Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2026 Update)
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351. “The only person Maven has to save me from is himself.”

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352. “Anyone can betray anyone. Without.”

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353. “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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354. “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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355. “And she’s not even finished. Julian’s words echo in my head – words can lie.”

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

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357. “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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358. “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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359. “Mare for Mareena, a thief for a crown, rags for silk, Red for Silver.”

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360. “Cualquiera puede traicionar a cualquiera.”

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

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362. “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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363. “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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364. “Thankfully, my silver powder holds. It’s made of stronger stuff than I am.”

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365. “To rise. And rise alone.”

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366. “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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367. “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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368. “Only when someone else sees worth in me does he condescend to do the same.”

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

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

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371. “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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372. “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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373. “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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374. “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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375. “Even with an army at my back, I am still alone. Maybe.”

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376. “My corpse will smell wonderful.”

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377. “Delivering uniforms is safer than wearing them.”

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378. “I have managed to find mention of a small nuclear attack dated to the year 2022 CE.”

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379. “No, I’d rather be in school, learning nothings in a classroom full of children.”

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380. “And I am revealed for exactly what I am – a particularly stupid fish, moving from hook to hook, never learning my lesson.”

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381. “Meanwhile, Samson strides from the arena like a titan.”

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382. “We slip in like mice and find ourselves in a room crawling with hungry cats.”

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383. “He’s a burner, he controls heat and fire, I remember. He’s a prince, and a dangerous one at that.”

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384. “You.” His fingers staying on mine, hot but steady in temperature. He’s holding himself back as much as he can. “I am in love with you, and I want you more than anything else in the world.”

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385. “I’m starting to think you like prisons,” he says, idling knocking his knuckles against the wall. “And that you have the worst taste in men.”

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386. “The best thing I can do is tell you the truth, or at least, what I think is the truth.”

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387. “Maven lets me think, his eyes thoughtful as he watches the emotions rise in my face. He always lets me think. Sometimes his silence is better than anyone else’s words.”

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388. “Something about my unease sets Cal on edge. “Is Maven the only thing you’re worried about?” Not.”

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389. “One minute of darkness. That’s what I need to give them. The screams, the yelling, the stampede of feet almost break my concentration, but I force myself to focus. The lights flash horribly, then die, making it almost impossible to move. Making it possible for my friends to slip away.”

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390. “Oh, that,” the king huffs, plopping back down into his chair. “I suppose we’ll give them an allowance, keep them quiet.” “I.”

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391. “I live in a shrinking world where the only thing I can trust is Maven’s obsession. Like the manacles, it is a shield and a slow, smothering death.”

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392. “No wonder they mistake this for peace. I want to scream at every Red face I pass. I want to carve the words on my body so everyone has to see. Trap. Lie. Conspiracy.”

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393. “This world is Silver, but it is also gray. There is no black-and-white.”

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394. “We had a son too, Tibe. No matter how you felt about me, you were supposed to love him.”

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395. “Over his shoulder, Evangeline prowls like a predatory cat, a glittering storm of knives at her fist.”

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396. “I have three older brothers, so when I spit at Maven, my aim is perfect, hitting him square in the eye. He.”

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

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398. “But there’s always something left to be broken.”

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399. “Killers don’t have to make sense.”

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400. “Monsters are made.”

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