Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2026 Update)
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201. “It takes all my strength not to snap at these cowards who will never see the front lines or send their children to.”

— Victoria Aveyard

202. “He told me once it was cruel to give hope where none should be.”

— Victoria Aveyard

203. “I would prefer death to this cage, to the twisted obsession of a mad boy king.”

— Victoria Aveyard

204. “I can feel him slipping down not just the hall but a dark and twisted path. It makes me afraid for the boy who taught me how to dance.”

— Victoria Aveyard

205. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

206. “Even through the haze of summer you can see the cleared pockets of land that were once forest, now logged into oblivion. They look like a disease, but to the north and west, the untouched hills are a calm reminder.”

— Victoria Aveyard

207. “You know people, you understand them, you see through them.”

— Victoria Aveyard

208. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

210. “We can’t choose who we love. I wish, more than anything, that we could.”

— Victoria Aveyard

211. “In the palace, during my imprisonment, I learned that Maven had been made by his mother, formed into the monster he became. There is nothing on earth that can change him or what she did. But Cal was made too. All of us were made by someone else, and all of us have some thread of steel that nothing and no one can cut.”

— Victoria Aveyard

212. “It’s a magic trick, and the queen is a skilled magician. Her.”

— Victoria Aveyard

213. “How does it feel to be used Mare Borrow?”

— Victoria Aveyard

214. “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

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

— Victoria Aveyard

216. “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

217. “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

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

— Victoria Aveyard

219. “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

220. “He smiles as he speaks, showing sharp little teeth. Rat’s teeth.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

222. “Caz, Brecker, with us!”

— Victoria Aveyard

223. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

224. “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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225. “The Sentinels lead the way through the maze of passages in the upper levels of the palace. Like the Spiral Garden, the architecture is all curves of stone, glass, and metal, slowly turning downward. Diamondglass is around every corner, showing breathtaking views of the marketplace, the river valley, and the woods beyond. From this height, I can see hills I didn’t know existed rising in the distance, silhouetted against the setting sun.”

— Victoria Aveyard

226. “I’ll make the other scream for you, Mare, every last one. Not just your parents. Not just your siblings. But every single one like you. I’m going to find them, and they will die with you in their thoughts, knowing this is the fate you have brought them. I am the king and you could’ve been my Red Queen. Now you are nothing.”

— Victoria Aveyard

227. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

229. “What if you’re wrong? What if Norta is the beginning? The change the others need? You don’t know where freedom leads.”

— Victoria Aveyard

230. “I’ve come this come all this way and suddenly I’m back in the arena, watching Silvers display everything we are not.”

— Victoria Aveyard

231. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

233. “I am the lightning girl. I am a storm. It feels like a lie. The lightning girl is dead.”

— Victoria Aveyard

234. “No heart can ever be truly understood. Not even your own.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

236. “Weakness is acceptable, forgivable, around family. But not when lives and wars hang in the balance.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

238. “His opinion isn’t worth the rust on my fathers wheelchair.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

240. “Don’t be unkind.” I’m used to ordering him around, but this sounds like a request.”

— Victoria Aveyard

241. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

242. “What I would do, to myself or anyone else, for the chance to go back home? But no one is there. No one I care about. They’re gone, protected, far away. Home is no longer the place we’re from. Home is safe with them. I hope.”

— Victoria Aveyard

243. “The months have been good to Tiberias Calore. A life of war suits him. He seems vibrant and alive, even after narrowly escaping death on the walls.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

245. “Risk is part of the game.”

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246. “A hierarchy within the hierarchy.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

248. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

249. “The blushing queen-to-be is gone, replaced by the sharp she-devil I recognize. He.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard