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Leigh Bardugo

(1975) Children's Writer United States

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Leigh Bardugo is a children's writer from the United States, best known for Six of Crows.

Quick Facts About Leigh Bardugo

Born: April 6, 1975
Nationality: United States
Profession: Children's Writer
Notable works: Six of Crows
Known for: Shadow and Bone, Six of Crows, Crooked Kingdom, Ninth House, King of Scars

About Leigh Bardugo

Leigh Bardugo, an American fantasy writer, created the popular Grishaverse series, which includes the Shadow and Bone trilogy and the Six of Crows and King of Scars duologies. Her adult debut, Ninth House, is a paranormal fantasy. Both the Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows books have been turned into a Netflix series, and Ninth House will become a series from Amazon Studios, where Bardugo serves as an executive producer.

Awards & Honors

Inkpot Award

Quotes by Leigh Bardugo · Page 2

“I am marvelous.”

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“You do not enter a race to lose”

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“I am ruination.”

Alina

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“We were all just children once.”

Children

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“No mourners No prisoners”

Prisoners

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“little red bird. Don’t go.”

Bird

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“-Sin llantos. -Sin funerales.”

Amor

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“What harm can a little hope do?”

Harm

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“Un ladrón competente es como un veneno competente”

Amor

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“I'm a prince, Alina. I can't afford to be myself.”

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

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“Just you and me." "Really?" "It's always just you and me, Alina.”

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“Truth means something different when it's given freely.”

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“But let it be my ambition and not my fear that seals my fate.”

Ambition

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“You dance differently when you know you won't live forever.”

Dance

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“I’ll be certain you hear it when I make her scream.”

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“Maybe it feels easier that way, just being invisible instead of always worrying what people think of you.”

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“- I have principles. - That means "If i can be difficult, I will".”

Adversity

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I'm pretty sure Magic Mike' is the best funded gender studies thesis ever so I'm going to have to see that.

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“Sometimes," said Kaz, "a proper thief doesn't just take. He leaves something behind.”

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“Just waiting, hoping that you'd miss me enough to tell them all to go to hell.”

Hope

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“My ghost won't associate with your ghost," Matthias said primly, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain.”

Ghost

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“The beast might shout and snarl, and he might well devour her, but he'd at least been interested enough to listen to…

Beast

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“I live on a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." _Nikolai”

Regret

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“I had no idea what the future held or what waited for me at the end of this grueling journey and yet,…

Life

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“I got used to seeing him waiting for me at the end of corridors, or sitting at the edge of my bed…

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“Yuyeh sesh: 'despise your heart'. But that's the direct translation. The real meaning is more like 'do what needs to be done-be…

Brutal

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“We should…” Dawes chewed the inside of her cheek as if she’d stored words there for winter. “We should be prepared for…

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“But I missed the girl who had shown the stag mercy, who had been strong enough to turn away from the lure…

Alina

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“Jer molle pe poner. Enel mordió je nej afval trohem verretn." I have been made to protect you. Only in death will…

Oath

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“Mal,” I whispered into the night. “What?” “Thanks for finding me.” I wasn’t sure if I was dreaming, but somewhere in the…

Alina-starkov

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“good to begin with, and it was worse after a few drinks. “Why does city smell so bad? Like old soup? Like…

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“Again, the Darkling shook his head. “You two make it so easy. I prick him, you bleed.” “And you can’t begin to…

Darkling

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“He tried to think of his brother, of revenge, of Pekka Rollins tied to a chair in the house on Zelverstraat, trade…

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“I can get through to the embassy,” said Inej, “if Nina will write the message.” “The streets are closed down by barricades,”…

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“He took a breath. “I want you to stay. I want you to … I want you.” “You want me.” She turned the…

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“Holy shit, are you guys some kind of radical feminist cult?" Diana frowned. "Not exactly?" "Are you all lesbians?" "Of course not."…

Best friend

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“I'm sorry, Al," Jason said. He looked physically ill. "I never really believed in all of it. Not the way they did.…

Productivity

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“So you told him I had a goiter?" I whispered incredulously. "I had to say something. And it makes you quite a…

Alina

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“They all watched as Genya checked his pulse, his breathing. She shook her head. “Zoya,” said Sturmhond. His voice had the ring…

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Leigh Bardugo by topic

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