01UndatedLife has simply decided to open the floodgates, trying to drown me in a whirlwind of twists and turns.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
02UndatedTo 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 / quote ↗
05UndatedAnd I am revealed for exactly what I am - a particularly stupid fish, moving from hook to hook, never learning my lesson.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
06UndatedIn 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 / quote ↗
07UndatedIn 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 / quote ↗
10UndatedThe thing with heat is, no matter how cold you are, no matter how much you need warmth, it always, eventually, becomes too much.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
11UndatedI am afraid of waking up to emptiness, to a place where my friends and family are gone and I am nothing but a single bolt of lightning in the blackness of a lonely storm. If I am a sword, I am a sword made of glass, and I feel myself beginning to shatter.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
12UndatedI am sorry, you mistook my disinterest for attention. I don´t care.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
13UndatedWeakness is acceptable, forgivable, around family. But not when lives and wars hang in the balance.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
14UndatedWhat, Kilorn?' I sigh. 'What,' he echoes, shaking his head. After a long second, something snaps in him. 'I know you don't feel the same way I do. About us.' I'm seized by the urge to smash my head against a rock. Us. It feels stupid to talk about, a foolish waste of time and energy. But more than that, it's embarrassing and uncomfortable. My cheeks flame red. This is not a conversation I ever wanted to have with him.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
15UndatedI see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall.Victoria Aveyard / quote ↗
16UndatedHe 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 / quote ↗
