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Victoria Scott

(1982) Children's Writer United States

101 quotes in 133 categories

A character trips on the threshold, nearly face‑planting, and the narrator rolls her eyes. Later, a playful debate about “God’s gift to women” turns into a joke about chocolate, Midol and tampons. Bold, edgy lines about power and desire also appear, like a fierce warning and a vivid description of a red front door that makes the speaker smile.

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Victoria Scott is a children's writer from the United States, best known for Salt & stone.

Quick Facts About Victoria Scott

Born: February 1, 1982
Nationality: United States
Profession: Children's Writer
Notable works: Salt & stone
Known for: The Collector, The Liberator, The Warrior, Fire & Flood, Salt & Stone

About Victoria Scott

Victoria Scott is an American writer of young adult fiction novels. She's the author of Titans and the Fire & Flood series published by Scholastic Press, as well as the Dante Walker trilogy published by Entangled Teen. Scott's novels have been bought and translated in eleven foreign markets.

Quotes by Victoria Scott

“D-Dub in the flesh.”

Dante

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“Bros before hos”

Dante

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“Giddy up, shithole.”

Dante-walker

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We can be so much braver and bolder with a good friend by our side!

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“Dante Walker, you're about as gangster as Will Smith.”

Dante

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“I love you, Charlie," I say. "I fucking love you so much.”

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“We girls are prewired to like things that make you suffer.”

Boys

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“The coffee tastes like a donkey’s ass”

Coffee

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“You’re beautiful. If you believe it, they’ll believe it.”

Beautiful

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“People change when shit happens.”

Change

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“Staring at her, his reasons are lost to me.”

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“I don't mumble anymore, collector. I'm not a collector anymore, pipsqueak.”

Blue

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“Sure you do. Everyone wants to play. They’re just afraid of looking stupid. But you know what’s stupid? Not trying. So just…try.”

Football

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“They grind their hips toward each other, and I wonder why the slightest bit of booze turns chicks into lesbos.”

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“No. No way. That name is reserved for females with grace and elegance, not this girl. This girl is...beastly.”

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“I glance in the mirror. Surprise, surprise—I look finger-lickin’ delicious.”

Mirror

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“Is this happening?” I’m surprised to hear my own voice and decide right then and there that I have a positively perfect…

Perfect man

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“If I wasn’t about to go on the run, I’d get one of those smartphones that people hunch over all day like…

Hunch

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“She may be an uggo, but that dress would turn anyone into a rock star.”

Dress

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“He reaches down and tugs his pant leg up. The gold cuff wrapped around his ankle is decorated with Smurf stickers. "One…

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“That dress you're wearing..." Kraven says to Annabelle. Her eyes rise, meeting his stare. "It's quite expensive." Annabelle makes a face. "Don't…

Annabelle

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“Max is going through my overnight bag when I get back to Wink Hotel. My favorite part about this is that he…

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“Oh, no. No. He's going back to her apartment in the middle of the day. He's going to try and... and... My…

Darkness

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“But I'm hungry. I bypass the line and smile to myself when the peeps behind me mumble complaints. Telling their families and…

Family

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“The front door is painted a rich, bright red. The corners of my mouth curl into a smile. Have I mentioned my…

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“Looking mighty fine, if I do say so myself: red v-neck, dark denim, designer combat boots, and enough testosterone rolling off me…

Combat boots

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“Every inch of the house is covered in flowers and lace and screams tacky. It's like Martha Stewart vomitted, and this is…

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“Max is going through my overnight bag when I get back to Wink Hotel. My favorite part about this is that he…

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“Look, cat, you and I are never going to be friends. She’s going to call you Max, but I’m going to call…

Cats

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“She raises her hands and places them on either side of my face. My skin burns beneath her touch. 'I think you're…

Good heart

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“Though the kitchen's decor stinks, the smell of something wonderful pulls me away from Charlie's chattering. Bacon. Right there cooking on the…

Bacon

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“Max dances around in a circle with one leg pulled up, and people move away as if he's mentally unstable. He and…

Car salesman

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“I'll never understand the friendships Charlie has. Friendships where it doesn't take cash or hookups, or saying the right things to stay…

Dante

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“This morning, I'm relishing the perks of working for the Underworld. I press my foot down on the accelerator, and the deep…

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“How can you guys do this?” Cotton paces back and forth. “How can you act like everything is okay when these people…

Every single day

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“A seal the size of Canada attaches to her soul light.”

Humor

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“It doesn't say a damn thing. My pride deflates like a limp penis.”

Dante-walker

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“Like an eagle, dude. Like a freaking bald-assed eagle.”

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“You nasty, you nasty. You mama said you nasty!”

Dante-walker

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“His pinched expression looks like he just smelled his own asshole.”

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Victoria Scott by topic

Dante (18) Dante-walker (11)