02UndatedOne day you men will learnto pay attention and all the world willtremble.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
04UndatedI'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 / quote ↗
07UndatedNo one is born a monster. But I wish some people were. It would make it easier to hate them, to kill them, to forget their dead faces.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
08UndatedOne day he will leave, or die, or betray me like so many others have. One day, he will hurt me.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
09UndatedWhat I would do, to myself or anyone else, for the chance to go back home? But no one is there. No one I care about. They're gone, protected, far away. Home is no longer the place we're from. Home is safe with them. I hope.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
10UndatedWe’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 toVictoria Aveyard / quote ↗
11UndatedWhy give him a choice at all? You said yourself, we need everyone we can get. If this Nix guy is half of what you are, we can’t afford to let him go.”The answer is so simple, and it cuts me to bone.“Because no one ever gave me a choice.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
13UndatedIn 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 / quote ↗
15UndatedAs you enter, you pray to leave. As you leave, you pray to never return.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
16UndatedFor 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 feroVictoria Aveyard / quote ↗
18UndatedOnly his eyes remain the same. Bronze, red-gold, like iron brought to blazing heat.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
19UndatedCal stares ahead, as if his eyes alone can set the entire world on fire. I think he wants to. That would make this easier.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
20UndatedI know!" he growls back, his voice guttural. I wonder if all of his fire kind have eyes like his. Eyes that burn and smolder.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
21UndatedI must freeze my heart to the one person who insists on setting it ablaze.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
22UndatedCal'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 / quote ↗
24UndatedHe looks like a ghost, haunted by a life suddenly torn away, and I don’t know how to comfort him.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
