1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

"No prince is worth your life."Ayama supposed it depended on the prince."

"There should be more magic. Not the creased-greasepaint performances of clowns and hack illusionists. Not card tricks. The magic he'd been promised would be found at the backs of wardrobes, under bridges, through mirrors. It was dangerous and alluring and it did not seek to entertain."

"The world is changing,’ said Nikolai, the steel edge emerging in his voice. ‘We change with it, or there will be nothing left to remember us but the dust.’Vasily laughed. ‘I can’t decide if you’re a fearmonger or a coward.’‘And I can’t decide if you’re an idiot or an idiot."

"Alex knew better than to look too closely, but in that fleeting moment she could have sworn they looked frightened. What did the dead have to fear?"

"I need someone who can be invisible, who can become a ghost. Do you think you can do that?"I'm already a ghost, she thought. I died in the hold of a slaver ship."i think so."

"You cannot fear death and be its true emissary."

"Let the hounds give chase. I do not fear death, because I command it."

"Our first job is always to survive. I won’t apologize for it."

"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."

"The trick of acting is to believe the lie yourself, at least a little. Acting begins in the body. If you want to convince anyone of anything, you start with the way the body moves. It tells a thousand stories before you ever open your mouth."