Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom Quotes

Sometimes scientific discoveries are like that […]. Once people know something is possible, the pace of new findings increases. (Wylan)

Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.

Nina would never let Kaz abandon her. She'd fight with everything she had to free Inej even if she was still in the grips of Parem. Matthias would stand by her with that great heart full of honor.

Nina was about to snap that she didn't appreciate the sarcasm when she saw the expression on his face. He looked like someone had just given him a tuba full of puppies.

If you don't care about money, Nina dear, call it by its other names.""Kruge? Scrub? Kaz's one true love?""Freedom, security, retribution.

Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain.

You don't ask for forgiveness, Kaz. You earn it.

She rested her head on his shoulder. "You're better than waffles, Matthias Helvar." A small smile curled the Fjerdan's lips. "Let's not say things we don't mean, my love.

Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself.

I promise, Matthias. I'll take you home.""Nina, " he said, pressing her hand to his heart. "I am already home.

i prefer to think of the good times. Like when you held my hair as I was vomiting into a bucket.

Kaz had always kept himself at a remove from everyone. They’d wanted camaraderie, friendship, but he had never agreed to play their game, only his own.

What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary.

It’s good to feel foolish sometimes, Fjerdan.”“You only say that because you have no shame.

You're weak because you're afraid of people seeing your weakness. You're letting shame decide who you are.