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 aga...”

“Look, everyone talks about the unknown like it's some big scary thing, but it's the familiar that's always bothered me. It's heavy, builds up around you like rocks, until it's walls and a ce...”

“After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.”

“There were a hundred shades between a truth and lie, and she knew them all.”

“Everyone's immortal until they're not.”

“And perhaps that was the test of faith, to know, and not to say, to live with knowing, and let the truth live only in one's head.”

“Knowledge may be power, but money buys both.”

“I love being new places and hate getting there, and have been known to say on multiple occasions that I would give anything from a piece of my soul to a limb to a portion of my life savings...”

“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.”

“So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as you go. Want to add a dragon? Add a dragon! Want some magic? Throw it in. But the thing is, r...”