Tiberias Calore Quotes

“When his flame falls, my lightning rises, and so on.”
― victoria aveyard, Glass Sword

“Another round," she goads, and holds out a hand for the cards. "I bet a week of laundry."
Across from us, Cal stops his preparatory stretching to snort. "You think Mare does laundry?"
"Do you, Your Highness?" I snap back, grinning. He just pretends not to hear me.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“In the palace, during my imprisonment, I learned that Maven had been made by his mother, formed into the monster he became. There is nothing on earth that can change him or what she did. But Cal was made too. All of us were made by someone else, and all of us have some thread of steel that nothing and no one can cut. I thought Cal was immune to the corruptive temptation of power. How wrong I was. He was born to be a king. It's what he was made for. It's what he was made to want.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“Cal's eyes flicker, out to the trees. But he's not looking at the leaves. His gaze is in the past, to something more painful.
"She killed my true mother as well. And she'll kill all of us if we let her."
The words come out hard and harsh, a rusty blade to saw flesh. They taste wonderful in my mouth. "Not if I kill her first."
For all his talents, Cal is not a violent person. He can kill you in a thousand different ways, lead an army, burn down a village, but he will not enjoy it. So his next words take me by surprise.
"When the time comes," he says, staring at me, "we'll flip a coin."
His bright flame has grown dark indeed.”
― Victoria Aveyard

“The months have been good to Tiberias Calore. A life of war suits him. He seems vibrant and alive, even after narrowly escaping death on the walls.”
― Victoria Aveyard, King's Cage

“From the pilot's seat, Cal glowers. "He's done enough." He watches me take the chair next to him, seething all the while. "You really want to storm a secret prison built for people like us?"
"Would you rather let Julian die?" No answer but for a low hiss. "That's what I thought.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword

“The choke?" I exclaim, perplexed.
Next to me, Cal tries his best to be civil. His best isn't very good.
"Idiocy," he snaps. "The Choke has more Silvers than you know, each one instructed to arrest or kill you on sight. If you're lucky, they'll take you back to prison.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword

“There is nothing but his eyes. Even in the darkness, they glow.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Glass Sword