“They have an ordinary life, full of ordinary things - if love can ever be called that.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Do you take anything seriously?” “Not if I can help it. Makes life so tedious.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things—if love can ever be called that.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“It’s a great honor,” said Fedyor. “To save a life. You saved many.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“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.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“ Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with you for… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I think I was a cat in another life, because all I want is to lie around sleeping in the world's biggest… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I had spared the stag's life. The power of that life belonged to me as surely as it belonged to the man… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I have loved you all my life, Mal,” I whispered through my tears. “There is no end to our story.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I can't make big changes, just small ones. Even out your skin. Do something with that mousy hair of yours. I've perfected… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“You know I’d be lost without you.” “You’ve never been lost in your life,” I scoffed. I was the mapmaker, but Mal… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Thank you for keeping me in this world when fate seemed determined to drag me to the next. I owe you a… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I had no idea what the future held or what waited for me at the end of this grueling journey and yet,… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
In Shadow and Bone,' Alina's race is never specified. But that entire book is basically built on a white default. My life… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“He was a wounded animal who needed to be put down. And Kaz had done it gladly, choked the life from him… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“You’ve been in my head now,” she said. “Did you get a look at the things I did to survive this life?”… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I was one of those kids who looks really good on paper, I tested very well, I went to a fancy college,… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“The tears that had been threatening to overflow finally did, coursing down my cheeks. I wanted to run after him, to take… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“But just as surely as life connected everything, so did death. It was that endless, fast-running river. She’d dipped her fingers into… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“The fox and the nightingale made a quiet life together. A lesser creature might have held Koja’s mistakes against him, might have… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Of course we will. You’ve saved my life. I’ve saved yours.” “I think you’re ahead on that count.” “No, I don’t mean… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Waiting was the part of the criminal life so many people got wrong. They wanted to act instead of hold fast and… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“It's probably for the best, I told myself. How would I have said goodbye to Mal anyway? Thanks for being my best… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Meeting you was a disaster.” She raised a brow. “Thank you.” Djel, he was terrible at this. He stumbled on, trying to… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Inej placed her hands on Nina’s shoulders. “We’ll see each other again.” “Of course we will. You’ve saved my life. I’ve saved… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Nina Zenik, as soon as I figure out where you’ve put my knives, we’re going to have words.” “The first ones had… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“A thousand desperate wishes have been spoken on these shores, and in the end they were all the same: Make me someone… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I have to spend the rest of my life finding ways to deserve a certain white-haired girl. She's very prickly, occasionally puts… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“But the girl had spent long years being invisible. She'd already had a ghost's life, hidden from the world and from herself.… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I didn't publish my book until I was 37. So the ability to pay my bills, pay my rent, make a life… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Pekka Rollins had lured them with a warm fire and the promise of the life they’d lost. And that was what destroyed… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I want to be really clear about something: I think we kind of fetishize the creative life. We have the vision of… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I've risked my life for you. I've walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I'd do it again and again… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Human life is worth preserving. But human lives? They come and go like so much chaff, never tipping the scales." "What a… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Aleksander." His eyes fluttered shut. "Don't let me be alone," he murmured. And then he was gone.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“I don't care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the part of… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“Inej frowned. “I thought you and Nina chose four outbreak sites on the Staves.” Kaz straightened his cuffs. “I also had her stop at… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“I rolled my eyes. "For defending my honor, you dullard." He yanked me beneath a shadowed awning. I had a moment's panic when I… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“I've been waiting for you a long time, Alina" He said. "You and I are going to change the world.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“They're all crazy, Oncat. Invisible armies, monster princes. Let's go set fire to something.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“Inej knew the moment Kaz entered the Slat. His presence reverberated through the cramped rooms and crooked hallways as every thug, thief, dealer, con… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“I've risked my life for you. I've walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I'd do it again and again and again… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“You never know," said Nikolai. "I've been busy. I might have some surprises in store for the Darkling yet." "Please tell me you plan… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“Sure we do," said Theo, swatting at a branch. "We get to the spring, Alia gets cured. We argue over the best choice for… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“But I pushed down my confused tears and did as she asked, still hoping that whatever I’d broken might be repaired.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“There, she wrote fantastical tales that charmed children, and under another name, she penned rather more lurid works that kept her in nougat and… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“Short on friends, your highness?" "And long on enemies," replied Nikolai.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
“Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. “Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I’m going to get… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share
