1) "To the people who love you, you are beautiful already. This is not because they’re blind to your shortcomings but because they so clearly see your soul. Your shortcomings then dim by comparison. The people who care about you are willing to let you be imperfect and beautiful, too. (20)","victoria Moran, Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty"

2) "I am my heart’s undertaker. Daily I go and retrieve its tattered remains, place them delicately into its little coffin, and bury it in the depths of my memory, only to have to do it all again tomorrow.","Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward victorian Girls"

3) I cut myself because you wouldn't let me cry.I cried because you wouldn't let me speak.I spoke because you wouldn't let me shine.I shone because I thought you loved me...,"Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward victorian Girls"

4) "What if I mess up?""""Oh, you will. You'll mess up, you'll make mistakes, you'll break things. Some you'll be able to piece together, and others you'll lose. That's all a given. But there's only one thing you have to do for me.""""What's that?""""Stay alive long enough to mess up again.","victoria Schwab, The Archived"

5) "You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn't matter if you're monster or human. Living hurts.","victoria Schwab, This Savage Song"

6) "She cracked a smile. ""So what's your poison"" He sighed dramatically, and let the truth tumble off his tongue. ""Life."" ""Ah,"" she said ruefully. ""That'll kill you.","victoria Schwab, This Savage Song"

7) "People were messy. They were defined not only by what they'd done, but by what they would have done, under different circumstances, molded as much by their regrets as their actions, choices they stood by and those they wished they could undo. Of course, there was no going back - time only moved forward - but people could change. For worse.And for better.It wasn't easy. The world was complicated. Life was hard. And so often, living hurt. So make it worth the pain.","victoria Schwab, Our Dark Duet"

8) "The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for it. Columbus and America. Pinzon, who stumbled on Brazil while looking for the West Indies. Stanley happening on victoria Falls. And you. Amy Curry, when I was least expecting her.-Roger Sullivan","Morgan Matson, Amy & Roger's Epic Detour"

9) "Wear that scarf,"" he said, pointing to a blue cashmere scarf hanging on a peg. ""It matches your eyes.""Alec looked at it. Suddenly he was filled with hate - for the scarf, for Magnus, and most of all for himself. ""Don't tell me,"" he said. ""The scarf's a hundred years old, and it was given to you by Queen victoria right before she died, for special services to the Crown or something.""Magnus sat up. ""What's gotten into you?""Alec stared at him. ""Am I the newest thing in this apartment?""""I think that honor goes to Chairman Meow. He's only two.""""I said newest, not youngest,"" Alec snapped.","Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls"

10) I’ve been thinking.” “A dangerous pursuit.” “Indeed.,"victoria Schwab, The Archived"

11) "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.","victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic"

12) Life is a book. We fill the pages.,victoria Valentine

13) "Lying is easy. But it's lonely.""""What do you mean?""""When you lie to everyone about everything, what's left? What's true?""""Nothing,"" I say.""Exactly.","victoria Schwab, The Archived"

14) "You want me to pin my entire operation, the entire revolution on some teenaged love story? I can't believe this.","victoria Aveyard, Red Queen"

15) "I am Sunai,” he said. “I am holy fire. And if I have to burn the world to cleanse it, so help me, I will.","victoria Schwab, This Savage Song"

16) "I don't believe in Religion. I believe in Connection, Relationship and Spirituality.",Izey victoria Odiase

17) "I thought about the difference between a mama's girl and a daddy's girl. I decided that a daughter who belongs to her daddy expects gifts, while a daughter who belongs to her mama expects a lot more. Not from her mama. From herself.","victoria Bond, Zora and Me"

18) "Don't step backward toward nothing, step forward toward something, better awkward steps forward, than coward steps backward.",victoria Addino

19) "There's power within you, and it's your job to turn the lights on.",victoria Barnes

20) "She was happy, yes, in her own way, as best as she knew.But there’s a difference between a single candle in darkness and a sunrise.","victoria Aveyard, Queen Song"

21) "Because I was more often happy for other people, I got to spend more time being happy. And as I saw more light in everybody else, I seemed to have more myself. (250)","victoria Moran, Lit From Within: Tending Your Soul For Lifelong Beauty"