E.v Quotes & Sayings

Dangerous. Reckless. Foolish. Mad. The words were beginning to feel more like badges of pride than blows. Downstairs, — V.E Schwab

Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment. — V.E Schwab

Sure, I'll just run out to the Piggly Wiggly and ask the butcher for a properly aged finger bone. — E.V. Iverson

The night Kate Harker decided to burn down the school chapel, she wasn't angry or drunk. She was desperate. — V.E Schwab

There was probably a spell, but Lila didn't know it, and she was too tired to summon air or wood or anything else, so instead she simply summoned the last of her strength and kicked the door in. — V.E Schwab

And this girl, this monster, had a dangerous, complicated gift. — V.E Schwab

The noise from good toast should reverberate in the head like the thunder of July. — E. V. Lucas

The owner of the Stone's Throw was built like a brick wall - if a brick wall decided to grow a beard - tall — V.E Schwab

Any opposition not based on rationalism or science or experience will one day or other, reveal the fraud, selfishness, lies and conspiracies. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Man is equal to man. There should not be exploitation. One should help the other. No one should harm anybody. Generally there should be no room for grievance or complaint from anybody. Everyone should live and let others live, with a national spirit. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Sure I do," countered Lila cheerfully. "There's Dull London, Kell London, Creepy London, and Dead London," she recited, ticking them off on her fingers. "See? I'm a fast learner. — V.E Schwab

Darkness.
Everywhere.
The kind that stretched.
For seconds and hours and days.
And then.
Slowly.
The darkness lightened into dusk. — V.E Schwab

be aggressive, BE-BE Aggressive! B-E
A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E — Laurie Halse Anderson

I know where you sleep, Bard." She smirked. "Then you know I sleep with knives. — V.E Schwab

The world no doubt is the best or most serviceable schoolmaster; but the world's curriculum does not include Latin and Greek. — E. V. Lucas

It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden. — V.E Schwab

Blood was magic made manifest. There it thrived. And there it poisoned. Kell had seen what happened when power warred with the body, watched it darken in the veins of corrupted men, turning their blood from crimson to black. If red was the color of magic in balance---of harmony between power and humanity---then black was the color of magic without balance, without order, without restraint. — V.E Schwab

There are no good men in this game. — V.E Schwab

L I V E or E V I L
to Live life is to spell forward. To not live life is to spell backwards. — Shannon L. Alder

And Ulysses stopped his ears against the siren's song for it was death. — V.E Schwab

There is no such thing as magic," she told me. "You can b e l i e v e all you want, but it's never going to do you any good. Nobody flies. We only fall — Melissa DeCarlo

There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy. — E. V. Lucas

People are talking high of Thiruvalluvar. But in practice they do not respect his teachings. They act against him and disregard him. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

You look more ready to storm a city than seduce a man. — V.E Schwab

Decide for yourselves as to what you should thing of those who say there is God, that he is the preserver of justice and that he is the protector of all, even after seeing the practice of untouchablity in the form of man being banned from human sight and contact, from walking into the streets, from entering the temples and drawing water from a tank, is rampant in the land, and yet that land is not spared from being razed by an earthquake, burnt by the fiery lava of a volcano, engulfed in a deluge from the ocean, submerged in the chasm of the earth, or fragemented by thunder-storm. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

To set but a low value upon toast is to expose one's deficiencies in right appreciation. — E. V. Lucas

Astrid Dane. . . Her long colorless hair was woven back into a braid, and her porcelain skin bled straight into the edges of her tunic. Her entire outfit was fitted to her like armor; the collar of her shirt was high and rigid, guarding her throat, and the tunic itself ran from chin to wrist to waist, less out of a sense of modesty, Kell was sure, than protection. Below a gleaming silver belt, she wore fitted pants that tapered into tall boots (rumor had it that a man once spat at her for refusing to wear a dress; she'd cut off his lips). The only bits of color were the pale blue of her eyes and the greens and reds of the talismans that hung from her neck and wrists and were threaded through her hair. . .
"I smell something sweet," she said. She'd been gazing up at the ceiling. Now her eyes wandered
down and landed on Kell. "Hello, flower boy. — V.E Schwab

I've found that watching is the quickest way to learn, and the safest way to stay alive." Alucard — V.E Schwab

The dusk smelled like dead leaves and far off fires — V.E Schwab

You don't understand," gasped Eli. "No one understands." "When no one understands, that's usually a good sign that you're wrong." Eli — V.E Schwab

What a waste of life, to stand around and think so much on every little thing. — V.E Schwab

Kell wore a very peculiar coat.
It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible.
The first thing he did whenever he stepped out of one London and into another was take off the coat and turn it inside out once or twice (or even three times) until he found the side he needed. Not all of them were fashionable, but they each served a purpose. There were ones that blended in and ones that stood out, and one that served no purpose but of which he was just particularly fond. — V.E Schwab

They crashed into each other as if propelled by gravity, and he didn't know which one of them was the object and which the earth, only that they were colliding. The kiss was Lila pressed into a single gesture. Her brazen pride and her stubborn resolve, her recklessness and her daring and her hunger for freedom. It was all those things, and it took Kell's breath away. — V.E Schwab

Sleep is for the rich and the bored. — V.E Schwab

Dead men can't hold grudges. — V.E Schwab

Sydney didn't trust stillness. She had come to believe that it was a bad thing. A wrong, unnatural, dead thing. — V.E Schwab

She used to think that if she stole enough, the want would fade, the hunger would go away, but maybe it wasn't that simple. Maybe it wasn't a matter of what she didn't have, of what she wasn't, but what she was. — V.E Schwab

Thud. Thud. Thud. — V.E Schwab

Magic bent the world. Pulled it into shape. There were fixed points. Most of the time those points were places. But sometimes, rarely, they were people. — V.E Schwab

She was a thief, a runaway, a pirate, a magician.
She was fierce, and powerful, and terrifying.
She was still a mystery.
And he loved her. — V.E Schwab

Many crores of rupees are squandered in this country by way offering gratitude to God and bribing Him to gain greater and greater wealth. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

he was left with the words going sour on his tongue. — V.E Schwab

Are you ready ?" she asked, spinning the chamber.
Kell gazed through the gate at the waiting castle. "No."
At that, she offered him the sharpest edge of a grin.
"Good," she said. "The ones who think they're ready always end up dead. — V.E Schwab

I do not trust things unless they belong to me. A — V.E Schwab

Just as He had been doing even before the moment I consciously embarked on this journey, He revealed to me that it was all about love. It always has been - before the foundations of the earth - and it always will be - throughout eternity. The answers I was seeking were found in love, the healing I desperately needed also found in love. The love I sought and so desperately wanted to give was enabled, empowered, and actualized by His divine love. So nothing remains but for me to LOVE as an expression of my appreciation for His love for me: L-live an O-openly V-virtuous E-existence. — Riisa Renee

A male has the right to wander about as he pleases. He has the right to marry any number of girls. This practice has led to prostitution. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball. — V.E Schwab

I put my life into His hands." "Well," said Victor, earnestly, "let's hope He gives it back. — V.E Schwab

Purity without balance is its own corruption. — V.E Schwab

Kell swept Lila up into his arms, amazed at her lightness. She took up so much space in the world - in his world - it was hard to imagine her being so slight. In his mind, she was made of stone. — V.E Schwab

She was a kinswoman of the queen, a member of the most powerful family in England. A Boleyn. — V.E. Lynne

Village reform is not merely cleaning the roads, constructing schools and worshipping monasteries. It is not mere celebration of festivals. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Every one has the right to refute any opinion. But no one has the right to prevent its expression. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

We can't all turn blood and whispers into weapons. — V.E Schwab

You're the hero...," she said, finding his eyes,"...of your own story anyway. — V.E Schwab

Many American boys that fought in WWII had been sterilized under eugenic laws passed by the the United States Supreme Court under the 1927 case of Buck v. Bell. Over 80,000 Americans would be forcibly sterilized under that legal precedent. Coincidentally, Buck v Bell is also the legal precedent cited in Roe v. Wade, the famous abortion rights case. — A.E. Samaan

All of them screamed by the end. — V.E Schwab

Without any reason or basis, untouchability has been created as a result of caste. It is foolish to think of abolishing untouchability, in the face of the continuance of caste. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Magic gave so much to Man, and Man so much to Magic, that their edges blurred, and their threads all tangled, and now they can't be pulled apart. They're bound together, you see, life to life. Halves of a whole. If anyone tried to part them, they'd both unravel. — V.E Schwab

It doesn't bother you, that everyone believes different things?" "Why should it?" he asked. "We all believe the same thing really, we simply give it different names. Hardly a crime." Lila — V.E Schwab

Research from Denis Dutton, Brian Boyd, V.S. Ramachandran, William Hirstein and E.O. Wilson, among many others, is clear on the subject: we are enticed by forms, shapes, rhythms and movements that are useful to our existence. We find Vermeer's "The Girl with the Pearl Earring," beautiful, for example, because her face is symmetrical, a clue to her strong immune system2. As the neuroscientist Eric Kandel suggests in The Age of Insight, we are fascinated by Gustav Klimt's Judith because "at a base level, the aesthetics of the image's luminous gold surface, the soft rendering of the body, and the overall harmonious combination of colors could activate the pleasure circuits, triggering the release of dopamine. If Judith's smooth skin and exposed breast trigger the release of endorphins, oxytocin, and vasopressin, one might feel sexual excitement. — Anonymous

Please tell me this is easier to take off than it was to put on."
Calla raised a brow. "You do not think Master Kell knows how? — V.E Schwab

You told me once," said Kell, "that you were either magic's master or its slave. So which are you now?"
The screaming died in Holland's head, smothered by the hollow quiet he'd trained to take its place.
"That's what you don't understand," said Holland, letting the emptiness fold over him. "I have only ever been its slave. — V.E Schwab

By helping the poor, we must be able to remove their poverty. But extending help to one here and one there in the form of providing food will not remove poverty. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Because too little of something is just as dangerous as too much. — V.E Schwab

Whatever I am, let it be enough — V.E Schwab

If he weren't currently in the back of a cop car, he would have wanted to make a thesis note. — V.E Schwab

I will not subject you to a restraint, in the manner of scriptures and ancient works, by stating that you should trust what I say, that my words are apocalyptic; and that if you do not believe me, you will become atheists and go to hell. If what I say is not agreeable to your instinct, knowledge, experience and inquiry, reject it. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

He wished for the first time in his life that he believed in God. — V.E Schwab

Well, the world is full of surprises. And shadow kings. And curses. Coffee? — V.E Schwab

Caring was a thing with claws. It sank them in, and didn't let go. Caring hurt more than a knife to the leg, more than a few broken ribs, more than anything that bled or broke and healed again. Caring didn't break you clean. It was a bone that didn't set, a cut that wouldn't close. — V.E Schwab

Why anyone would ever pretend to be weak was beyond her. Lila — V.E Schwab

As for advice for aspiring authors, the best I can give is to be brave. It sounds like a simple enough thing, but it's not. Rejection is such an integral part of this journey, and it never goes away. — V.E Schwab

Our thoughts of literary renaissance should always center themselves on the removal of superstition, meanness, indignity and ignorance. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

A horse's eye disquiets me: it has an expression of alarm that may at any moment be translated into action. — E. V. Lucas

Well, when you wonder something," said Eli, "doesn't that mean part of you wants to believe in it? I think we want to prove things, in life, more than we want to disprove them. We want to believe. — V.E Schwab

Eli, who believed in God and had a monster inside just like Victor, but knew how to hide it better. — V.E Schwab

And Athos had. He'd broken Holland one bone, one day, one order at a time. Until all Holland wanted, more than the ability to save his world, more than the strength to bring the magic back, more than anything, was for it to end.
It was cowardice, he knew, but cowardice came so much easier than hope. — V.E Schwab

Bad ideas are my favorite kind. — V.E Schwab

She bent most of the rules. She broke the rest. — V.E Schwab

Mother... fucker... — V.E Schwab

Nothing is wasted. — E. V. Lucas

Winning is a matter of endurance. As long as you don't quit, you will win! — E.V. Frapiere

There is no diplomacy like candor. — E. V. Lucas

Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise deed? — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

You only need four words to spell the greatest word in the universe: L.O.V.E. — Matshona Dhliwayo

My greatest fear in life isn't dying. It's being the source of someone else's suffering. — V.E Schwab

Blitz to V-E Day. After the war was over, the novelist John Hersey invented a new kind of journalism, modelled on the techniques of fiction, in his report about the atomic-bomb attack on Hiroshima, which filled an entire issue of the magazine in the summer of 1946. That June, Ross wrote to Flanner, with a touch of rue, "Probably the magazine will never get back to where it was." The war took The New Yorker out of the city and into the world. — Anonymous

It was better not to care but sometimes, people got in. Like a knife against armor, they found the cracks, slid past the guard, and you didn't know how deep they were buried until they were gone and you were bleeding on the floor. — V.E Schwab

The rich strutted around, assuming they'd be safe, so long as they stayed in the good parts of town. But Lila knew there were no good parts. Only smart parts and stupid parts, and she was quick enough to know which one to play. — V.E Schwab

Everyone has a mix of humanity and magic in them. — V.E Schwab

A low whistle behind him as Alucard appeared at the entrance.
'Picking out a gift?' asked the captain.
'No.'
'Good, then take this'. He dropped a ring into Kell's hand.
Kell frowned. 'I'm flattered, but I think you're asking the wrong brother. — V.E Schwab

It seemed like a good plan, or at least, like the best of several bad ones. But — V.E Schwab

While all men are born as equals, to say that Brahmins alone are the highest and all others are low as Pariah (the Untouchables ) or Panchama is sheer nonsense. It is roguish to say so. It is a big hoax played on us — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Nature is made of cycles, and we are made of nature. What is unnatural is believing in an infallible man and a nice place waiting in the sky." George — V.E Schwab

I see wh a t I h a v e believed. I possess what I have hoped for. I am united to the one whom I have loved with all the strength of my loving. — Anonymous

But what did that mean? Was family the ones you were born to, or the ones who took you in? Did the first years of his life weigh more than the rest? — V.E Schwab

Women in India experience much worse suffering, humiliation and slavery in all spheres than even the untouchables. — Periyar E.V. Ramasamy

Lila cringed at the ghost of Barron's words, a memory with edges still too sharp to touch. — V.E Schwab

I love you, Kell, but I had no interest in matching tattoos. — V.E Schwab