233 Quotes by V.E. Schwab

Are you as famous in your world as Kell is here?”Lila thought of the wanted posters lining her London. “Not for the same reasons.

There was a strange place, between knowing and not knowing. A place where things could live in the back of your head without weighing your heart.

Some people steal to stay alive, and some steal to feel alive. Simple as that.

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 the control. The act of taking, breaking the rules, makes them feel powerful. They're in it for the sheer defiance.

There is a defiance in being a dreamer

Dreamer is too soft a word. It conjures thoughts of silken sleep, of lazy days in fields of tall grass, of charcoal smudges on soft parchment.

Lila had always thought of secrets like gold coins. They could be hoarded or put to use, but once you spent them or lost them it was a beast to get your hands on more.

I wanted us to do this, together. I'm not a fucking coat, Marcus. You don't get to check me at the door.

Marcella sighed. “Men are always so impatient. Perhaps it comes from a lifetime of being given what you want, when you want it. Sometimes, Joseph, you just have to wait.