QUOTATIONS: THE GLASS SWORD BY VICTORIA AVEYARD
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
"Don't lie to a liar." - Mare page 22
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
"Strange, any enemies know me best, and my family doesn't know me at all." - Mare page 66
"I know what I am and what I must do." - Mare page 68
"For them, I hold back. I curl inward and bleed alone, inside, where no one else can see." - Mare page 70
CHAPTER 6
"I've done so much damage already, and always to the people closest to me. For what I thought was right." - Mare page 90
"You'll find I'm remarkably good at giving orders, and particularly awful at following them." - Farley page 90
CHAPTER 7
"I don't know how you came out on the other side. But it changed you." - Kilorn page 93
"I'm not just something for you to hide behind, I'm your friend, and I'm going to help you with whatever you need, however I can." - Kilorn page 93
CHAPTER 8
"I'm starting to think you like prisons and that you have the worst taste in men." - Cal page 108
"Admit it, you've got a hard time keeping your heart and your head separated." - Cal page 108
"We can't do that anymore. Make mistakes for each other." - Mare page 109
"I suppose I should get used to being alone too. Not in the world, but in here. In my heart." - Mare page 109
"Obeying his command feels like surrender, but I have no other choice." - Mare page 117
"I told you to trust me. Why didn't you believe it?" - Kilorn page 123
CHAPTER 9
"Do what you do best." - Cal page 128
"Give me reason to trust you and I will." - Mare page 137
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
"But how do I let him go?" - Mare page 163
"Because no one ever gave me a choice." - Mare page 166
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
"One day, he's going to stop following me and I need to prepare myself for it. I need to decide what my heart will allow - and what loneliness I can bear." - Mare page 197
CHAPTER 14
"Words don't impress me. But you're doing a hell of a lot more than talking." - Crance page 207
"The money makes everyone desperate." - Mare page 209
"I want to look back, but I have to walk away, to do what must be done, and forget what must be forgotten." - Mare page 217
"But I need him. And I can't find the strength to let him go." - Mare page 218
CHAPTER 15
"If. I despise that word." - Mare page 225
"I hope I never have to see that empty look in his eyes ever again." - Mare page 246
CHAPTER 16
"Some losses are impossible to forget." - Mare page 249
"I am a man of my word when I want to be." - Maven page 253
CHAPTER 17
"You opened your eyes, Mare. That's all that matters to me." - Cal page 258
"I can't let the mistakes I've made bury me." - Mare page 267
"I thought we would lose you. I thought I was going to lose you. So many times." - Cal page 268
"I must keep going, I must hurt myself to save myself, hurt others to save others." - Mare page 269
"I won't let him hurt you again." - Cal page 269
"But I do not fear a broken heart. I do not fear pain." - Mare page 270
CHAPTER 18
"I won't tell you that I understand, or that I'm sorry for you. That's not what you need." - Kilorn page 272
"You never saw me the way I see you, not even at home, before all this happened. I thought you might one day, but - it's just not in you to love me." - Kilorn page 273
"We can't choose who we love. I wish, more than anything that we could." - Kilorn page 274
"You can love him all you want, I won't stop you. But for my sake, for your parents, for the rest of us, please don't let him control you." - Kilorn page 274
"One day soon you're going to get lost. And I won't be there to lead you back." - Kilorn page 277
"I fear being alone, more than anything else, so why do I do this? Why do I push away the people I love? What is so very wrong with me?" - Mare page 277
CHAPTER 19
"No matter what I do, no matter how much I try to be one of them, they see me as something apart." - Mare page 293
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
"There are worse things than pain." - Jon page 324
"I'll make them pay for their foolishness, but I won't make their mistake." - Mare page 325
"You're exactly who I thought you would be." - Jon page 326
"I'm grateful to have met you." - Jon page 326
"Only despair drowns out my rage." - Mare page 330
"Fates can change." - Mare page 330
CHAPTER 22
"You're either useless or you're resistant. Pick one." - Mare page 341
"If you're going to lie, you might as well do it properly." - Mare page 341
CHAPTER 23
"It will not be easy, but it is not impossible." - Mare page 351
"Nothing will ever be the same. It's my own fault." - Mare page 351
"Remember what they are, and how they feel. They are not the only ones who see the ruin in this world." - Cal page 355
"It hurts to hold back." - Mare page 364
"I need to be someone else, someone who doesn't rely on anything but her own strength." - Mare page 364
CHAPTER 24
"For girls like us, who had nothing, expected nothing, it's intoxicating to know there is something of our own, something no one else can claim or take away." - Mare page 367
"No one is born a monster." - Mare page 377
CHAPTER 25
"I simply don't have a mind like he does. I know only shortcuts, how to cheat, how to lie, how to steal, and I know how to see what people hide." - Mare page 385
"That's my girl." - Cal page 387
"Run. But running is not something I can do anymore." - Mare page 395
"By now, I should know better than to lie. But a lie is what they need to carry on." - Mare page 403
CHAPTER 26
"Trust what you're doing." - Cal page 405
"For the first time. I have hope. There will be an after." - Mare page 414
CHAPTER 27
"Who is he to question my orders? He's no one." - Mare page 425
"Being civil isn't at the top of my list, but I try." - Mare page 428
"You of all people should know the burden I carry. How dare you try to make me feel guiltier than I already do?" - Mare page 429
"You are not the only one to make sacrifices." - Cal page 429
"I don't know if you love anyone at all." - Cal page 430
"Thinking about him is a waste." - Mare page 432
CHAPTER 28
"It's never easy to lose a family member." - Colonel Farley page 444
"No one is born evil, just like no one is born alone. They become that way, through choice and circumstance." - Julian page 447
"Things have been done to you, things no person should suffer. You've seen horrible things, done horrible things, and they will change you. I'm so afraid for what you could be, if given the wrong choice." - Julian page 447
"I will not lose who I am, even if it kills me." - Mare page 448
"How can I feel lost in such a small space." - Mare page 450
"My best is not enough." - Mare page 454
CHAPTER 29
"There is nothing in me left to burn." - Mare page 458
"I know better than most that nothing in this world is fair." - Mare page 460
"No heart can ever be truly understood. Not even your own." - Mare page 464
"I want him to remember me differently." - Mare page 473
EPILOGUE
