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Love Quotes by Leigh Bardugo

40 Love quotes by Leigh Bardugo

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Alina’s rooftop dance, naked under the night sky, shows love that stays even when a partner betrays. The quotes also treat love like a prayer that pushes loneliness away, and they show how vows can bind people into a new family when old homes are lost. These ideas appear in the quotes.

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“Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns”

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“I love it when you quote me.”

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“One cannot live on love or cutlery.”

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

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You and I are going to change the world.

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“I have loved you all my life, Mal,” I whispered through my tears. “There is no end to our story.”

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“The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever.”

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“I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter but mine.”

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“Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay.”

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

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“In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.”

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“They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things—if love can ever be called that.”

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“Know that I loved you, she said to the Darkling. Know that it was not enough.”

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“The thought filled me with grief, grief for the dreams we'd shared, for the love I'd felt, for the hopeful girl I…

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“I didn't think he was in love with me and I had no idea what I felt for him, but he wanted…

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“This goes to show you that sometimes the unseen is not to be feared and that those meant to love us most…

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“ I would have come for you. And if I could't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we…

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Teenage girls have so much sway over culture, yet people sneer at the things that women and girls love, and are contemptuous…

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“ Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with you for…

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“When evening fell the boy would bring the girl a glass of tea, a slice of lemon cake, an apple blossom floating…

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“Mal shouted. I heard scuffling behind me and knew Tolya had taken hold of him. “Alina!” His voice was raw white wood,…

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“I rolled my eyes. "For defending my honor, you dullard." He yanked me beneath a shadowed awning. I had a moment's panic…

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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The…

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“You let Mal come back for me. After you gave me your vow." "He broke away," said Tamar. I lifted a brow.…

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The two genres that probably take the most flack in literature - they are young adult and romance right now. I don't…

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“I don't want your prayers, he said. What do you want, then? The old answers came easily to mind. Money. Vengeance. Jordie's…

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“I thought the love I'd had for him belonged to the past, to the foolish, lonely girl I never wanted to be…

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“I told them you hate herring.” “Why?” “And that you love plum cake. And that Ana Kuya took a switch to you…

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“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…

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“Meeting you was a disaster.” She raised a brow. “Thank you.” Djel, he was terrible at this. He stumbled on, trying to…

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“We were fools.” “You were children. Was there no one to protect you?” “Was there anyone to protect you?” “My father. My…

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“Well, the story is that when a woman found out her husband had fallen in love with a girl from West Stave…

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“He was going to break my legs, ” she said, her chin held high, the barest quaver in her voice. “Would you…

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“It's probably for the best, I told myself. How would I have said goodbye to Mal anyway? Thanks for being my best…

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I love the standard fantasy setting of Medieval England and Medieval Europe, but I wanted to go somewhere different.

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“They have an ordinary life, full of ordinary things - if love can ever be called that.”

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“I seem to be immune," I replied. "And luckily, I know what a real kiss should feel like." I left him standing…

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“I would have been different too, without you. Weaker, reckless.” He smiled slightly. “Afraid of the dark.” He brushed the tears from…

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“They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side…

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“I don't care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the…

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“Aleksander." His eyes fluttered shut. "Don't let me be alone," he murmured. And then he was gone.”

“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…

“Inej frowned. “I thought you and Nina chose four outbreak sites on the Staves.” Kaz straightened his cuffs. “I also had her stop at…

“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…

“I've been waiting for you a long time, Alina" He said. "You and I are going to change the world.”

“They're all crazy, Oncat. Invisible armies, monster princes. Let's go set fire to something.”

“Saints!" I swore. "I forgot how often I want to stab you.”

“Inej knew the moment Kaz entered the Slat. His presence reverberated through the cramped rooms and crooked hallways as every thug, thief, dealer, con…

“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…

“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…

“Sure we do," said Theo, swatting at a branch. "We get to the spring, Alia gets cured. We argue over the best choice for…

“But I pushed down my confused tears and did as she asked, still hoping that whatever I’d broken might be repaired.”

“There, she wrote fantastical tales that charmed children, and under another name, she penned rather more lurid works that kept her in nougat and…

“Short on friends, your highness?" "And long on enemies," replied Nikolai.”

“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…