“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“I'm not going to die," she said. "Not till I've seen it."
"Seen what?"
Her smile widened. "Everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
“I apologize for shooting you in the leg.” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Sure I do,” countered Lila cheerfully. “There’s Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London,” she recited, ticking them off on her fingers. “See? I’m a fast learner.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Hesitation is the death of advantage.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“As Athera. To grow.
As Pyrata. To burn.
As Illumae. To light.
As Orense. To open.
As Anase. To dispel.
As Hasari. To heal.
As Travars. To Travel.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“The bodies in my floor all trusted someone. Now I walk on them to tea.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Bad magic, Kell had called it.
No, thought Lila now. Clever magic.
And clever was more dangerous than bad any day of the week.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“He would see her again. He knew he would. Magic bent the world. Pulled it into shape. There were fixed points. Most of the time they were places. But sometimes, rarely, they were people. For someone who never stood still, Lila felt like a pin in Kell's world. One he was sure to snag on.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Aren't you afraid of dying?" he asked Lila now.
She looked at him as if it were a strange question. And then she shook her head. "Death comes for everyone," she said simply. "I'm not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here." She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. "I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“But the thing about people, Kell had discovered, is that they didn't really want to know. They thought they did, but knowing only made them miserable.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“You have a house if not a home," she spat. "You have people who care for you if not about you. You may not have everything you want, but I'd wager you have everything you could ever need, and you have the audacity to claim it all forfeit because it is not love."
"I--"
"Love doesn't keep us from freezing to death, Kell," she continued, "or starving, or being knifed for the coins in our pocket. Love doesn't buy us anything, so be glad for what you have and who you have because you may want for things but you need nothing.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Looking for trouble, he'd say. You're gonna look til you find it.
Trouble is the looker, she'd answer. It keeps looking till it finds you. Might as well find it first.
Why do you want to die?
I don't, she'd say. I just want to live.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“A life worth having is a life worth taking.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Lila Bard knew in her bones that she was meant to be a pirate.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Word of mouth was its own kind of magic.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Where did you get this?" he asked.
"In a pocket in your coat," said Lila, stretching. "By the way, did you know that your coat is more than one coat? I'm pretty sure I went though five or six to find that."
Kell stared at her, slack-jawed.
"What?" she asked.
"How did you know what it was for?"
Lila shrugged. "I didn't."
"What if it had been poison?" he snapped.
"There's really no winning with you.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“For the ones who dream of stranger worlds.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Time isn't the same for the mad and the blind.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“What are you?" she asked. "A monster," said Kell hoarsely. "You'd better let me go." The girl gave a small, mocking laugh. "Monsters don't faint in the presence of ladies." "Ladies don't dress like men and pick pockets," retorted Kell. Her smile only sharpened. "What are you really?" "Tied to your bed," said Kell matter-of-factly. "And?" His brow furrowed. "And in trouble.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“You look more ready to storm a city than seduce a man.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Lila Bard lived by a simple rule: if a thing was worth having, it was worth taking.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Delilah Bard,” she said. “We’ve met before. And you looked worse.”
Rhy laughed silently. “I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
“I apologize for shooting you in the leg,” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
Rhy broke into his perfect smile. “I like this one,” he said to Kell. “Can I borrow her?”
“You can try,” said Lila, raising a brow. “But you’ll be a prince without his fingers.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“I'm not going to die," she said. "Not till I've seen it."
"Seen what?"
Her smile widened. "Everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Kell wore a very peculiar coat.
It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible.
The first thing he did whenever he stepped out of one London and into another was take off the coat and turn it inside out once or twice (or even three times) until he found the side he needed. Not all of them were fashionable, but they each served a purpose. There were ones that blended in and ones that stood out, and one that served no purpose but of which he was just particularly fond.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Some thought magic came from the mind, others the soul, or the heart, or the will. But Kell knew it came from the blood.
Blood was magic made manifest. There it thrived. And there it poisoned. Kell had seen what happened when power warred with the body, watched it darken in the veins of corrupted men, turning their blood from crimson to black. If red was the color of magic in balance—of harmony between power and humanity—then black was the color of magic without balance, without order, without restraint.
As an Antari, Kell was made of both, balance and chaos; the blood in his veins, like the Isle of Red London, ran a shimmering, healthy crimson, while his right eye was the color of spilled ink, a glistening black.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“A fine idea,” said Rhy. “But no. We must go out, you see, because we’re on a mission.”
“Oh?” asked Kell.
“Yes. Because unless you plan to wed me yourself—and don’t get me wrong, I think we’d make a dashing pair—I must try and find a mate.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
“Aren’t you afraid of dying?” he asked Lila now. She looked at him as if it were a strange question. And then she shook her head. “Death comes for everyone,” she said simply. “I’m not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here.” She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, quote from A Darker Shade of Magic
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