1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

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

I’d learned to avoid mirrors. They never seemed to show me what I wanted to see.

You cannot make this kind of decision," he said. "Go off with someone you barely know. You're seventeen.""And you're the guy who got drunk on eggnog last Christmas and danced to 'Turn The Beat Around' in Aunt Rachel's wig, so stop acting like you're in charge.""We agreed not to mention that ever again," Jason whispered furiously.

I closed my eyes, feeling tears slide down my cheeks, and I reached out to the thing within me that I'd kept hidden for so long. I'm sorry, I whispered to it.I'm sorry I left you so long in the dark.I'm sorry, but I'm ready now.

His kind of power,the way he looks. You'd have to be mad or blind not to notice it.

You cannot worry about what came before or what happens next, what has been lost or what you might gain. There is only this moment.

Do not let them humble you, he said softly.

Seeing is easy. The hard part is being seen.

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," said the math teacher, shaking her head. "What would she do with that?""Maybe she knew a Grisha who died," replied the cook, taking note of the tears that filled the girl's eyes. They did not see the note that read, You will always be one of us.