Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “His opinion isn’t worth the rust on my fathers wheelchair.”

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202. “Not that I’ll be in school much longer. My eighteenth birthday is coming, and with it, conscription. I’m not apprenticed, I don’t have a job, so I’m going to be sent to the war like all the other idle ones. It’s no wonder there’s no work left, what with every man, woman, and child trying to stay out of the army.”

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203. “Caz, Brecker, with us!”

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204. “You are only a shadow, and who looks at shadows when they have flame?”

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205. “And somehow everyone calls me a monster.”

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206. “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?”

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

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208. “I see you as you could become, no longer the lightning, but the storm. The storm that will swallow the world entire.”

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209. “I’m a man of my word, when I want to be. He said that once, and stands by it. It really is a gift, if he holds to his promise.”

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210. “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.”

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211. “Maven’s voice will always be louder than mine.”

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212. “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?”

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

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214. “You aren’t alone.” The hope in his eyes cuts deeply. “You have your crown.”

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

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217. “He’s already given up. I will not.”

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218. “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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219. “Strength and power are the words Cal has been raised to know. Not goodness. Not kindness. Not empathy or bravery or equality or anything else that a ruler should strive for.”

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220. “Kilorn shoulders his way to my side, separating us before I can tell Cal my strength and my ability are all I’m sure of now. The electricity in my veins might be the only thing I trust in this world. I.”

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221. “Revolution needs a spark. And even sparks burn.”

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

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

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224. “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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225. “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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226. “The world changed around us and we stayed the same.”

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227. “Who would I have chosen? If none of this had happened, if Kilorn’s master never died, if Gisa’s hand was never broken, if nothing ever changed. If. It’s the worst word in the world.”

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228. “Cal’s blood might be silver, but his heart is black as burned skin.”

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

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

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

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233. “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.”

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

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235. “Time is passing. My life is moving on, no matter how much I want it to stay the same.”

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236. “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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237. “Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams. – HRC.”

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238. “You’re a special kind of stupid.”

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239. “Only his eyes remain the same. Bronze, red-gold, like iron brought to blazing heat.”

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240. “Cualquiera puede traicionar a cualquiera.”

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241. “Now the question becomes finding the right Red, saying the right thing, finding the right place, and doing it all without anyone noticing the prince and his future princess communicating with a wanted terrorist.”

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242. “Until we meet again.”

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243. “Mare for Mareena, a thief for a crown, rags for silk, Red for Silver.”

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244. “Break his crown, break his throne, rip his monarchy apart.” I stare up at her with as much strength as I can muster. The lightning in my blood responds with fervor, begging to crack loose. “But Tiberias lives.”

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245. “I am different from what my world demands I be. And I am not worse for it.”

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246. “I’m safer than I’ve been in days, surrounded by the people I love most, and yet I’ve never wanted to cry more. For them, I hold back. I curl inward and bleed alone, inside, where no one else can see.”

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247. “I am married to a prince who will one day be a king. Usually this is where the fairy tale ends. Stories don’t go much further than this moment, and I fear there’s a good reason for it. A sense of dread hung over today, a black cloud I still can’t get rid of. It is an unease deep in the heart of me, feeding off my strength.”

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248. “Belief doesn’t make it easy to take a bullet.”

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249. “N’importe qui peut trahir n’importe qui.”

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250. “My ignorance is becoming a theme.”

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