Aveyard Red Quotes & Sayings

What, Kilorn?' I sigh.

'What,' he echoes, shaking his head. After a long second, something snaps in him. 'I know you don't feel the same way I do. About us.'

I'm seized by the urge to smash my head against a rock. Us. It feels stupid to talk about, a foolish waste of time and energy. But more than that, it's embarrassing and uncomfortable. My cheeks flame red. This is not a conversation I ever wanted to have with him. — Victoria Aveyard

I am married to a prince who will one day be a king. Usually this is where the fairy tale ends. Stories don't go much further than this moment, and I fear there's a good reason for it. A sense of dread hung over today, a black cloud I still can't get rid of. It is an unease deep in the heart of me, feeding off my strength. — Victoria Aveyard

Cal stares at the floor, silent for a long, stoic moment. "I never thought Maven would do that to her," he mutters finally. "She probably didn't either."
Then you're both stupid, my brain screams. How many times doe one wicked boy have to betray you people before you learn? — Victoria Aveyard

Red blood is just so hard to clean up"
"You would know" I snap remembering Shade. "Because no matter how hard you try to hid it I see it all over your hands — Victoria Aveyard

The only person in my head is me.
Tibe is not the same. The crown has changed him, as you feared it would.
The fire is in him, the fire that will burn all the world.
And it is in your son, in the prince who will never change his blood and will never sit a throne.
The only person in my head is me.
The only person who has not changed is you. You are still the little girl in a dusty room, forgotten, unwanted, out of place. You are the queen of everything, mother to a beautiful son, wife to a king who loves you, and still you cannot find it in yourself to smile.
Still you make nothing.
Still you are empty.
The only person in your head is you.
And she is no one of any importance.
She is nothing — Victoria Aveyard

He told me once that he didn't fear conscription as much as everyone else because the dozen bloodthirsty girls he was leaving behind were far more dangerous. — Victoria Aveyard

So far, the biggest regret I have in regards to the world of 'Red Queen' is that I didn't get to world-build enough. I don't think I did enough work explaining how the world came to be, and while I'm planning to go more into it, I'm a greedy writer, and I'm always going to wish I had more room to delve into the complexities of a fantasy realm. — Victoria Aveyard

You want me to pin my entire operation, the entire revolution on some teenaged love story? I can't believe this. — Victoria Aveyard

If there was ever a person begging for an elbow to the face, it is Evangeline Samos. — Victoria Aveyard

You believe you are the masters of the world, but your reign as kings and gods is at an end. Until you recognize us as human, as equal, the fight will be at your door. Not on a battlefield but in your cities. In your streets. In your homes. You don't see us, and so we are everywhere. ... And we will rise up, Red as the dawn. — Victoria Aveyard

You don't see us,
and so we are everywhere.
And we will rise Red as the Dawn! — Victoria Aveyard

Risk is part of the game. — Victoria Aveyard

I don't know how, but I hope you become queen one day. Imagine what you could do then? The Red queen. — Victoria Aveyard

We can bomb and burn every inch of this country down, but that will never do the damage you two can do. A Silver prince turning against his crown, a Red girl with abilities. What will people say, when they see you standing with us? — Victoria Aveyard

I'm a visual writer, so it's fitting that my first brush with 'Red Queen' was an image. I had the idea of a teenage girl in an arena, a bit like 'Gladiator,' and she's about to be executed. But instead of being killed, she kills her executioner with lightning. — Victoria Aveyard

We will rise up red as the dawn. — Victoria Aveyard

As you enter, you pray to leave. As you leave, you pray to never return. — Victoria Aveyard

Red in the head, Silver in the heart — Victoria Aveyard

And you're late."
"I prefer chronologically challenged. — Victoria Aveyard

Shocked to see me?" I drawl at them, chuckling at the horrific joke. — Victoria Aveyard

I stare at the polished metal, examining my reflection. The girl I see is both familiar and foreign, Mare, Mareena, the lightning girl, the Red Queen, and no one at all. She does not look afraid. She looks carved of stone, with severe features, hair braided tight to her head, and a tangle of scars on her neck. She is not seventeen, but ageless, Silver but not, Red but not, human - but not. A banner of the Scarlet Guard, a face on a wanted poster, a prince's downfall, a thief... a killer. A doll who can take any form but her own. — Victoria Aveyard

I do not fear pain. — Victoria Aveyard

I didn't have a desk to write 'Red Queen' on, so I got a nice writing desk. — Victoria Aveyard

But I can't find anything beautiful here, not when the smoking, dark factories are only a few miles back. The contrast between the Silver city and the Red slum sets my teeth on edge. This is the world I'm trying to bring down, the world trying to kill me and everything I care about. Now I truly see what I'm fighting against and how difficult, how impossible, it will be to win. I've never felt smaller than I do now, with the great bridge looming above us. It looks ready to swallow me whole. But I have to try. If only for Gray Town, for the ones who have never seen the sun. — Victoria Aveyard

If the Reds see her, a Silver by blood but Red by nature, raised up with us, they can be placated. It's like an old fairy tale, a commoner becoming the princess. She's their champion. They can look to her instead of terrorists." And then, softer, but more important than anything else: "She's a distraction. — Victoria Aveyard

Only his eyes remain the same. Bronze, red-gold, like iron brought to blazing heat. — Victoria Aveyard

The Calores are children of fire, as strong and destructive as their flame, but Cal will not be like the others before. Fire can destroy, fire can kill, but it can also create. Forest burned in the summer will be green by spring, better and stronger than before. Cal's flame will build and bring roots from the ashes of war. The guns will quiet, the smoke will clear, and the soldiers, Red and Silver both, will come home. One hundred years of war, and my son will bring peace. He will not die fighting. He will not. HE WILL NOT. — Victoria Aveyard

And some will believe. The fools. But others will not. Red and Silver, high and low, some will see the truth. — Victoria Aveyard

Attend to your own fate. — Victoria Aveyard

Make no mistake, my girl," he finally breathes. "You are playing the game as someone's pawn. — Victoria Aveyard

You are now Red in the head, Silver in the heart. — Victoria Aveyard

Their Silver war is being paid for in Red blood. — Victoria Aveyard

They trained me for this. It's their own fault. They helped make their own doom. — Victoria Aveyard

And we will rise up, Red as the dawn. — Victoria Aveyard

I'll make the other scream for you, Mare, every last one. Not just your parents. Not just your siblings. But every single one like you. I'm going to find them, and they will die with you in their thoughts, knowing this is the fate you have brought them. I am the king and you could've been my Red Queen. Now you are nothing. — Victoria Aveyard

Red Queen. The lightning girl. She lives. Rise, Red as dawn. Rise. Rise. Rise. — Victoria Aveyard

They've pulled me inside out, swapping Mare for Mareena, a thief for a crown, rags for silk, Red for Silver. This morning I was a servant, tonight I'm a princess. How much more will change? What else will I lose? — Victoria Aveyard

They don't know the meaning of danger or fear or pain. It's only their pride that can be truly hurt. — Victoria Aveyard

I used to think there was only the divide, Silver and Red, rich and poor, kings and slaves. But there's much more in between, things I don't understand, and I'm right in the middle of it. — Victoria Aveyard

I'm a Red girl in a sea of Silvers and I can't afford to feel sorry for anyone, least of all the son of a snake. — Victoria Aveyard

I am the king and you could've been my Red Queen. — Victoria Aveyard

I wrote a lot of 'Red Queen' wrapped in a blanket, cramped up while watching the snow come down. — Victoria Aveyard

She's like an earthquake in tiny human form, breaking apart anything and everything in her way. — Victoria Aveyard

What could they fear? We will rise, Red as the dawn. — Victoria Aveyard

They beg to a Silver king, and spit upon Red queens. — Victoria Aveyard

Red running through silver, joining into something darker. — Victoria Aveyard

It's to bad we didn't stay longer", I murmur, looking out at the river. "I would have liked to die close to home. — Victoria Aveyard

Rise, red as the dawn. — Victoria Aveyard

Her grip is strong as she shakes my hand; for once someone isn't afraid I'll break like glass.
"Every happiness to you, Lady Mareena. I can see this one suits you." She jerks her head toward
Maven. "Not like fancy Samos," she adds in a playful whisper. "She'll make a sad queen, and you a
happy princess, mark my words."
"Marked, — Victoria Aveyard

I grew up wondering if I'd have food for supper; now I'm standing in a palace about to be eaten alive. Red — Victoria Aveyard

I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin. — Victoria Aveyard

When his flame falls, my lightning rises, and so on. — Victoria Aveyard

The truth doesn't matter. It only matters what the people believe. — Victoria Aveyard

I'm red, I'm nothing, and I can still make you fall. — Victoria Aveyard

I'm good at what I do. — Victoria Aveyard

No wonder they mistake this for peace. I want to scream at every Red face I pass. I want to carve the words on my body so everyone has to see. Trap. Lie. Conspiracy. — Victoria Aveyard