Caraval Quotes

I think I've made a mistake.'
'Then make it into something better. ~ Stephanie Garber

This game brings out the most selfish parts of many people, but it had the opposite effect on you. Watching you restored my belief that Caraval could be what I believe it used to be---and that my brother could be good once again. ~ Stephanie Garber

Nothing about him was soft. His chest felt like a block of marble and yet she could have closed her eyes, curled up against him, and gone to sleep forever. ~ Stephanie Garber

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

What's so dangerous about my arms?' he murmured.
'For me, everything. ~ Stephanie Garber

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

A second in Caraval seemed richer than an ordinary second, like that moment on the cusp of sunset, when all the colors of the sky coalesce into magic. ~ Stephanie Garber

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 is a world built of make-believe, and sometimes it's difficult for those of us who always live inside it to feel as if anything is real. Most of us won't admit it, but we all crave the real. ~ Stephanie Garber

His mouth was crashing against hers. He tasted like exquisite nightmares and stolen dreams, like the wings of fallen angels, and bottles of fresh moonlight. ~ Stephanie Garber

He was mystery and unanswered questions. ~ Stephanie Garber

and she imagined an invisible bind around her neck as well, always holding her back. ~ Stephanie Garber

Dante had wings. And, holy mother of saints, they were beautiful-soulless jet-black with midnight-blue veins, the color of lost wishes and fallen stardust. ~ Stephanie Garber

Just because your moral compass is broken doesn't mean everyone here is unscrupulous. ~ Stephanie Garber

The air tasted like wonder. Like candied butterfly wings caught in sugared spiderwebs, and drunken peaches coated in luck. ~ Stephanie Garber

But there are many things to want in life. It's not a bad thing if there are other things you desire a little more. ~ Stephanie Garber

I used to fear I wouldn't come back, until I learned that it's the fear that feeds him. It's the same way hopes and dreams give Legend so much power during Caraval. ~ Stephanie Garber

She knew when she was being deceived and she couldn't imagine she'd become so confused about reality that she would lose her life or go insane. ~ Stephanie Garber

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

There were shipwrecks more graceful than Tella. ~ Stephanie Garber

I imagine the game wouldn't be the same in the light," Scarlett answered. "People think no one sees all the nasty things they do in the dark. The foul acts they commit, or the lies they tell as part of the game. Caraval takes place at night because you like to watch, and see what people do when they think there are no consequences. ~ Stephanie Garber

It took seven years to get the letter right. ~ Stephanie Garber

but the wish would only work if you wanted it more than anything. ~ Stephanie Garber

His voice was soothing ans commanding all at once, like the crackle of flames devouring wood. Fierce and fatal, yet somehow steady and reassuring. The type of voice a girl could have been easily consumed by. ~ Stephanie Garber

It's better this way, sister. There's more to life than staying safe... ~ Stephanie Garber

There's always a bit of real mixed in with everything ~ Stephanie Garber

The air was full of salt and secrets. ~ Stephanie Garber

Every story has four parts - the beginning, the middle, the almost ending, and the true ending. ~ Stephanie Garber