Victoria Schwab, The Archived Quotes

I’ve been thinking.” “A dangerous pursuit.” “Indeed.

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.

The only way to truly record a person is not in words, not in still frames, but in bone and skin and memory.

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Ignorance may be bliss, but only if it outweighs curiosity. Curiosity is a gateway drug to sympathy.

He manages a sad smile. “An omission is not the same thing as a lie, Miss Bishop. It’s a manipulation.

Like I said, Kenzie. Everything ends. I’m not afraid to die, ” you say with a wan smile. “I just hope I’m smart enough to stay dead.

Lying is easy. But it’s lonely.