79 Quotes About The-darkling

  • Author Leigh Bardugo
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    After a long moment, he said, "Aleksander."A little laugh escaped me. He arched a brow, a smile tugging at his lips. "What?""It's just so... common." Such an ordinary name, held by kings and peasants alike.His smile deepened and he cocked his head to the side. It almost hurt to see him this way. "Will you say it?" he asked."Aleksander," I whispered.

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  • Author Leigh Bardugo
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    Why did you go to her?"Because with her he was human again. How had she bested him? Sheer stubbornness. Something more. He's known a name for it once, a hundred lifetimes ago.

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  • Author Leigh Bardugo
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    No one knew his name to curse or extol, so I spoke it softly, beneath my breath. “Aleksander,” I whispered. A boy’s name, given up. Almost forgotten.

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    I’ve never understood this taste for otkazat’sya. Is it because you thought you were one of them for so long?”“I had a taste for you, once.”His head snapped up. He hadn’t expected that.

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  • Author Leigh Bardugo
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    I want you to know my name,” he said. “The name I was given, not the title I took for myself. Will you have it, Alina?

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    He looked down at me. The cold air had put a flush in his cheeks, and the lamplight shone in his gray eyes. “Alina, if I tell you that I still believe we can find the stag, would you think I’m mad?” “Why would you care what I think?” He looked genuinely baffled. “I don’t know,” he said. “But I do.” And then he kissed me.

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