1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

I would choose you Zoya. As my general, as my friend, as my bride.

Alina, this is the alliance I want: the First and Second Armies brought together. As for the rest, I’ve always known that whatever marriage I made would be political. It would be about power, not love. But we might get lucky. In time, we might have both.”“Or the third amplifier will turn me into a power-mad dictator and you’ll have to kill me.”“Yes, that would make for an awkward honeymoon.

If you want to lie to me, go ahead. But I'm not going to pretend to believe you.""Why not?" asked Sturmhond, stepping into the tent. "It's only common courtesy.

What did you see?" I asked. "When-""When I died?"I gave him a gentle shove, and he winced."I saw Ilya Morozova on the back of a unicorn, playing a balalaika.""Very funny.

I’m looking at you now, Zoya.

None of this had been fated; none of it foretold. There had been no prophecies of a demon kind 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 not the queen Ravka need."And if you're the queen I want?

You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai? They always end up dead.

Pauper or prince, every man can be bought