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> [“His gaze settles on the discarded book. He leans, reaching until his fingertips graze Dante's Inferno, still on its bed of folded sheets. "What have we here?" he asks. "Required reading," I say. "It's a shame they do that," he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/his-gaze-settles-on-the-discarded-book-he-leans-reaching-until-his/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

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## More by Victoria Schwab

> [“She couldn't break the orbit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/she-couldn-t-break-the-orbit/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“Perhaps it is in our best interest to... to surrender rather than waste words.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/perhaps-it-is-in-our-best-interest-to-to-surrender-rather-than-waste/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“The dead are silent, and objects, when they hold impressions, are quiet until you reach through them. But the touch of living is loud.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/the-dead-are-silent-and-objects-when-they-hold-impressions-are-quiet/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“Having something and losing it, it's so much crueler than never having had it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/having-something-and-losing-it-it-s-so-much-crueler-than-never-having/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“People are made up of so many small details. Some—like the smell of cookies baking—we can recreate. Or at least try.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/people-are-made-up-of-so-many-small-details-some-like-the-smell-of/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“I suppose it doesn't matter how they get out. All that matters is they do. And when they do, they must be found. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/i-suppose-it-doesn-t-matter-how-they-get-out-all-that-matters-is-they/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“The silliest things shatter you. A T-shirt discovered behind the washing machine. A toy that rolled under a cabinet in the garage, forgotten until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/the-silliest-things-shatter-you-a-t-shirt-discovered-behind-the/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“What a mess. Truths are messy and lies are messy, and I don’t care what Da said, it’s impossible to cut a person into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/what-a-mess-truths-are-messy-and-lies-are-messy-and-i-don-t-care-what/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“People aren't smart when it comes to the dead.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/people-aren-t-smart-when-it-comes-to-the-dead/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“Let them think you a demon or a god,” she said. “Let them fear you. It does not matter.” “It matters a great deal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/let-them-think-you-a-demon-or-a-god-she-said-let-them-fear-you-it/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“What do schools do that for?” he grumbles. “What’s the point of summer if they give you homework?” “Exactly!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/what-do-schools-do-that-for-he-grumbles-what-s-the-point-of-summer-if/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“I am broken the way most writers are, stories leaking through the cracks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/i-am-broken-the-way-most-writers-are-stories-leaking-through-the/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“Do you ever wonder why music brings a soul to surface? What makes beauty work as well as pain?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/do-you-ever-wonder-why-music-brings-a-soul-to-surface-what-makes/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“But there was something else, too, a strange excitement at the idea of playing normal, and every time he tried to untangle how he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/but-there-was-something-else-too-a-strange-excitement-at-the-idea-of/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

> [“Maybe one day the words will pour out like so many others, easy and smooth and on their own. Right now they take pieces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-schwab/maybe-one-day-the-words-will-pour-out-like-so-many-others-easy-and/)

[Victoria Schwab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-schwab/)

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