Quotes From "Red Queen" By Victoria Aveyard

Red blood is just so hard to clean up" "You would know" I snap remembering Shade. "Because no matter how hard you try to hid it I see it all over your hands Victoria Aveyard

Histories of the world before our own. That was a world of empires, of corruption, of war-and more freedom than I've ever known. But the people of that time are gone, their dreams in ruin, existing only in smoke and ash. Victoria Aveyard

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

Words can lie. See beyond them. Victoria Aveyard

They are dead. We are dead. It is over. Victoria Aveyard

One day you men will learnto pay attention and all the world willtremble. Victoria Aveyard

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

We’ve taken everything from her, brother, ” Maven murmurs, drawing close. “Surely we can give her this?” And then slowly, reluctantly, Cal nods and waves me into his room. Dizzy with excitement, I hurry inside, almost hopping from foot to Victoria Aveyard

Red in the head, Silver in the heart Victoria Aveyard

In the fairy tales, the poor girl smiles when she becomes a princess. Right now, I don't know if I'll ever smile again. Victoria Aveyard

Everything is wrong. I am alive. Victoria Aveyard

For all his clever ideas, Maven has nothing to say to this. He just stares, his breath coming in tiny, scared puffs. I know the look on his face; I wear it every time I’m forced to say good-bye to someone. “It’s too bad we didn’t stay longer, ” I murmur, looking out at the river. “I would have liked to die close to home.” Another breeze sends a curtain of my hair across my face but Maven brushes it away and pulls me close with startling fero . Victoria Aveyard

We're thieves, we're rats. We know when to fight and when to run. Victoria Aveyard

He looks like a ghost, haunted by a life suddenly torn away, and I don’t know how to comfort him. Victoria Aveyard

Life has simply decided to open the floodgates, trying to drown me in a whirlwind of twists and turns. Victoria Aveyard

To my dismay, he recovers quickly and smoothes his hair. "So you choose him?" That's all this ever was. Jealously. Rivalry. All so shadow could defeat the flame. I have to throw my head back and laugh, feeling the eyes of the brothers on me. "Cal betrayed me, and I betrayed him. And you betrayed both of us, in a thousand different ways." The words are heavy as stone but right. So right. "I choose no one. . Victoria Aveyard

In school, we learned about the world before ours, about the angels and gods that lived in the sky, ruling the earth with kind and loving hands. Some say those are just stories, but I don't believe that. The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind. Victoria Aveyard

In school, we learned about the world before ours, about angels and gods that lived in the sky, ruling the earth with kind and loving hands. Some say those are just stories, but I don't believe that. The gods rule us still. They have come down from the stars. And they are no longer kind. Victoria Aveyard

I am sorry, you mistook my disinterest for attention. I don´t care. Victoria Aveyard

I see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall. Victoria Aveyard

He told me once that he didn't fear conscription as much as everyone else because the dozen bloodthirsty girls he was leaving behind were far more dangerous. Victoria Aveyard