Top 300 Victoria Schwab Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “Didn’t know that when sound was taken from you, you had to find ways to take it back.”

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252. “Kell used to feel like a possession. Now he felt like a prisoner.”

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253. “The truth was a disastrous thing.”

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254. “I live in a world where shadows have teeth. It’s not a particularly relaxing environment.”

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255. “That’s what he told himself, over and over and over until he believed it, because truth wasn’t the same thing as fact. It was personal.”

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256. “August stopped rolling the apple, closed the book, forced himself to sit still, even though a still body was a busy mind- something to do with the potential and kinetic energy, if he had to guess; all he knew was that he was a body in search of motion.”

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257. “And then her mouth was on his again, and the version of himself, the one he tried so hard to drown, came gasping up for air.”

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258. “All he knew was that he was a body in search of motion.”

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259. “And I will not be dragged into the dark.”

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260. “A man is not a cause, and a cause is not a man.”

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261. “Do you want to hear a story?” she says, her voice soft and sweet and creepy. And just like that, we all shuffle closer. Mom has always had that power over people, always been the kind of storyteller who makes her listeners lean in.”

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262. “Why are there so many shadows in the world, Kate? Shouldn’t there be just as much light?”

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263. “A person chose their path. Or they made a new one.”

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264. “If you decide to leave – when you decide to leave – don’t do it without saying good-bye.”

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265. “Stories have power,” she says. “So long as you belive them.”

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266. “But to August, that fear was the shadow in his life, the monster he could fight but never kill, the reason he had wanted so badly not to feel.”

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267. “Nearly dying, it turned out, had not been pleasant.”

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268. “Control was all about focus, and he couldn’t do that, not with Jess hovering, studying him like a puzzle she could piece back together. She hadn’t yet realized that the picture had changed.”

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269. “She readjusted the shovel on her shoulder, and wondered if Eli would live forever, and how much of forever someone could reasonably remember, especially when nothing left a mark.”

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270. “It had taken a maddening amount of time to retrieve all the pieces, and even when he thought the task was done, he would still catch the glint of glass hours, days, weeks later. The monsters of Verity were like that jar.”

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271. “This was a chance for Rhy to shine, not only as a jewel, but as a sword. He had always been a symbol of wealth. He wanted to be a symbol of power. Magic was power, of course, but it wasn’t the only kind. Rhy told himself he could still be strong without it.”

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272. “When I was small, the wind sang me lullabies. Lilting, humming, high-pitched things, filling the space around me so that even when all seemed quiet, it wasn’t. This is a wind I have lived with.”

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273. “Everywhere you step, everywhere you stay, was once home to something – and someone – else.”

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274. “Silver linings, kids. I’m full of them.”

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275. “Eventually, it will come back and tray again. That’s what Death does.”

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276. “Knowing didn’t make it any easier. Aria.”

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277. “I gave him my life, but you cannot ask me to stop living.”

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278. “Anger flared through him, but anger was unproductive so he twisted it into pragmatism while he searched for a flaw.”

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279. “If you want to find Eli, and Eli wants to find you, why do you have to go through all this? Why can’t you just find each other?”

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280. “As she taped up her latest cuts, she wondered if, somewhere, there was a version of herself having fun. Feet up on the back of a theater seat while movie monsters slunk out of the shadows, and people in the audience screamed because it was fun to be afraid when you knew you were safe.”

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281. “Death will come for us again, one way or another. We can’t live in fear of it. That’s no way to live at all.”

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282. “Kate had spent enough time hiding behind her own walls to know a barricade when she saw one.”

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283. “It’s not life unless you care about it.”

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284. “I have lived at Gallant all my life. But home is meant to be a choice. I did not choose this house. I am tired of being bound to it.”

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285. “He wasn’t in the mood for God. Not this morning.”

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286. “Here, ghosty ghosty,′ calls Jacob.”

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287. “No offense, Cass, but I don’t care about Lara’s inner Hufflepuff.”

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288. “You’ll make the choice you need to make, not the one you want.”

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289. “Life is always messy. It’s supposed to be.”

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290. “Come out, little Katherine, he’d say. Let’s play a game.”

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291. “There’s a beauty in it, don’t you think? A kind of poetry. What happens when the effect kills the cause?”

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292. “Requirement ruins even the best of books.”

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293. “I can’t protect this world and care about it.” Kate met his gaze. “That’s the only way to do it.” He folded forward. “I can’t.” “Why not?” “Because it hurts too much.” He shuddered. “Every day, every loss, it hurts.”

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294. “Sloan is like the cat that plays with the mouse before eating it, just because it can.”

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295. “But it’s not about doing what’s easy. It’s about doing what’s right.”

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296. “Embrace your strange.”

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297. “I saved your life,” he said. In response, Kate brought the tip of the iron spike to his throat. It was still stained with Malchai blood, and the scent turned August’s stomach. Kate’s eyes were feverish, but her hand was steady. “A thank-you would suffice,” he said.”

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298. “Love doesn’t buy us anything, so be glad for what you have and who you have because you may want for things but you need for nothing.”

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299. “Stare too long at anything and you start to wonder. And where does wondering get you? Nowhere good.”

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300. “Fear is a perfectly rational response, the body’s way of telling you not to do something.”

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