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“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”
― William Shakespeare, The Tempest

“Don't do that," he says. "Don't ask me questions you already know the answers to. Twice I've laid myself bare to you and all it's gotten me was a bullet wound and a broken heart. Don't torture me," he says, meeting my eyes again.
"It's a cruel thing to do, even to someone like me.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Ignite Me

“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

“Words can lie. See beyond them.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Flame and shadow. One cannot exist without the other.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

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

“If you know someone's fear, you know them.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I hit your thigh!”
“Oh, please. A man doesn’t need that long to recover from a knee to the thigh.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“Maxon lowered his lips to mine and gave me the faintest whisper of a kiss.

Something about the tentativeness of it made me feel beautiful. Without a word, I could understand how excited he was to have this moment, but then afraid at the same time. And deeper than any of that, I sensed that he adored me.

So this is what it felt like to be a lady.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“He stood and went to read my pin as I approached. “America, is it?” he said, a smile playing on his lips.
“Yes, it is. And I know I’ve heard your name before, but could you remind me?”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“America Singer, one day you will fall asleep in my arms every night. And you'll wake up to my kisses every morning.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“If you don’t want me to be in love with you, you’re going to have to stop looking so lovely. First thing tomorrow I’m having your maids sew some potato sacks together for you.”
― Kiera Cass, The Selection

“I am different from what my world demands I be. And I am not worse for it.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“But there's always something left to be broken.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“To rise. And rise alone.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Not all crowns are worn where people can see.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Cal is built from his father’s dreams, and Maven from his mother’s nightmares.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“He loved the crown before he loved me, whether he knows it or not”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Our paths may be horrible, but they're the paths we made for ourselves.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“But we all still have the ability to choose, in the end.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“When she moves, I realize her hair is different too. The gray ends are gone, replaced by a beautiful, familiar purple. I love it.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“I don't like being your chess piece."
"Everyone is someone else's pawn, Mare. whether we know it or not.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“„Mare?“ The radio is in my hand before I can even think to ask for it. „I‘m here,“ I say, locking eyes with him across a canyon. „Is it too late?”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“You forged this crown yourself - now wear it. Or don't.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“I will not be a red queen”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Strange that she is both the anchor against the storm and the storm itself.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm

“Queens cast shadows too.”
― Victoria Aveyard, War Storm