Leigh Bardugo Quotes

When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.

Don't wish for bricks when you can build from stone.

Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined. E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.

Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.

The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?

I wanted to believe anything so that I wouldn’t have to face the future alone. The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.

Weakness is a guise. Wear it when they need to know you're human, but never when you feel it.

There’s no such thing as too much champagne. Though your head will try to tell you otherwise tomorrow.

What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.

Don't argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.

I'm perfectly capable of being stupid on my own.

Oh, and the easiest way to make someone furious is to tell her to calm down.

Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.

I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.

I think the first trick to writing a feminist work is to write plenty of women. That way you get to write characters, instead of worrying about paradigms.

People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don't expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it.

Grief had its own life, took its own sustenance.

The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.

You and I are going to change the world.

But I’ve also been known to answer to ‘sweetheart’ or ‘handsome.

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

There was something soothing about the crackle of paper, the smell of ink, and the soft scratching of nibs and brushes.

You want a love story too? There's none to be had.

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.

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.

Survival wasn't nearly as hard as he'd thought once he left decency behind.

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

Abruptly, Adrik snarled, 'I'm glad Sergei's dead. I'm just sorry I didn't get to wring his neck myself.''You'd need two hands for that, ' said

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.

A wise warrior learns from her mistakes.

The names they gave were false ones, though the vows they made were true.

We put on our best clothes and die like heroes.

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.

and the look they exchanged could have melted miles of northern ice.

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.

Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.

At that moment, the creature's back breached the waves, its body cutting through the water in a sinuous arch, rainbows sparking off the iridescent scales on its back. Rusalye.

I miss a good cup of tea, dancing, boys- definitely not rain.""We dance, " Diana protested.Maeve had just laughed. "You dance differently when you know you won't live forever.

I don't think-""Clearly. Why start now?

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.

Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?You called me and I answered

He has served countless kings, faked countless deaths, bided his time, waiting for you.

We can’t help the way we’re born. We can’t help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves

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.

Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.

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.

This goes to show you that sometimes the unseen is not to be feared and that those meant to love us most are not always ones who do.