Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2026 Update)
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301. “Even now, the fish boy takes nothing seriously. He’ll laugh his way into his grave.”

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302. “One already betrayed me, and the other might leave at any moment. But I do not fear a broken heart. I do not fear pain.”

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303. “Knowledge is a rising tide. Lifts all boats, as it were.”

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304. “The only person Maven has to save me from is himself.”

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305. “I let go of a breath I didn’t realize I was holding in.”

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306. “We all have scars and ghosts of our own. Some drove us to the Scarlet Guard, and some were because of it. I know the sting of both.”

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307. “Anyone can betray anyone. Without.”

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308. “Our gods have no names, no hierarchy. Their blessings are random, their words sparse, their punishments impossible to predict. But they exist in all things. They are felt at all times.”

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309. “There’s a difference between us and you,” Ashe finally snaps. “We do what we have to in order to survive, to carve out a life. Not because we don’t agree with the palace we end up living in.”

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310. “And some will believe. The fools. But others will not. Red and Silver, high and low, some will see the truth.”

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311. “They never miss an opportunity to lord over the others. Either they’re very vain or very aware. To look powerful is to be powerful.”

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

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

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314. “I can’t,” I bite out, looking anywhere but his face. He responds quickly, with force. “Neither can I.” “But I also can’t – ” Stay away. Keep doing this. Denying ourselves in the face of always-looming death. Tiberias hisses out a breath. “Neither can I.”

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315. “Cualquiera puede traicionar a cualquiera.”

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316. “To the New England Patriots. Last year I thanked you and you won the Super Bowl. Let’s keep that tradition going. Free Brady.”

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

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

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320. “Not to mention the fact that your uncle seems determined to drink away the coffers of House Jacos.” Another swig of gin. Coriane almost laughed at the irony. “How selfish.”

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

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323. “Only when someone else sees worth in me does he condescend to do the same.”

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324. “Even with an army at my back, I am still alone. Maybe.”

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

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

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327. “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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328. “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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329. “I can’t be alone with myself, not now, not yet. So I sit and listen, and I watch. And through it all, I feel his eyes.”

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330. “My corpse will smell wonderful.”

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331. “Fire and lightning raised Maven up, and fire and lightning will bring him down.”

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332. “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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333. “N’importe qui peut trahir n’importe qui.”

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

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

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

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

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339. “One dark night I spilled my secrets to him, on a road thick with summer heat. I was the girl who tried to steal his money then. Now, winter looms, and I’m the girl who stole his life.”

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340. “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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341. “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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342. “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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343. “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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344. “An eye sees only what they look for. Their sight is narrower than a blade of grass.”

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

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346. “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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347. “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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348. “A Security officer throws a loaf of bread at the louder ones for their trouble.”

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349. “Bree doesn’t know me as I am now, having missed almost five years of my life. But then, my life has changed more in the last two months than ever before. And only two people were with me through it. The first is imprisoned and the second wears a crown of blood.”

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350. “History gorges itself on women raised high and then brought low by men grasping for their power.”

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