Leigh Bardugo Quotes
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“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Six of Crows
― Six of Crows

“He needed to tell her...what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn't pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. That without meaning to, he'd begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near. He needed to thank her for his new hat.”
― Six of Crows
― Six of Crows

“Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom

“She smiled then, her eyes red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom

“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers, but we who wield power adorn ourselves with flowers to hide the sting of our thorns”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars

“Nikolai had been told that hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. But he’d never believed that. Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars

“This is what love does. In the stories, love healed your wounds, fixed what was broken, allowed you to go on. But love wasn’t a spell, some kind of benediction to be whispered, a balm or a cure-all. It was a single, fragile thread, which grew stronger through connection, through shared hardship and trust.”
― Rule of Wolves
― Rule of Wolves

“That was what magic did. It revealed the heart of who you'd been before life took away your belief in the possible. It gave back the world all lonely children longed for.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House

“There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken. No one knew who he was. No one knew where he came from. He'd become Kaz Brekker, cripple and confidence man, bastard of the Barrel.
The gloves were his one concession to weakness. Since that night among the bodies and the swim from the Reaper's Barge, he had not been able to bear the feeling of skin against skin. It was excruciating to him, revolting. It was the only piece of his past that he could not forge into something dangerous.”
― Six of Crows
The gloves were his one concession to weakness. Since that night among the bodies and the swim from the Reaper's Barge, he had not been able to bear the feeling of skin against skin. It was excruciating to him, revolting. It was the only piece of his past that he could not forge into something dangerous.”
― Six of Crows

“Will you say it?
"Aleksander"
His grin faded and his grey eyes seemed to flicker.
"Again."
"Aleksander”
― Ruin and Rising
"Aleksander"
His grin faded and his grey eyes seemed to flicker.
"Again."
"Aleksander”
― Ruin and Rising

“Kaz reached into his coat pocket. "Here," he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover.
"Are we going to read to each other?"
"Just flip it open to the back."
Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. "So?"
"Hold it up so we don't have to look at your ugly face."
"My face has character. Besides - oh!"
"An excellent read, isn't it?"
"Who knew I had a taste for literature?”
― Six of Crows
"Are we going to read to each other?"
"Just flip it open to the back."
Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. "So?"
"Hold it up so we don't have to look at your ugly face."
"My face has character. Besides - oh!"
"An excellent read, isn't it?"
"Who knew I had a taste for literature?”
― Six of Crows

“And maybe he wanted her to be the kind of girl who dressed as Queen Mab, who loved words and had stars in her blood.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House

“I want you to know my name.
The name I was given, not the title I took for myself.
Will you have it?
"Yes"
"Aleksander”
― Ruin and Rising
The name I was given, not the title I took for myself.
Will you have it?
"Yes"
"Aleksander”
― Ruin and Rising

“Fight me as long as you're able.
You will find I have far more practice with eternity”
― Shadow and Bone
You will find I have far more practice with eternity”
― Shadow and Bone

“There are rumors that your Lantsov prince has been sighted.â€�
I drifted nearer, trying to keep my voice casual. “Where?�
He glanced up, his lips curling in a slight smile. “Do you like him?�
“Does it matter?�
“It’s harder when you like them. You mourn them more.�
“Tell me, Alina,� said the Darkling. “Has he claimed you yet?�
“Claimed me? Like a peninsula?�
“No blushes. No averted eyes. How you’ve changed. What about your faithful tracker? Will he sleep curled at the foot of your throne?”
― Ruin and Rising
I drifted nearer, trying to keep my voice casual. “Where?�
He glanced up, his lips curling in a slight smile. “Do you like him?�
“Does it matter?�
“It’s harder when you like them. You mourn them more.�
“Tell me, Alina,� said the Darkling. “Has he claimed you yet?�
“Claimed me? Like a peninsula?�
“No blushes. No averted eyes. How you’ve changed. What about your faithful tracker? Will he sleep curled at the foot of your throne?”
― Ruin and Rising

“What is she to you anyway?"
"Here's my answer captain. She's the thing that made this all okay-the threadbare coats and the old boots and the guns that jams when you most need them to fire, the loneliness of knowing that you don't matter, that you will never matter, the fact that you're just another body, another uniform to be sent into the fold or the frost, another good boy who knows his place, who does his job, who doesn't ask questions, who will lie down and die and be forgotten. What is she? She's everything, you dumb son of a bitch.”
― Shadow and Bone
"Here's my answer captain. She's the thing that made this all okay-the threadbare coats and the old boots and the guns that jams when you most need them to fire, the loneliness of knowing that you don't matter, that you will never matter, the fact that you're just another body, another uniform to be sent into the fold or the frost, another good boy who knows his place, who does his job, who doesn't ask questions, who will lie down and die and be forgotten. What is she? She's everything, you dumb son of a bitch.”
― Shadow and Bone

“He looked down at his boots. "That berth belongs to you too. It will always be there when―if you want to come back."
Inej could not speak. Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain. "I don't know what to say.”
― Crooked Kingdom
Inej could not speak. Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain. "I don't know what to say.”
― Crooked Kingdom

“The trap is loneliness, and none of us escapes it. Not even me.”
― The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
― The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“I know who I am without anyone there to tell me.”
― The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
― The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic

“I will tell you a story, one I used to tell to a little boy with dark hair. A silent boy who rarely laughs, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising

“I’ve been waiting for you a long time, Alina,â€� he said. “You and I are going to change the world.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone

“You were meant to be my balance Aline.
You are the only person in the world who might rule with me, who might keep my powers in check”
― Ruin and Rising
You are the only person in the world who might rule with me, who might keep my powers in check”
― Ruin and Rising

“I’m also Sturmhond, commander of the Volkvony, scourge of the True Sea.â€�
'³§³¦´Ç³Ü°ù²µ±ð?â€�
'Well, I’m vexing at the very least.”
― Siege and Storm
'³§³¦´Ç³Ü°ù²µ±ð?â€�
'Well, I’m vexing at the very least.”
― Siege and Storm

“I roll my eyes. "Well, if I plan on doing anything exciting I promise to give fair warning so just...take a nap or something.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone
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