1,728 Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

Alone in the gloom, surrounded by books, it was hard not to feel overwhelmed.

Just because you escape one trap, doesn't mean you will escape the next.

I thought that I’d given up on Mal. I thought the love I’d had for him belonged to the past, to the foolish, lonely girl I never wanted to be again. I’d tried to bury that girl and the love she’d felt, just as I’d tried to bury my power. But I wouldn’t make that mistake again. Whatever burned between us was just as bright, just as undeniable. The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever.

I was just a girl again, but this girl didn’t owe her strength to fate or chance or a grand destiny. I’d been born with my power; the rest I’d earned.

What you want and what the world needs are not always in accord, Kaz. Praying and wishing are not the same thing.

If you ever cared about me at all, don't follow.

Brick by brick.

Knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do.

We were all just children once.