Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “With great effort, I push my fear away. Fear will get me killed.”

— Victoria Aveyard

252. “We don’t choose what we’re born to, Corayne,” Erida replied. She touched the crown on her brow. “We can only walk the path put in front of us.”

— Victoria Aveyard

253. “I can only watch as the officer lays my sister next to me. Her eyes are on mine as he brings the butt of his gun down, shattering the bones in her sewing hand.”

— Victoria Aveyard

254. “It’s not something you can control, Mare,” he replies, still standing so far away. “We can’t choose who we love. I wish, more than anything, that we could.”

— Victoria Aveyard

255. “I grew up wondering if I’d have food for supper; now I’m standing in a palace about to be eaten alive. Red.”

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256. “Here on the road with nothing but darkness around me, I tell a stranger how terrible I am.”

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

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

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

— Victoria Aveyard

260. “Fifteen minutes later, after suffering through tight leather leggings, a draping gown, and other strange, impractical clothes, we settle on the plainest thing I can find in the closet of wonders.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

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262. “I want to kill her, I want to be her.”

— Victoria Aveyard

263. “I’ve been broken too many times to break again.”

— Victoria Aveyard

264. “Risk is part of the game.”

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265. “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.”

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266. “I see him in every shadow of every tree, a ghost standing tall against the rainstorm in the Bowl of Bones. Water streams between the points of his iron crown, into his eyes and mouth, into his collar, into the icy abyss that is his wasted heart. It goes red in color, turning from water to my blood. He opens his mouth to taste it, and the teeth within are sharp, gleaming razors of white bone.”

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267. “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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268. “It isn’t hard to let people die when their deaths give life to something else.”

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

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

272. “One day he’ll realize I’m his enemy, and all this will be a far-gone memory. But not yet.”

— Victoria Aveyard

273. “Red as the dawn...”

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274. “And she’s not even finished. Julian’s words echo in my head – words can lie.”

— Victoria Aveyard

275. “They don’t act out of need. They are driven by want. And what they want, they get.”

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

— Victoria Aveyard

277. “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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278. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

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281. “Todos tenemos cicatrices y fantasmas propios.”

— Victoria Aveyard

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

— Victoria Aveyard

283. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

284. “Anyone can betray anyone. Without.”

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285. “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.”

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

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287. “I can only nod. We’ve faced worse, I tell myself.”

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

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289. “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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290. “It’s not something you can control, Mare,” he replies, still standing so far away. “We can’t choose who we love. I wish, more than anything, that we could.” I feel cracked open. My skin still runs hot from Cal’s embrace, remembering the feel of him only moments ago. But in the deepest part of me, in spite of every fiber of my being, I think beyond the clearing, to ice-colored eyes, an empty promise, and a kiss aboard a boat.”

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291. “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.”

— Victoria Aveyard

292. “It’s to bad we didn’t stay longer”, I murmur, looking out at the river. “I would have liked to die close to home.”

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

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

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

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297. “He is not only a distraction I can’t afford but a heartbreak waiting to happen. His allegiances are shaky at best. One day he will leave, or die, or betray me like so many others have. One day, he will hurt me.”

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298. “I do not fear pain.”

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299. “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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300. “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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