Leigh Bardugo Quotes: 17

• I don't care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the part of you that loved him.

  Shadow and Bone

• The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.

  Six of Crows

• The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever.

  Shadow and Bone

• I have loved you all my life, Mal,"I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story.

  Siege and Storm

• They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side of the sea.

  Shadow and Bone

• They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things-if love can ever be called that.

  Ruin and Rising

• Do you answer a question directly?" "Hard to say. Ah, there, I've done it again

  Siege and Storm

• 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 banquet table, toss my skirt over my head, and do a little dance. That way no one will be looking at you.

  Shadow and Bone

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

  Siege and Storm

• Greed is your god, Kaz."He almost laughed at that. "No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.

  Six of Crows

• There is something more powerful than any army. Something strong enough to topple kings, and even Darklings. Do you know what that thing is?”I shook my head, inching away from him.“Faith,” he breathed, his black eyes wild. “Faith.

  Shadow and Bone

• 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 second, you’re just jealous.”“Of course I’m jealous. I thought I was going to get to punch him. That isn’t the point.

  Siege and Storm

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

  Siege and Storm

• 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 perplexed. "Did I?

  Siege and Storm

• Hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.

  Ruin and Rising

• 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 that. I'd been called plenty of names growing up."I like mongrels,"I said. "They have cute floppy ears." "My ears are very dignified.

  Siege and Storm

• 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 we sprinted into the tunnel, I glanced back and saw Nikolai silhouetted against the purple twilight. I wondered if I'd ever see him again.

  Siege and Storm