A Darker Shade of Magic Quotes

“A vein of power. An artery.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“It’s been longer, I’m sure.” “I promise, it hasn’t.” “Maybe not for you,” said the king. “But time isn’t the same for the mad and the blind.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Dedication: For the ones who dream of stranger worlds.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Rhy laughed silently. “I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
“I apologize for shooting you in the leg,” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell looked down at Delilah Bard, a cutthroat and a thief, a valiant partner and a strange, terrifying girl.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“the thing about people, Kell had discovered, is that they didn’t really want to know. They thought they did, but knowing only made them miserable. Why fill up a mind with things you can’t use? Why dwell on places you can’t go? What good would it do”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“His gaze began to focus, and Lila reached for the nearest thing—a book—and struck him with it. His head lolled and his body went slack, and when he showed no signs of waking, she set the book aside, and took hold of his wrists.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“What are you?” she asked. “A monster,” said Kell hoarsely. “You’d better let me go.” The girl gave a small, mocking laugh. “Monsters don’t faint in the presence of ladies.” “Ladies don’t dress like men and pick pockets,” retorted Kell. Her smile only sharpened. “What are you really?” “Tied to your bed,” said Kell matter-of-factly. “And?” His brow furrowed. “And in trouble.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Such is the quandary when it comes to magic, that it is not an issue of strength but of balance. For too little power, and we become weak. Too much, and we become something else entirely. —TIEREN SERENSE, head priest of the London Sanctuary”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Transference is treason.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Wind whistled through the halls, and their steps echoed over the stone. Well, Kell’s steps did. Holland moved with the terrifying grace of a predator.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Lila had never been so near to royalty—she didn’t count Kell—and knew she should slip away as soon as possible,”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“It had neither one side, which would be conventional, nor two, which would be unexpected, but several, which was, of course, impossible.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The subtle scent of flowers was lost beneath the aroma of cooking meat and freshly cut fruit, heavy spices and mulled wine. A man in dark robes offered candied plums beside a woman selling scrying stones. A vendor poured steaming tea into short glass goblets across from another vibrant stall displaying masks and a third offering tiny vials of water drawn from the Isle, the contents still glowing faintly with its light. Every night of the year, the market lived and breathed and thrived. The stalls were always changing, but the energy remained, as much a part of the city as the river it fed on.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The bodies in my floor all trusted someone. Now I walk on them to tea.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Prefiro morrer numa aventura a viver sem ter feito nada.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“And for the first time, Kell saw Lila. Not as she wanted to be, but as she was. A frightened, albeit clever, girl trying desperately to stay alive. One who had likely frozen and starved and fought--and almost certainly killed--to hold on to some semblance of life, guarding it like a candle in a harsh wind.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“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. For someone who never stood still, Lila still felt like a pin in Kell's world. One he was sure to snag on.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Edward Archibald—Ned”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“I wasn’t here,” said Holland as the coin rose and fell. And by the time it hit Parrish’s palm, he was alone in the hall, staring down at the disk, wondering how it got there, and certain he was forgetting something. He clutched the coin as if he could catch the slipping memory, and hold on. But it was already gone.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell lingered in the shadow of a shop across the road from the riverside and looked up at the palace, like a sun caught in constant rise over the city, and for a moment, he saw it the way visitors must.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Such is the quandary when it comes to magic, that it is not an issue of strength but of balance. For too little power, and we become weak. Too much, and we become something else entirely. —TIEREN SERENSE,”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell broke into a sad smile. “He looked up and saw me crouching over him, bleeding, and the first thing he said wasn’t ‘What happened?’ or ‘Where are we?’ He touched the blood on his chest and said, ‘Is it yours? Is it all yours?’ and when I nodded, he burst into tears, and I took him home.”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“But I suppose you didn’t exactly have all your wits about you.”
Kell looked up in surprise. Was she actually excusing him?
“And I did hit you with a book.”
“What?”
“Nothing,” said Lila, waving her hand.”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“She’d wanted freedom. She’d wanted adventure. And she didn’t think she minded dying for it. She only wished dying didn’t hurt so much.”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic