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  • #1
    Francesca Zappia
    “Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn.”
    ― Francesca Zappia, Made You Up
    tags: intelligence
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Vicious
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Monsters, monsters, big and small,
    "They're gonna come and eat you all.
    Corsai, Corsai, tooth and claw,
    Shadow and bone will eat you raw.
    Malchai, Malchai, sharp and sly,
    Smile and bite and drink you dry.
    Sunai, Sunai, eyes like coal,
    Sing you a song and steal your soul.
    Monsters, monsters, big and small,
    They're gonna come and eat you all!”
    ― Victoria schwab, This Savage Song
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    Victoria Schwab
    “You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn't matter if you're monster or human. Living hurts.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
    tags: human, life, living, pain
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    Victoria Schwab
    “People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances, molded as much by their regrets as their actions, choices they stood by and those they wished they could undo. Of course, there was no going back - time only moved forward - but people could change.

    For worse.

    And for better.

    It wasn't easy. The world was complicated. Life was hard. And so often, living hurt.

    So make it worth the pain.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet
    tags: august, going-forward, kate, life, monsters-of-verity, pain
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Lying is easy. But it's lonely."
    "What do you mean?"
    "When you lie to everyone about everything, what's left? What's true?"
    "Nothing," I say.
    "Exactly.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, The Archived
    tags: loneliness, telling-truth, truth
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  • #7
    Victoria Schwab
    “She cracked a smile. "So what's your poison?"
    He sighed dramatically, and let the truth tumble off his tongue. "Life."
    "Ah," she said ruefully. "That'll kill you.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
    tags: life, living, poison, truth
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  • #8
    Victoria Schwab
    “I know it hurts," she said. "So make it worth the pain.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet
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  • #9
    Victoria Schwab
    “Nobody gets to stay the same.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
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  • #10
    Victoria Schwab
    “He could be the monster if it kept others human.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
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  • #11
    Victoria Schwab
    “People are users. It’s a universal truth. Use them, or they’ll use you.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
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  • #12
    Victoria Schwab
    “I spent a long time playing that game,” she said. “Pretending there were other versions of this world, where other versions of me got to live, and be happy, even if I didn’t, and you know what? It’s lonely as hell. Maybe there are other versions, other lives, but this one’s ours. It’s all we’ve got.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet
    tags: august-flynn, kate-harker
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  • #13
    Victoria Schwab
    “August stared at her, aghast. "Did I know that kissing you would bring your soul to surface? That - THAT - would have the same effect as pain or music? No, I must have missed that lesson."

    She stared at him, agape. "August, was that sarcasm?”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet
    tags: august, kate, sarcasm
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  • #14
    Victoria Schwab
    “I'd rather be able to see the truth than live a lie.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
    tags: august
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    Victoria Schwab
    “Listen to me,” he said, pulling off his coat. “You need to stay awake.”
    She almost laughed, a shallow chuckle cut short by pain.
    He tore the lining from the Colton jacket. “What’s so funny?”
    “You’re a really shitty monster, August Flynn.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
    tags: human, humanity, monster, monstrosity
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    Victoria Schwab
    “I am a man, not a movement,” he said. “But if a movement is what it takes to end this war, then I will play my part.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet
    tags: henry-flynn, inspiration, movement, sacrifice
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  • #17
    Victoria Schwab
    “Every weakness is a place to slide a knife.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet
    tags: callum-harker, kate-harker, weakness
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  • #18
    Victoria Schwab
    “Kell managed an echo of her smile, and [Lila] gasped. "What's that on your face?"

    The smile vanished. "What?"

    "Never mind," she said, laughing. "It's gone.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic
    tags: joke, laughter, smile, smiling
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  • #19
    Victoria Schwab
    “What do you want?” chided Leo. “To be ordinary? To be human?” He said the word as if it stained his tongue.

    “Better human than a monster,” he muttered.

    Leo’s jaw tightened. “Take heed, little brother,” he said. “Do not lump us in with those base creatures. We are not Corsai, swarming like insects. We are not Malchai, feeding like beasts. Sunai are justice. Sunai are balance. Sunai are—”

    “Self-righteous and prone to speaking in third person?” cut in August before he could stop himself.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
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  • #20
    Victoria Schwab
    “Every weakness exposes flesh,” he'd said, “and flesh invites a knife.”
    ― Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song
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  • #21
    Erin Morgenstern
    “But dreams have ways of turning into nightmares.”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
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    Erin Morgenstern
    “Good and evil are a great deal more complex than a princess and a dragon . . . is not the dragon the hero of his own story?”
    ― Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus
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  • #23
    Marissa Meyer
    “Captain?"
    "Yeah?"
    "Do you think it was destiny that brought us together?"
    He squinted and, after a thoughtful moment, shook his head. "No. I'm pretty sure it was Cinder.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cress
    tags: cinder, cress, fate, lunar-chronicles, thorne
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    Marissa Meyer
    “I don't know. I don't actually remember anything from before the surgery."

    His eyebrows rose, his blue eyes sucking in all the light of the room. "The cybernetic opetation?"

    "No, the sex change."

    The doctor's smile faltered.

    "I'm joking.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cinder
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    Marissa Meyer
    “I'm sure I'll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cinder
    tags: cinder, cyborg, girl, humor, marissa-meyer
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  • #26
    Marissa Meyer
    “I knew they would kill me when they found out, but…” He struggled for words, releasing a sharp breath. “I think I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Scarlet
    tags: betrayal, choice, emotions, friendship, love, scarlet, wolf
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  • #27
    Marissa Meyer
    “Have you given any thought to your wedding vows?” Kai snorted.

    “Delete anything that has to do with love, respect, or joy, and I’ll sign on the dotted line.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Cress
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  • #28
    Marissa Meyer
    “Thorne scoffed. “Careful is my middle name. Right after Suave and Daring.”
    “Do you even know what you're saying half the time?” asked Cinder.”
    ― Marissa Meyer, Winter
    tags: carswell-thorne, humour, lih-cinder
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  • #29
    Sarah J. Maas
    “We all bear scars,... Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, Throne of Glass
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    Sarah J. Maas
    “He thinks he'll be remembered as the villain in the story. But I forgot to tell him that the villain is usually the person who locks up the maiden and throws away the key. He was the one who let me out.”
    ― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury
    tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury
    4756 likes



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