Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

“Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself.”

“I promise, Matthias. I'll take you home.""Nina," he said, pressing her hand to his heart. "I am already home.”

“I tilted my head back, breathing deeply. It was a clear, moonless night, and after those long months underground, the sight of all that sky was dizzying. And so many stars—a glittering, tangled mas...”

“Survival wasn't nearly as hard as he'd thought once he left decency behind.”

“Mal was quiet for a long moment. Then he said, “I’m not sure who my first kill was. We were hunting the stag when we ran into a Fjerdan patrol on the northern border. I don’t think the fight lasted...”

“i prefer to think of the good times. Like when you held my hair as I was vomiting into a bucket.”

“Abruptly, Adrik snarled, 'I'm glad Sergei's dead. I'm just sorry I didn't get to wring his neck myself.''You'd need two hands for that,' said”

“Kaz had always kept himself at a remove from everyone. They’d wanted camaraderie, friendship, but he had never agreed to play their game, only his own.”

“The names they gave were false ones, though the vows they made were true.”

“What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary.”

“and the look they exchanged could have melted miles of northern ice.”

“Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”

“At that moment, the creature's back breached the waves, its body cutting through the water in a sinuous arch, rainbows sparking off the iridescent scales on its back. Rusalye.”

“I don't think-""Clearly. Why start now?”

“(...)And what did I want? (...)A chance to sleep easy in my bed without fear. (...) There were old wants too, to be loved for who I was, not what I could do, to lie in a meadow with a boy's arms ar...”

“That first winter, when it was time for her friends to leave, the girl ventured out into the show to say goodbye, and the stunning raven-haired Squaller handed her another gift. "A blue kefta," sai...”

“She righted herself, her balance returning. Had she really thought the world didn't change? She was a fool. The world was made of miracles, unexpected earthquakes, storms that came from nowhere and...”

“It’s good to feel foolish sometimes, Fjerdan.”“You only say that because you have no shame.”

“You're weak because you're afraid of people seeing your weakness. You're letting shame decide who you are.”

“Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?You called me and I answered”