V. E. Schwab

I tend to have a long con when it comes to romance, in part because I like the build-up as much as…

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You know so little of war. Battles may be fought from the outside in, but wars are won from the inside out.

— V. E. Schwab

“Pain and fear are inextricable- but pain has multiple forms.”

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“I feel wonderful. I feel like roses and sunshine and glitter.”

— V. E. Schwab

“She felt frozen all over again but in a different way. It wasn't icy water. It was fear.”

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“Be lost and then you will not care if you are ever found.”

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“It was then she realized that she wasn't a ghost, or a god. She was a monster.”

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“The dusk smelled like dead leaves and far off fires”

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“The absence of pain led to an absence of fear, and the absence of fear led to a disregard for consequences.”

— V. E. Schwab

I tend to lean toward female leads who have their guard up, their spikes out.

— V. E. Schwab

“Clean was not skin deep when it came to killing.”

— V. E. Schwab

“There were some people you had to stay away from, people who poisoned everything in reach. Then there were people you wanted…

— V. E. Schwab

“Those who ally themselves with monsters are little better than monsters themselves.”

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Purity without balance is its own corruption.

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I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.

— V. E. Schwab

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

— V. E. Schwab