233 Quotes by V.E. Schwab

Crime isn't that complicated. People steal because taking something gives them something. If they're not in it for the money, they're in it for control. The act of taking, of breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They're in it for the sheer defiance. Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive.

After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.

And there in the dark, he asks her if it was really worth it.Were the instants of joy worth the stretches of sorrow?Were the moments of beauty worth the years of pain?And she turns her head, and looks at him, and says, "Always.

There is a rhythm to moving through the world alone.You discover what you can and cannot live without, the simple necessities and small joys that define a life. Not food, not shelter, not the basic things a body needs—those are, for her, a luxury—but the things that keep you sane. That bring you joy. That make life bearable.

I know where you sleep, Bard." She smirked. "Then you know I sleep with knives.

Caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didn’t let go. Caring hurt more than a knife to the leg, more than a few broken ribs, more than anything that bled or broke and healed again. Caring didn’t break you clean. It was a bone that didn’t set, a cut that wouldn’t close.

Lila!" he said cheerfully. "So you aren't a figment of my brothers imagination after all.

Everything changes, foolish girl. It is the nature of the world. Nothing stays the same.

Look, everyone talks about the unknown like it's some big scary thing, but it's the familiar that's always bothered me. It's heavy, builds up around you like rocks, until it's walls and a ceiling and a cell.