Caraval Quotes

“Every person has the power to change their fate if they are brave enough to fight for what they desire more than anything.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“She imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether. Elusive, difficult to hold on to. But not much is needed.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“No one is truly honest,” Nigel answered. “Even if we don't lie to others, we often lie to ourselves. And the word good means different things to different people.”
― stephanie garber, Caraval

“She remembered thinking falling for him would be like falling in love with darkness, but now she imagined he was more like a starry night: the constellations were always there, constant, magnificent guides against the ever-present black.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won't wake up.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Welcome, welcome to Caraval! The grandest show on land or by sea. Inside you’ll experience more wonders than most people see in a lifetime. You can sip magic from a cup and buy dreams in a bottle. But before you fully enter into our world, you must remember it’s all a game.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Whatever you've heard about Caraval, it doesn't compare to the reality. It's more than just a game or performance. It's the closest you'll ever find yourself magic in this world.”
― stephanie garber, Caraval

“Some things are worth pursuit regardless of the cost.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“No one is truly honest. Even if we don't lie to others, we often lie to ourselves. And the word good means different things to different people.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“It's better this way, sister. There's more to life than staying safe...”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Hope is a powerful thing. Some say it’s a different breed of magic altogether.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“The future knows what things we desire, unless there is something greater in our path that chases us away.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“He tasted like midnight and wind, and shades of rich brown and light blue. Colors that made her feel safe and guarded.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“The boy who’d saved her from drowning in more ways than one.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“I think I've made a mistake.'
'Then make it into something better.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Some would probably call him a villain. Others would say his magic makes him closer to a god.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Do you always focus on what you're giving up, rather than what you'll be gaining? Some things are worth pursuit regardless of the cost.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“What happens beyond this gate may frighten or excite you, but don’t let any of it trick you. We will try to convince you it’s real, but all of it is a performance. A world built of make-believe. So while we want you to get swept away, be careful of being swept too far away. Dreams that come true can be beautiful, but they can also turn into nightmares when people won’t wake up.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Sometimes it's easier to have someone else wound you.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Every touch created colors she had never seen. Colors as soft as velvet and as sharp as sparks that turned into stars.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“He kissed her once more, gently and deliberately, reassuring her without words that he had no intentions of letting her go.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“She remembered her first impression of him, tall, roughly handsome, and dangerous, like poison dressed up in an attractive bottle.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Scarlett was not fond of fate. She liked to believe if she were good, good things would happen. Fate left her feeling powerless, and hopeless, and with an overall feeling of lessness. To her, fate seemed like a larger, omnipotent version of her father, stealing her choices and controlling her life without any regard for her feelings. Fate meant that nothing she did mattered.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“I think this cut might need stiches,” Scarlett said, yet as her cloth wiped away the blood it revealed a smooth line of unmarked, unbroken flesh. “Wait, I don’t see a wound.”
“There’s not one. But that feels really good.” Julian moaned and arched his back.
“You scoundrel!”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“She'd disappeared like a broken star, leaving the world untouched, save for the bits of missing light that no one would ever see again.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Just because your moral compass is broken doesn't mean everyone here is unscrupulous.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“He's never stared at her like this before. Sometimes he gazed at her as if he wanted to be her undoing, but just then it was as if he wanted her to undo him.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“Before, Scarlett had always felt as if she didn't have choices, but now she was starting to realize that she did. She just needed to be bold enough to make the difficult ones.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval

“But Scarlett had already been broken. For years her father tore her down. Over and over, she had let him. She’d allowed him to make her feel worthless and powerless. But she was neither of those things. She was done allowing her fear to make her weaker, to eat away at the meat on her bones until she could do nothing but whimper and watch.”
― Stephanie Garber, Caraval