Top 500 Victoria Aveyard Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “There’s a trigger, and you need to find yours.”

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402. “He only asks what he already knows the answer to.”

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403. “He pulls water from the fountains, from every glass, raining it down again and again. The nymph is drowning him. The.”

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404. “I’m not a fool, little lightning girl. If you’re going play in my head, I’m going to play in yours. It’s what we’re good at. – Maven Calore, King’s Cage.”

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405. “I ache for my ability the way I ache for Mare, for Thomas, for who I was supposed to be.”

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406. “He’s strong, he’s talented, he’s powerful – and I’m his shadow. The shadow of the flame.”

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407. “Shade appears behind her, solidifying out of thin air, and wraps her up in an expert military hold.”

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408. “And three for the miscarriages she suffered over the years. Each one came at night, on the heels of a violent nightmare.”

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409. “Never breaking eye contact, Maven slips the flamemaker bracelet from his wrist. It’s slow, deliberate, methodic. I hear it hit the floor and roll, silver metal ringing against the marble. The other quickly follows. Still watching, he leans back in the bath and tips his head. Exposing his neck. At my side, my hands twitch. It would be so easy.”

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410. “Cal stares ahead, as if his eyes alone can set the entire world on fire. I think he wants to. That would make this easier.”

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411. “My darkness will save them.”

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412. “This is common, since he has only one real lung.”

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413. “Uncle is gone, she wrote instead of all this. And somehow, in some way, I envy him.”

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414. “Men are not meant to be at war for long.”

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415. “He must be blessed, by someone or something. My only consolation is knowing I’m right about him, and always will be.”

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416. “I can’t deny how much I want to go back for him.”

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417. “Maybe he ran afoul of his own toothbrush when he was a growing boy. Next.”

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418. “Sorasa spat heartily, her aim true.”

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419. “Tramy finally lets me go, putting me back down next to Cal, who’s doing a wonderful job looking awkward and out of place.”

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420. “We’ve never seen so much blood here before. Blue lights flash to life, bathing.”

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421. “Mare, don’t be such a brat all the time, and stop beating up that Warren boy.”

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422. “My mind flashes back to Grand Garden, to the beautiful, cruel creatures calling themselves human.”

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423. “Diamond walls. “That.”

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424. “The screenwriting program itself is the reason I got the chance to be a working writer, and I can’t thank them enough.”

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

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

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427. “No kind of love can erase his faults, just like none can erase mine.”

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428. “They’re the sons and daughters of important people, and to them, the war is just another place to visit.”

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429. “When Kilorn steps toward me, his face set and determined, his bruises and scars and bandages seem to fade. I think I see the dawn in his eyes.”

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430. “Mare Molly Barrow, born November seventeenth, 302 of the New Era, to Daniel and Ruth Barrow,” Tiberias recites from memory, laying my life bare.”

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431. “If Valtik is going to rhyme, you can’t start talking in riddles, Sorasa,” she said, exasperated. “I refuse to save the realm under these conditions.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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440. “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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441. “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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442. “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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443. “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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444. “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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445. “Something about my unease sets Cal on edge. “Is Maven the only thing you’re worried about?” Not.”

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446. “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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447. “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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448. “We had a son too, Tibe. No matter how you felt about me, you were supposed to love him.”

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449. “His eyes, bloodred, hold an apology I will never accept.”

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450. “This morning I was a servant, tonight I’m a princess. How much more will change?”

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