1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

Things are always more interesting in the dark

None of this had been fated; none of it foretold. There had been no prophecies of a demon king or a dragon queen, a one-eyed Tailor, Heartrender twins. They were just the people who had shown up and managed to survive.But maybe that was the trick of it: to survive, to dare to stay alive, to forge your own hope when all hope had run out.For the survivors then, Zoya whispered to herself as the people before her knelt and chanted her name. And for the lost.

I'm more of a weed""I like weeds. They're survivors.

I would come for you," he said, and when he saw the wary look she shot him, he said it again. "I would come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.

I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter but mine.

Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay.

Why waste my anger on you when the fault is mine? I should have anticipated another betrayal from you, one more mad grasp at some kind of childish ideal. But I seem to be a victim of my own wishes where you are concerned.” His expression hardened. “What have you come here for, Alina?”I answered him honestly. “I wanted to see you.”I caught the briefest glimpse of surprise before his face shuttered again. “There are two thrones on that dais. You could see me any time you liked.

It’s a vow that if I can’t be anything else to you, at least I can be a weapon in your hand.

You want a love story too? There's none to be had.