Shadow And Bone Quotes

“I had spared the stag's life. The power of that life belonged to me as surely as it belonged to the man who had taken it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Fight me as long as you're able.
You will find I have far more practice with eternity”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“What is she to you anyway?"

"Here's my answer captain. She's the thing that made this all okay-the threadbare coats and the old boots and the guns that jams when you most need them to fire, the loneliness of knowing that you don't matter, that you will never matter, the fact that you're just another body, another uniform to be sent into the fold or the frost, another good boy who knows his place, who does his job, who doesn't ask questions, who will lie down and die and be forgotten. What is she? She's everything, you dumb son of a bitch.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I’ve been waiting for you a long time, Alina,” he said. “You and I are going to change the world.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Just… be careful.’
I stared at her, baffled. 'Of what?’
'Of powerful men.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“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.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Mercy." He said the word as if he were tasting something unfamiliar. "I could be merciful.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I roll my eyes. "Well, if I plan on doing anything exciting I promise to give fair warning so just...take a nap or something.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“What do you two talk about, anyway?" I asked curiously. I still didn't quite understand Genya's fascination with the Fabrikator.

She sighed. "The usual. Life. Love. The melting point of iron ore.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Why do you waste all of your strenght fighting your true nauture?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“He shoved me belowdecks, but not before I heard his parting words to Mal
—“I’ll be certain you hear it when I make her scream.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone & Siege and Storm

“To kill or to cure?" he said with a sad smile. "We each have our own gifts.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Never let them touch you. Because one touch was enough to reveal it, this gift lurking inside him. It was enough to make him less a boy than a prize.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Demon in the Wood

“With the last bit of his strength, he tore his arm free and lashed out blindly, furiously, with all his terror and rage, with all the hope that had been born and died this day. Let me make a mark on this world before I leave it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Demon in the Wood

“Do you think the world cares if you do your best? Do it again and do it right.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“To him, she was always Mama, Madraya.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Demon in the Wood

“Just you and me." Mal said.
"Really?"
"It's always just you and me, Alina.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“You can't spend his money if you're dead.'
'I'll acquire expensive habits in the afterlife.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“The firebird was Ravka. It was right that we should kneel.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“i want to kiss you," nikolai said. "but i won't. not until you're thinking of me instead of trying to forget him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I hope you weren't looking for me to be the voice of reason. I keep a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Show them weakness when they need to see it, never when you feel it.
-Nikolai Lantsov”
― Leigh Bardugo

“Kaz, if not saints, what do you believe in?
Myslef. And you. No saint ever watched over me, not like you have.”
― Shadow and Bone

“Fine," he said with a weary shrug, "Make me your villain.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Hope is dangerous, clouds your judgement.”
― Shadow and Bone

“I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Your power serves you because that is it's purpose, because it cannot help but serve you.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“He sounded so sincere, so reasonable, less a creature of relentless ambition than a man who believed he was doing the right thing for his people. Despite all he'd done and all he intended, I did almost believe him. Almost.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I am Nikolai Lantsov, Major of the Twenty-Second Regiment, Soldier of the King’s Army, Grand Duke of Udova, and second son to His Most Royal Majesty, King Alexander the Third, Ruler of the Double Eagle Throne, may his life and reign be long.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm