Quotes By Author: Leigh Bardugo

“Their lives were violent, precarious, fragile, but they fought for them anyway, and held to the hope that their brief stay on this earth might count for something. That faith was worth preserving.”

“Where are you going?” she called after me, her voice mocking. “What’s waiting for you out there?” “Nothing!” I shouted at her. “No one!”

“I believe … I believe that if there was a start to this, then there has to be an end.”

“Good luck, Oretsev. Find the firebird, and when this is over, I’ll see you well rewarded. A farmhouse in Udova. A dacha near the city. Whatever you want.””I don’t need any of that. Just…” He dropped Nikolai’s hand and looked away. “Deserve her.”

“Dangling form the trap’s steel teeth by his wounded leg, a lesser creature might have closed his eyes and prayed for nothing more than a quick death. But if Koja had words then he had hope.”

“For the briefest moment, Ulla despised Signy, as we can only hate those who rescue us from loneliness.”

“A thousand desperate wishes have been spoken on these shores, and in the end they were all the same: Make me someone new.”

“But hope rises like water trapped by a dam, higher and higher, in increments that mean nothing until you face the flood.”

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

“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.”

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

“It’s okay to flout expectations, but never disappoint them.”

“Being a leader means someone is always watching you.Get them to follow the little orders, and they’ll follow the big ones.”

“Truth means something different when it’s given freely.”

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