Veronica Lodge – Character Quotes

You wanted fire? Sorry, my specialty is ice.

I don't follow rules, I make them, and when necessary — I crake them!

I don't follow the rules. I make them. And when necessary, I break them.

– I was hoping maybe you could talk to Archie. Maybe he could convince Fred to sell.
– Yeah, sure, Mom, no problem. I'll just sexually manipulate Archie into doing my bidding.
– As long as you're in control.
– Oh, my God, mom, I was kidding!

I want the truth. Whatever it is.

– I'm messed up, Veronica...
– We all are, Archie. And, honestly, you less than most.

– Do you ever wonder... what if you had done things differently? What if you had made different choices?
– What do you mean, different choices?
– Every day I wonder, what if I had left Riverdale with my mom? Would things be... Would I be better off?
– I can't answer that, Archie. But we wouldn't have met, and... that would've been a tragedy of epic proportions.

Every day, I feel like there's a new secret... a new lie about my parents and what they've done. I don't want my mom to be guilty, Archie. I really want that to be a lie.

– I keep wrecking things.
– Welcome to my life.

Trust me, no one will remember anything. Except maybe that I accused Cheryl of twincest.

– Why are they doing this?
– They're agents of chaos, Kevin. They don't need a reason.

Chuck Clayton doesn't have a contrite bone in his muscle-bound body.

Betty, you know me. Any excuse to wear a cute party dress.

– Last year at Spence, my best friend Katy and I kind of terrorized this girl Paige. One time, we made her drink gutter water.
– Why?
– Because she was there. Because she was a misfit and we were class-a brutal bitches. Anyway, by December, Paige couldn't take it anymore...
– Oh, my God! Did you drive her to suicide?!
– What? No, But she did transfer schools and went into therapy.
– So now?
– If I can make Ethel Muggs' life a little better, even for one afternoon... I'm going to do it.

– Did your mom cut you off?
– She did.
– And that's a good thing?
– Oh, Reggie. This is how we Lodge women roll. We feint, we parry, we approach, we retreat. We're like a cobra and a mongoose dancing. She blinked, which means, I suspect, that Hermione Lodge is ready to negotiate.

– When my dad got arrested, the police, the lawyers, the judge, the courts, they took everything from us. Our houses, our cars, our club memberships, our yacht, even – I'm not kidding – the clothes off our backs. Anyway, my mom sat me down on the edge of my canopy bed and told me not to cry, because there was one thing in this world that no one could ever take from me. Not ever.
– Your trust fund?
– My name, Reggie. Which, after telling me no one would ever take it, that is exactly what she did. Like it meant nothing. It was nothing. Like I was nothing.