Archived Victoria Schwab Quotes & Sayings

Now, as I look around at a room filled not only with boxes but plenty of its own marks, I want to know the stories behind them. Or rather, a part of me wants to know those stories. The other part of me thinks that's the worst idea in the world, but I don't listen to that part. Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweighs curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy, Da's warning echoes in my head, and I know; but there are no Histories here to feel sympathy for. Which is exactly why the Archive wouldn't approve. They don't approve of any form of recreational reading. — Victoria Schwab

The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; it's an event. — Tom Stoppard

What a stroke of luck, that the woman he loves is also his wife. — Ian McEwan

I can see why my daughter likes you."
"Do you think she's falling for my dashing good looks, my charm, or the fact that I supply her with pastries? — Victoria Schwab

So stop fighting. Let the noise go white. Let it be like water. And float. — Victoria Schwab

And besides, if my soul's impeccable taste in music throws you off, then learn to tune me out. — Victoria Schwab

Isn't it strange? It's like after they die, you're only allowed to remember the good. But no one's all good. — Victoria Schwab

The slaying of multitudes should be mourned with sorrow. A victory should be celebrated with the funeral rite. — Lao-Tzu

There have been times when I've wavered. When I thought maybe I wanted to be normal. But the thing is, what we do, it's in our blood. It's who we are. Normal wouldn't fit us, even if we wanted to wear it. — Victoria Schwab

Everything is valuable, in its own way. Everything is full of history. — Victoria Schwab

You are crazy," he says. "You are a crazy, amazing girl. And you scare the hell out of me." I smile. — Victoria Schwab

If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of. It would defy every norm that is America. — Rand Paul

Nothing moves fast in Texas except the windmills
And the hawk that rises up with a clatter of wings.
(Nothing more startling there than sudden motion,
Everything is so still.) — May Sarton

Knowledge is power," she finishes, and I open my eyes to find her rounding the chair, "but ignorance can be a blessing. — Victoria Schwab