Vera > Vera's Quotes

“Everything’s a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Why do I have to tell a story?” I asked.
“Because if you don’t tell the story, someone else will tell it for you.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“As awful as it sounds, money is power, and power is magnetic.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“It’s not just clothing. It’s a message. You’re not deciding what to wear. You’re deciding what story you want your image to tell. Are you the ingenue, young and sweet? Do you dress to this world of wealth and wonders like you were born to it, or do you want to walk the line: the same but different, young but full of steel?”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“You don't have to kiss me. You don't even have to like me, Heiress, but please don't make me do this alone.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Inheritance Games

“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

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

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

“Flame and shadow. One cannot exist without the other.”
― 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

“What I need and what I want are two very different things.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“To look powerful is to be powerful.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“You should know the difference between secrets and lies.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“There's nothing wrong with being different.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“It's our nature. We destroy. It's the constant of our kind. No matter the color of blood, man will always fall.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I'm a Red girl in a sea of Silvers and I can't afford to feel sorry for anyone, least of all the son of a snake.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“Red in the head, Silver in the heart”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I can’t believe I didn’t see him for what he was from the beginning: a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And now I’m the sheep pretending to be a wolf.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“His lips are on mine, hard and warm and pressing. The touch is electrifying, but not like I'm used to. This isn't a spark of destruction, but a spark of life. As much as I want to pull away, I just can't do it. Cal is a cliff and I throw myself over the edge, not bothering to think of what it could do to us both. One day he'll realize I'm his enemy, and all this will be a far-gone memory. But not yet.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen