Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

“I was just a girl again, but this girl didnt owe her strength to fate or chance or a grand destiny. Id been born with my power; the rest Id earned.”

“Human courage was different from Amazon bravery. She saw that now. For all the suspicion and derision she'd heard from her mother and her sisters about the mortal world, Diana couldn't help but adm...”

“Waiting was the part of the criminal life so many people got wrong. They wanted to act instead of hold fast and gather information. They wanted to know instantly without having to learn. Sometimes ...”

“She lived in happy solitude, and grew old, and never worried when her beauty faded, for in her reflection she always saw a free woman.”

“We can't help the way we're born. We can't help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves.”

“Nina, you taught me to be something better. They could be taught, too.”

“We cant help the way were born. We cant help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves”

“The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”

“You see, some people are born with a piece of night inside, and that hollow place can never be filled - not with all the good food or sunshine in the world. That emptiness cannot be banished, and s...”

“Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, Im going to get Wylans ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I c...”

“You're very welcome," she said, giving my hair a hard tug. "You should be used to being gawked at by now.""And yet I'm not.""Well, if it gets too bad, give me a signal, and I'll get up on the banqu...”

“Mal snickered. "What's so funny?""I just pictured the Darkling being cornered by a sweaty duchess trying to have her way with him.”

“You just punched a prince, Alina. I guess we can add one more act of treason to our list.I shook out my sore hand. My knuckles smarted. First of all, are we so sure he really is a prince? And secon...”

“I may not have been completely honest about that.""You? Less than truthful? I'm shocked, Nikolai. Shocked and horrified.”

“I shouldn't have lost my temper that way. It just pricks his pride, makes him dig in his heels.""So why did you?" I asked, genuinely curious. It was rare for Nikolai's emotions to get the best of h...”

“If it works, it will be plenty dramatic. And I suppose that if it doesn't work, it will be even more dramatic, what with the blast.""David, I think you just made a joke."He frowned, utterly perplex...”

“It's always been this way. There were rumors about me even before I was born. It's why my mother never calls me Sobachka. She says it makes me sound like a mongrel."My heart gave a little pang at t...”

“I'll get them out and come back. I promise.""On your word as a cutthroat and a pirate?"He touched my cheek once, briefly. "Privateer."Another explosion rocked the grounds."Let's go!" shouted Mal.As...”

“Close your eyes!""You can't kiss me from down there, Wylan." "Just do it!”

“But when someone does wrong, when we make mistakes, we dont say were sorry. We promise to make amends.I will.Mati en sheva yelu. This action will have no echo. It means we wont repeat the same mist...”