V.E. Schwab

Quotes

• “Myths do not happen all at once. They do not spring forth whole into the world. They form slowly, rolled between the han...”
• “Blood was magic made manifest. There it thrived. And there it poisoned. Kell had seen what happened when power warred wi...”
• “Everyone thinks I have a death wish, you know? But I don't want to die - dying is easy. No, I want to live, but getting ...”
• “But these words people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semanti...”
• “We still have time," Kell assured him, getting to his feet."How do you know?" asked Hastra. "We can't hear the bells dow...”
• “Kell tipped his head so that his copper hair tumbled out of his eyes, revealing not only the crisp blue of the left one ...”
• “And Athos had. He’d broken Holland one bone, one day, one order at a time. Until all Holland wanted, more than the abili...”
• “Caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didn’t let go. Caring hurt more than a knife to the leg, more than a...”
• “Lila backed away toward the curtain. "Do you just... stand here until I need you?"The woman smiled and dug a volume from...”
• “Magic gave so much to Man, and Man so much to Magic, that their edges blurred, and their threads all tangled, and now th...”
• “Crime isn't that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they're not in it for the m...”
• “He suffered," added Athos softly. "But not like you." He brought his mouth closer. "No one suffers as beautifully as you...”
• “Are you ready ?" she asked, spinning the chamber.Kell gazed through the gate at the waiting castle. "No."At that, she of...”
• “It was better not to care but sometimes, people got in. Like a knife against armor, they found the cracks, slid past the...”
• “Death comes for us all, Brother. You cannot hide from it forever. We will die one day, you and I." "And that doesn't fri...”
• “My father was a vulture. My mother was a magpie. My oldest brother is a crow. My sister, a sparrow. I have never really ...”
• “She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe it wasn’t that simp...”
• “Look, everyone talks about the unknown like it's some big scary thing, but it's the familiar that's always bothered me. ...”
• “Ah, there you are, Bard,” came a familiar voice, and she turned to see Alucard striding over.“Saints, is that a dress yo...”
• “Well, when you wonder something," said Eli, "doesn't that mean part of you wants to believe in it? I think we want to pr...”
• “Sydney, look at me.' He rested his hands on the car roof and leaned in. 'No one is going to hurt you. Do you know why?' ...”
• “Kell stared at her, at a loss. Was her bravado a front, or did she truly have so little to lose? But she had a life, and...”
• “A wiry crewman named Kobis sat at the end of a couch, reading a book in the low light, clearly relishing the closest thi...”
• “My point, continued Rhy, is for every ten that worship you, one wants to see you burn. Those are simply the odds when it...”
• “It is an arrogant man that thinks himself a god.And an arrogant god, thought Tieren, looking to the window, that thinks ...”
• “You don't understand," gasped Eli. "No one understands.""When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're...”
• “Please tell me this is easier to take off than it was to put on.”Calla raised a brow. “You do not think Master Kell know...”
• “He suffered," added Athos softly. "But not like you." He brought his mouth closer. "No one suffers as beautifully as you...”
• “Victor was the first to speak, and when he did, it was with an eloquence and composure perfectly befitting the situation”
• “I know where you sleep, Bard." She smirked. "Then you know I sleep with knives.”
• “Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that.”
• “There were a hundred shades between a truth and lie, and she knew them all.”
• “People survived by being cautious, but they got ahead by being bold.”
• “After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.”
• “Dammit Bard, you're going to set the cat on fire.”
• “For the ones who dream of stranger worlds.”
• “No one suffers as beautifully as you do.”
• “Everyone's immortal until they're not.”
• “Magic was a truly beautiful disease.”
• “A queen could leave her t”