Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “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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252. “Romance. We flinch at the word. There is no such thing between us anymore. Not after what we did to each other, and what was done to us. No matter how much we might want there to be.”

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253. “They have their own version of truth, and that’s the only one people will hear.”

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

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256. “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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257. “I wish there were some middle ground.” A place where our names and our blood and our pasts don’t matter. A place without weight. A place that has never been and will never exist. “Good night, Tiberias.” Hissing, he clenches a fist. “I really need you to stop calling me that.” And I really need you. I turn and walk toward my room, my footsteps echoing and alone.”

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258. “They trained me for this. It’s their own fault. They helped make their own doom.”

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259. “How many times does one wicked boy have to betray you people before you learn?”

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260. “I do not scowl,” Dom said, scowling.”

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261. “I’m starting to think you like prisons,” “And that you have the worst taste in men.”

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262. “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.”

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

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

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265. “My years in the shadows have taught me many things. Who carries the most money, who won’t notice you, and what liars look like.”

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266. “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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267. “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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268. “Revolution needs a spark. And even sparks burn.”

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269. “The words were only words. He could never part with her. So it was easy to push her into his path – and push him off course. The equivalent of waving a red flag in front of a bull. She was his hurricane, and every nudge pulled him deeper into the eye of the storm.”

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

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

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

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274. “The crushing weight of silence hangs heavy as always. For a moment it’s too difficult to breathe, and I wonder if this is how I die. Drowned in this bed of silk, burned by a king’s obsession, smothered by open air.”

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275. “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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276. “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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277. “There are worse lives to live. Don’t feel sorry for me.”

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278. “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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279. “I follow the usual schedule... Wake up. Immediately regret it.”

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

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282. “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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283. “N’importe qui peut trahir n’importe qui.”

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284. “One day people are going to come and take everything you have.”

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

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287. “If it isn’t too late for me, it isn’t too late for yourself.”

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288. “Whispers are rare, dangerous, and powerful, even among the Silvers, even in the capital. The rumors about them vary, but it boils down to something simple and chilling: they can enter your head, read your thoughts, and control your mind.”

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289. “How many dead?” “Ten so far,” he mutters. “Three in the shooting, eight in the explosion.”

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290. “Or are we just winging it now?”

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291. “The steel reddens, warming under Cal’s fiery touch, and bits of the gilded hilt melt between his fingers. Gold and silver and iron, dripping from his hands like tears.”

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292. “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.”

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293. “I’m not a prince, my life has not been charming. I know to expect the worst out of everything and everyone.”

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294. “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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295. “I guess I did it wrong, as I do everything wrong. This time, I feel the shadow before I see it. And it feels angry.”

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

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298. “Her silence was her best quality. Perhaps her only good one.”

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299. “In this light he looks old and gray, a bitter man haunted by a dead sister, in love with a broken woman, doomed to teach a girl who can do nothing but lie.”

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300. “If there’s one thing I should forget, it’s him.”

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