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“You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.”
― Deborah Moggach, Pride & Prejudice screenplay

“There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“The truth is what I make it. I could set this world on fire and call it rain.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Anyone can betray anyone.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Rise, red as the dawn.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I told you to hide your heart once. You should have listened.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I will never make the mistake of loving you ever again."
"So you choose him?"
That's all this ever was. Jealousy. Rivalry. All so shadow could defeat the flame.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“So you choose him?'
'Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed us both, in a thousand different ways.' The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. 'I choose no one.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“This was the shadow controlling the flame.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I am the king and you could've been my Red Queen.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“No one notices, no one even cares, when I fade away again. I'm a shadow, and no one remembers shadows.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I was never yours, and you were never mine, Maven. And not because of him, either. I thought you were perfect, I thought you were strong and brave and good. I thought you were better than him."
Better than Cal. Those are words Maven thought no one would ever say. He flinches, and for a second, I can see the boy I used to know. A boy that doesn't exist anymore.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“You aren’t alone.” The hope in his eyes cuts deeply. “You have your crown.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Now I'm in a king's cage. But so is he. My chains are Silent Stone. His is the crown.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“I thought I knew what heartbreak was. I thought that was what Maven did to me. When he stood and left me kneeling. When he told me everything I ever thought him to be was a lie. But then, I believed I loved him.

I know now, I didn't know what love was. Or what even the echo of heartbreak felt like.

To stand in front of a person who is your whole world and be told you are not enough. You are not the choice. You are a shadow to the person who is your sun.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Mare,” he whispers. “Choose me.”

Choose a crown. Choose another king’s cage. Choose a betrayal to everything you’ve bled for.

I find my thread of steel too. Thin but unbreakable.

“I am in love with you, and I want you more than anything else in the world.” His words sound hollow coming from me. “Anything else in this world.”

Slowly, my eyelids flutter open. He finds the spine to match my gaze.

“Think what we could do together,” he murmurs, trying to pull me closer. My feet hold firm. “You know what you are to me. Without you, I have no one. I am alone. I have nothing left. Don’t leave me alone.”

My breathing turns ragged.

I kiss him for what could be, what might be, what will be—the last time. His lips feel strangely cold as we both turn to ice.

“You aren’t alone.” The hope in his eyes cuts deeply. “You have your crown.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“I love your brother, Maven. You were right. You are only a shadow, and who looks at shadows when they have flame? Who would ever choose a monster over a god?”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Tiberias.” I’ve never said his real name before. It doesn’t suit him. It doesn’t suit us. But that’s who he is. “Choose me.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Come forward, Mare."


That is Maven's voice. Not Maven, but Maven. The boy I thought I knew. Gentle, tender. He keeps that voice stored away, ready to be used against me like a sword. It strikes me to my core, as he knows it will. In spite of myself, I feel the familiar longing for a boy who does not exist.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Heard you started smashing things again," he continues.
"You have bad taste in China." (Mare)”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Monsters are made”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“My voice hitches. "Is this the part where I ask you to choose me?”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Remember when we told each other no distractions?
Yes. He runs a blazing finger over my earrings, touching each one in turn.
Distract me.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Maven’s voice will always be louder than mine.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“I'm a man of my word, when I want to be. He said that once, and stands by it. It really is a gift, if he holds to his promise.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Until we meet again.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“It would be too easy to let myself drown. Part of me wants to.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“I miss you. Until we meet again.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage