A Darker Shade of Magic Quotes

“The golden rule of magic said that it couldn’t be created. The world was made of give and take, and magic could be strengthened and weakened, but it could not be manifested out of nothing. And yet …”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“You look at me, Kell, and think we are alike. That we are the same, even, one person on two divergent paths. Perhaps you think our power bonds us. Allow me to correct your misapprehension. We may share an ability, you and I, but that does not make us equals.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Because I can’t stay here,” she snapped, the smile gone from her face. “Because I want to see the world, even if it’s not mine. And because I will save your life.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell smiled back. And then Lila brought her free hand to his jaw and tugged his mouth toward hers. The kiss was there and then gone, like one of her smiles. “What was that for?” he asked, dazed. “For luck,” she said, squaring her shoulders to the wall. “Not that I need it.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“His smug expression was gone, replaced by surprise, the emotion preserved by death like an insect in amber.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell stopped walking and looked at her. “What is wrong with you?” he asked, sounding honestly baffled. “Do you care so little about your life that you would throw it all away for a few hours of adventure and a violent death?” Lila frowned. She’d admit that, in the beginning, all she wanted was an adventure, but that wasn’t why she was insisting now. The truth was, she’d seen the change in Kell, seen the shadow sweep across his eyes when he summoned that clever cursed magic, seen how hard it was for him to return to his senses after. Every time he used the stone, he seemed to lose a bigger piece of himself. So no, Lila wasn’t going with him just to satisfy some thirst for danger. And she wasn’t going with him just to keep him company. She was going because they’d come this far, and because she feared he wouldn’t succeed, not alone.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“But Kell was fighting two fights, one with the king, and the other with himself.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell looked down at the rich red linens on the bed and pulled aside his collar to show the mirroring scar. “I did only what you would have done, if you were me.” Rhy frowned. “I love you, Kell, but I had no interest in matching tattoos.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“He would see her again. He knew he would. 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

“Él era, después de todo, antari.

Y los antari podían hablarle a la sangre. A la vida. A la magia misma. El elemento primero y final, el que vivía en todo y era de ninguno.

Pudo sentir la magia agitándose contra la palma de su mano, la pared de ladrillos se calentó y enfrió al mismo tiempo con ella. Kell dudó, esperando a ver si respondía al llamado sin que se lo pidiera. Pero esta se contuvo, esperando a que él le diera voz a su comando. La magia básica podía hablar cualquier lengua, pero la magia antari —la verdadera magia, la magia de sangre— hablaba una y solo una. Kell flexionó los dedos sobre la pared.

—As Travars —dijo. Viajar.

Esta vez, la magia escuchó y obedeció. El mundo osciló y Kell dio un paso adelante.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“She’d rather liked the rotting ship. But it wasn’t hers. No, hers would be much better.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Yes. Because unless you plan to wed me yourself—and don’t get me wrong, I think we’d make a dashing pair—I must try and find a mate.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell la miró a los ojos. —Quedarás atrapada ahí —advirtió— cuando todo termine. Lila tembló. —Quizás —dijo—, o quizás vaya contigo hasta el fin del mundo. Después de todo, me has generado curiosidad. —Lila… —Los ojos de Kell estaban oscurecidos con dolor y preocupación, pero ella solo sonrió. —Una aventura a la vez —dijo ella.”
― V.E. Schwab, Una magia más oscura

“La vería de nuevo. Sabía que sí. La magia curvaba el mundo. Le daba forma. Había puntos fijos. La mayoría del tiempo, esos puntos eran lugares. Pero a veces, casi nunca, eran personas. Para alguien que nunca se estaba quieto, Lila aun así se sentía como un clavo en el mundo de Kell. Uno en el que él seguramente se engancharía.”
― V.E. Schwab, Una magia más oscura

“Dizer sim teria significado ficar, e ficar significaria se estabelecer ali. No fim, fora mais fácil virar as costas e fugir. Não sem rumo, dissera Lila a si mesma. Não; Lila estava em busca de algo. Algo melhor. E mesmo que não o tivesse encontrado ainda, ela conseguiria.
"Isso não é vida!", gritara, o punhado de coisas que pertencia enfiado debaixo do braço. "Isso não é nada. Não é o bastante. Não é o bastante, droga!”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“La muerte viene por todos. No tengo miedo de morir. Pero tengo miedo de morir aquí. Preferiría morir en una aventura que vivir parada inmóvil.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“I’m not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here.” She swept her hand over the room, the tavern, the city. “I’d rather die on an adventure than live standing still.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“I’m not going to die,” she said. “Not till I’ve seen it.” “Seen what?” Her smile widened. “Everything.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Perhaps,” she said, “or perhaps I will go with you to the end of the world. After all, you’ve made me curious.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The doors led to Prince Rhy’s private chambers, and Gen and Parrish, as part of Prince Rhy’s private guard, had been stationed outside of them.
Parrish was fond of the prince. He was spoiled, of course, but so was every royal—or so Parrish assumed, having served only the one—but he was also good-natured and exceedingly lenient when it came to his guard (hell, he’d given Parrish the deck of cards himself, beautiful, gilded-edge things) and sometimes, after a night of drinking, would shed his Royal and its pretentions and converse with them in the common tongue (his Arnesian was flawless). If anything, Rhy seemed to feel guilty for the persistent presence of the guards, as if surely they had something better to do with their time than stand outside his door and be vigilant (and in truth, most nights it was more a matter of discretion than vigilance).
The best nights were the ones when Prince Rhy and Master Kell set out into the city, and he and Gen were allowed to follow at a distance or relieved of their duties entirely and allowed to stay for company rather than protection (everyone knew that Kell could keep the prince safer than any of his guard). But Kell was still away—a fact that had put the ever-restless Rhy in a mood—and so the prince had withdrawn early to his chambers, and Parrish and Gen had taken up their watch, and Gen had robbed Parrish of most of his pocket money”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Looking for trouble, he’d say. You’re gonna look till you find it.
Trouble is the looker, she’d answer. It keeps looking till it finds you.
Might as well find it first.
Why do you want to die?
I don’t, she’d say. I just want to live.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“hadn’t only saved his life but had restored it.
“How?” demanded the prince. “At what cost?”
“One I paid,” said Kell. “And would pay again.”
“Answer me without circles!”
“I bound your life to mine,” said Kell, “As long as I live, so shall you.”
Rhy’s eyes widened. “You did what?” he whispered, horrified. “I should get out of this bed and wring your neck.”
“I wouldn’t,” advised Kell. “Your pain is mine and mine is yours.”
Rhy’s hands curled into fists. “How could you?” he said, and Kell worried that the prince was bitter about being tethered to him. Instead, Rhy said, “How could you carry that weight?”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Love doesn’t keep us from freezing to death, Kell,” she continued, “or starving, or being knifed for the coins in our pocket. Love doesn’t buy us anything, so be glad for what you have and who you have because you may
want for things but you need for nothing.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“I can’t…” he said, gasping as if he, too, were starved of air. “I can’t…” Kell’s voice wavered as his fingers tangled in his brother’s bloody shirt. “I can’t give up.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell would never shake the image of Rhy lying on the damp deck floor, pale and still. It was one of the only times in his life that he looked small.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell managed a small, tired smile. “Careful, Rhy,” he said. “You’re beginning to sound like a king.”
Rhy’s mouth quirked. “One day I will be. And I need you there beside me.”
Kell smiled back. “Believe me. There’s no place I’d rather be.” It was the truth.
Rhy patted his shoulder and went to bed. Kell shoved his hands into his pockets and watched him go. The people of London—and of the country beyond—loved their prince. And why shouldn’t they? He was young and handsome and kind. Perhaps he played the part of rake too often and too well, but behind the charismatic smile and the flirtatious air was a sharp mind and a good intent, the desire to make everyone around him happy. He had little gift for magic—and even less focus for it—but what he lacked in power he more than made up for in charm. Besides, if Kell had learned anything from his trips to White London, it was that magic made rulers worse, not better.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The rain had stopped falling now, and low morning light was creeping into the sky, and for a moment all Kell wanted was to be home. Not in the shoddy room in the Ruby Fields, but at the palace. He closed his eyes and could almost hear Rhy pounding on his door, telling him to get dressed because the carriages were waiting, and so were the people.
“Get ready or be left behind,” Rhy would say, bursting into the room.
“Then leave me,” Kell would groan.
“Not a chance,” Rhy would answer, wearing his best prince’s grin. “Not today.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“The earth beneath your feet does not care you will be king. Nor the water in your cup. Nor the air you breath. You must speak to them as equal”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“He did not care for that word - impossible - for just because something was not presently, didn't mean it could not be.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“He did not care for that word - impossible - for just because something was not presently, didn't mean it could not be.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic