1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

When power shifts, someone always suffers.

Watch yourself, Nikolai," Mal said softly. " Princes bleed just like other men.

Magic doesn’t require beauty,’ she said. 'Easy magic is pretty. Great magic asks that you trouble the waters. It requires a disruption, something new.

I’m also Sturmhond, commander of the Volkvony, scourge of the True Sea.’'Scourge?’'Well, I’m vexing at the very least.

When the coffers are empty and their bellies growl, even good men turn bad.

Why are you taking this so personally?”“Wouldn’t you?”“I have no idea. I’ve always been beautiful.”“And humble too?

That squash is as wide as I am tall, " Nikolai said beneath his breath as he smiled and waved. "And twice as handsome. ""Half as handsome," he protested. "Ah, " said Zoya, "but the squash doesn't talk.

Your highness—”“Nikolai,” he corrected. “But I’ve also been known to answer to ‘sweetheart’ or ‘handsome.’”Mal whirled, but I silenced him with a pleading look.“You need to stop that right now, Nikolai,” I said. “Or I’ll knock those princely teeth out myself.

You can’t spend his money if you’re dead.”“I’ll acquire expensive habits in the afterlife.”“There’s a difference between confidence and arrogance.