QUOTATIONS: RED QUEEN BY VICTORIA AVEYARD
CHAPTER 1
"But no news is good news." - Mare page 3
"Let them ruin each other. They're not our people." - Kilorn page 7
CHAPTER 2
"There is so much more out there. Beyond us, beyond the Silvers, beyond everything I know." - Mare page 13
"One day people are going to come and take everything you have." - Gisa page 14
CHAPTER 3
"I don't like getting involved with other people's business. I don't have time for it." - Mare page 22
"Leave everything to me." - Mare page 22
"Safety has a price, girl." - Farley page 24
"Everything has a price, girl. No one knows that more than me." - Mare page 24
"Our freedom is worth a fortune." - Mare page 25
"Don't do this to me, Mare. Don't make me believe there's a way out of this. Don't give me hope." - Kilorn page 25
"He'r right. It's cruel to give hope where none should be. It only turns into disappointment, resentment, rage - all the things that make this life more difficult than it already is." - Mare page 25
"Maybe then I'll find the right words to say. Maybe then I'll understand how I feel." - Mare page 26
"Sometimes I want to kill you." - Gisa page 27
CHAPTER 4
"So I will have to be faster than ever, smarter than ever, and worst of all, luckier than ever. It's maddening." - Mare page 32
"Until you recognize us a human, as equal, the fight will be at your door." - Farley page 35
CHAPTER 5
"I don't suppose I'll see his smile for much longer." - Mare page 41
"I caused so much harm today, so much hurt to the ones I love most." - Mare page 41
"I guess causing pain is all I'm good for." - Mare page 41
"Things shouldn't be like this." - Cal page 45
"There are worse lives to live. Don't feel sorry for me." - Mare page 45
"The world changed around us and we stayed the same." - Mare page 47
"I wish things were different." - Mare's dad page 48
CHAPTER 6
"Say nothing. Hear nothing. Speak to no one, for they will not speak to you." - Ann Walsh page 53
"A demonstration of power, Father. They make us wait because they can." - Ptolemus page 57
"Their skills are even more frightening than their appearances." - Mare page 58
CHAPTER 7
"Whatever happiness I felt before is completely gone." - Mare page 60
"I must be in so much pain that I cannot feel it." - Mare page 67
CHAPTER 8
"I guess I did it wrong, as I do everything wrong." - Mare page 72
"If you know someone's fear, you know them." - Queen Elara page 74
"Tears sting my eyes, threatening to fall, but I will not cry. I have that much pride left." - Mare page 75
"I can fight the tears but not the questions. Not the doubt growing in my heart." - Mare page 75
CHAPTER 9
"I look beautiful. And I hate it." - Mare page 85
"I don't think anything about me is suitable." - Mare page 86
"As beautiful as this world is, it's just as dangerous. People who are not useful. People who makes mistakes, they can be removed. You can be removed." - Cal page 88
"But there's nothing I can do except hate her." - Mare page 90
CHAPTER 10
"To look powerful is to be powerful." - Mare page 92
"Again, I'm grateful for all the makeup. It's my shield, between them and the truth of who I am. A truth I don't even understand." - Mare page 94
"No one speaks up. No one would listen if they did." - Mare page 99
CHAPTER 11
"I don't think anything about me is normal anymore." - Mare page 108
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
"Besides, words can lie. See beyond them." - Julian page 120
"There's nothing wrong with being different." - Julian page 133
"Time is passing. My life is moving on, no matter how much I want it to stay the same." - Mare page 134
"You better hide that heart of yours, Lady Titanos. It won't lead you anywhere you want to go." - Maven page 136
CHAPTER 14
"I don't have the luxury of being selfish." - Cal page 143
"The power is in me and I don't want to let go. It feels better than pain." - Mare page 150
"Even I'm surprised at how easily the lie comes. One day I might even be able to lie to myself, to think my mind into thinking I'm happy." - Mare page 159
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
"I'm trying to tell you that I'm not the same as the rest of them. I think my life is worth yours, and I'll give it gladly, if it means change." - Maven page 178
"Your violent methods aren't winning you any friends." - Maven page 180
"I made the choice for you, to keep you safe." - Mare page 185
"Time moves slowly when you're waiting for something good." - Mare page 185
"Don't corner someone better than you, it makes them more dangerous." - Cal page 189
"You can't beat her with ability, so beat her with your head." - Cal page 189
CHAPTER 17
"How can she ever expect to win if she doesn't try?" - Sonya page 192
"A soldier doesn't blink until the battle is won." - Mare page 195
"I'll teach you what it's like to know fear." - Mare page 196
CHAPTER 18
"My life has not been charming. I know to expect the worst out of everything and everyone." - Mare page 212
"Anyone can betray anyone." - Julian page 214
CHAPTER 19
"I'm afraid of failing. I'm afraid of letting this opportunity pass us by. And I'm afraid of what happens if nothing in this world ever changes." - Maven page 219
"I do not forget. I do not forgive." - King Tiberias page 244
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
"Practice really does make perfect." - Mare page 254
"What I need and what I want are two different things." - Kilorn page 256
CHAPTER 22
"You never change, Cal." - Maven page 261
"I will fix this. I won't let them hurt you. You have my word." - Maven page 266
"I hurt everyone especially myself." - Mare page 267
CHAPTER 23
"When I stare at the water, I can ignore my fading future." - Mare page 280
"I'm not a little lovesick girl." - Mare page 285
"How heartless do you think I am?" - Cal page 286
CHAPTER 24
"He will always choose you." - Maven page 301
CHAPTER 25
"I wish things were different." - Cal page 307
"I've never wanted anything to be right and yet wrong at the same time." - Mare page 309
"Choose me. Choose a new world. Make a better world." - Mare page 313
"It was always you." - Cal page 313
"I make him choose. I was eager, I was stupid. I let myself hope." - Mare page 316
CHAPTER 26
"You made me believe." - Mare page 323
"You never looked at me. You never saw me." - Maven page 324
"The truth doesn't matter. It only matters what the people believe." - Julian page 327
CHAPTER 27
"I should be afraid but I have nothing left to fear. The worst has already happened." - Mare page 330
"How does it feel? How does it feel to be used Mare Barrow?" - Cal page 332
"One day your lies will strangle you." - Mare page 336
"I will never make the mistake of loving you ever again." - Mare page 336
"I'll protect you as long as I can." - Cal page 341
CHAPTER 28
"But a man's nature is not so easily changed." - Mare page 356
"I don't expect him to forgive me, and I don't deserve it either." - Mare page 358
EPILOGUE
"I will never submit again. I will never stop fighting." - Mare page 364
