V E Schwab Quotes

“Adeline has decided she would rather be a tree, like Estele. If she must grow roots, she would rather be left to flourish wild instead of pruned, would rather stand alone, allowed to grow beneath the open sky.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Her shadow stretches out ahead - too long, its edges already blurring - and small white flowers tumble from her hair, littering the ground like stars. A constellation left in her wake, almost like the one across her cheeks.

Seven freckles. One for every love she'd have, that's what Estele had said, when the girl was still young.
One for every life she'd lead.
One for every god watching over her.

Now they mock her, those seven marks. Promises. Lies. She's had no loves, she's lived no lives, she's met no gods, and now she is out of time.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“The moments that define lives aren't always obvious. They don't always scream LEDGE, and nine times out of ten there's no rope to duck under, no line to cross, no blood pact, no official letter on fancy paper. They aren't always protracted, heavy with meaning.”
― Victoria Schwab, Vicious

“I saw an Elephant, in Paris.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“We can't all turn blood and whispers into weapons.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“We want to prove things, in life, more than we want to disprove them. We want to believe.”
― V.E. Schwab

“Think hard, Sydney. We all have to live with our choices.”
― V.E. Schwab, Vengeful

“She handed back the cigar and dug the silver watch out of her vest pocket. It was warm and smooth, and she didn't know why she liked it so much, but she did. Maybe because it was a choice. Taking it had been a choice. Keeping it had been one, too. And maybe the choice started as a random one, but there was something to it.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“He is wild. But so is she.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

“Are you proud of yourself, Katherine?"
She studied her nails. "Quite.”
― Victoria Schwab

“I think there are many ways to matter”
― V.E.Schwab

“I confess, I do not want a master, and I've yet to find an equal”
― V.E.Schwab

“They look at you and see whatever they want...
Because they don't see you at all.”
― V.E.Schwab

“Other people paint what they see. I paint what I feel.”
― V.E.Schwab

“the words pound against her, drumming against her skin like rain”
― V. E. Schwab

“It feels wrong to have rituals right now, for things to continue in their carved-out way when something has cut through the routine.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Near Witch