Violet Made of Thorns Quotes

“If I must be a villain, I will be one of my own making.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“Sometimes I want to kiss him and sometimes I want to ruin him, but most of the time, I want those actions to be one and the same.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“My curse, my ruin, my Violet - my heart is yours. It was always yours. Take it.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“I believe in wolves—in con men and crowned men who wear wickedness as if it were a talent. Who don’t ask for judgment before devouring what’s theirs. They know the future is no better than a roll of rigged dice, so they may as well do the rigging.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“Prince Charming fooling around with the local witch. We're a diplomatic nightmare.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“For the longest time, I wanted to grow up and be taken seriously. But now that I am grown - all my height and teeth accounted for - I miss being reckless without care.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“We stare at each other. We both sound witless, but at least I have an excuse: What do I say to a prince who kissed me, then told me to get the hell out of his kingdom, then protected me from a beast, before getting engaged overnight?”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“In dates or death, go out in style.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“If the Fates control our future, I don’t understand to what end. Here in Auveny, the belief is that the Fates judge us. That if we are generous, honest, not too chatty, placable, forgiving, they might twist our threads so we find love and earn our heart’s weight in gold. Everyone has heard of the miller’s kind daughter who marries richly, of the maid who coaxes the man out of a beast, of faithful girls in locked towers waiting for their knights. But I don’t believe in anything that supposes it knows me better than I know myself.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“All the tale needs is the villain, and the line between revered and reviled is as thin as an accusation.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“He kisses me like nothing else matters, and I kiss him like I believe it.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“If I had a better idea than listening to voices in my head, I'd be doing it.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“There are no love stories found upon the throne. Only secrets and schemes and spider-fingered kings.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“I don't believe in anything that supposes it knows me better than I know myself.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“What are you doing?"
"Eating three slices of cake and five slices of regret, what does it look like I'm doing?”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“You wouldn't hesitate to ruin me”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“It's so easy to take a life - just the single swing of a blade, done in anger. Flesh gives way so effortlessly. It should be more difficult to do something to monumental.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“To be remembered as someone good, you have to do good.

To be remembered as someone great, you have to get elbow-deep in bullshit and come out looking spotless.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“I learned at last what it took to make a kingdom prosperous, and it had nothing to do with goodness.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“Don’t look at me like that.”

“Like what?”

“Like I matter to you.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“I've always known that the queen beside me would be better made of ice than flesh. That it would be cruel to love anyone less resilient. But I didn't expect to find myself so willing.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“If I am to be a villain, I will be one of my own making,”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“We don't fit together without a fight. But body against body, we're like matches finally struck.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“Our entanglement wasn't inevitable in the way of the stars, but in the way you can only toss so many lit matches at a powder keg before one catches - and I should have stopped tossing matches.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“Sometimes, you just want someone to complain with.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“The best part about being Seer isn't the tower or the amenities or the access to the King. It's how easily everyone believes what you say.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“The Fates don't walk this earth - beasts and witches do. No matter what the gods know, no matter what they threaten, they aren't here.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“We don't realize the scope of what we don't know. What lies on the deep-sea floor or in the in-between stars? Even the heart of Fairywood, so close to us, remains uncharted.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“I don’t regret the lies I’ve told, nor following his father’s orders, nor keeping that thorn tucked away for so long before I burned it. But I regret this moment, stolen from a different thread of us where we’re oblivious and happy.

I should’ve never heard him laugh like that.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns

“If he only knew that he's still alive due to my continued disobedience of their wishes. I deserve at least another thank-you note for that, but will I get one? Doubtful.”
― Gina Chen, Violet Made of Thorns