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218. “Not all crowns are worn where people can see.”

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219. “I am only human, and humans are not supposed to deal with days like today.”

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220. “They don’t know the meaning of danger or fear or pain. It’s only their pride that can be truly hurt.”

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221. “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.”

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222. “The world changed around us and we stayed the same.”

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

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224. “But still, somehow, I feel a pull to him. I remember the burdened boy who gave me a silver coin when I was nothing. With that one gesture he changed my future, and destroyed his own.”

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225. “Anyone can betray anyone. Without.”

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226. “At least we can be alone together.”

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227. “There are worse lives to live. Don’t feel sorry for me.”

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

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229. “I hope Maven will see what we are, what we can do, and know he cannot win. Even he is not a fool. Even he knows when he is beaten. At least, I hope he does. Because as far as I can tell, Maven has never been defeated. Not when it really counts. Cal won their father, his soldiers, but Maven won the crown. Maven won every battle that truly mattered. And given time... he would’ve won me too.”

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

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231. “Your favorite son and brother, Shade. Like.”

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232. “But there are friends I would trade, lives I would forsake, for my own victories. I’ve done it before. It isn’t hard to let people die when their deaths gives life to something else.”

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233. “I am the king and you could’ve been my Red Queen.”

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234. “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.”

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235. “Strange that she is both the anchor against the storm and the storm itself.”

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236. “Even now, the fish boy takes nothing seriously. He’ll laugh his way into his grave.”

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237. “I do not fear pain.”

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238. “Don’t cry in front of Mom, apologize to Farley, figure out how to save five thousand children, nanny a bunch of Silvers, put my head through a wall. Seems doable. The.”

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239. “An eye sees only what they look for. Their sight is narrower than a blade of grass.”

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240. “Being a doll is an odd thing. I spend more time on the shelf than at play.”

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241. “Well, if you don’t belong to a place, perhaps we belong to each other? We who belong nowhere?” Sorasa offered. Her copper eyes glimmered, dancing with the light off the river.”

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242. “All of us were made by someone else, and all of us have some thread of steel that nothing and no one can cut.”

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243. “That’s something you should know about us Silvers. We’re always alone. In here, and here,” he says, pointing between his head and his heart. “It keeps you strong.”

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244. “I am not a fool little lightning girl. if your going to play with my head, I’m going to play with yours.”

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245. “I expect him to take my arm, to envelop me in his warmth, but there’s nothing but cold dripping off him. He’s afraid, I realize.”

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

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247. “Kilorn is a shadow through the tall grass, parting green stalks with able hands. He hardly leaves a trail, not that it matters. With Cal crashing along behind me, his broad bulk trampling everything in his path, there’s no point in masking our presence.”

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248. “A hierarchy within the hierarchy.”

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249. “Thankfully, my silver powder holds. It’s made of stronger stuff than I am.”

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250. “And then it explodes in bright plumes of orange and red, a sun to split the silver darkness.”

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