“In this moment he was just a boy -brilliant, blessed with too much power, burdened by eternity.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“You’re my son, Jesper. I can’t protect you. Maybe I shouldn’t have tried. But I will be there even when you falter.… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I wanted to believe anything so that I wouldn’t have to face the future alone. The problem with wanting is that it… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Every time you see someone saying a character's too this or too that, those are the things that make a character. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I think heroines would be pretty boring if they were perfect all the time. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“If I lost focus for even a moment, she’s smack me with her stick and say, “Dreaming of dancing with your dark… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I'm not like you, Mal. I never really fit in the way that you did. I never belonged anywhere." "You belonged with… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“A moment later the boy whispered, "I don't think you're ugly." "Shhhh!" the girl hissed. But hidden by the deep shadows of… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry we don't visit more often. There's a war on and, well, no one likes you." The Darkling touched a hand… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
YA fiction tends to have a finite quality. You're looking toward a goal - prom or graduation or revolution - and we… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, and I had started a lot of books and failed… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I’d missed him. The way he talked. The way he attacked a problem. The way he brought hope with him wherever he… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Inej knew the moment Kaz entered the Slat. His presence reverberated through the cramped rooms and crooked hallways as every thug, thief,… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“When had she stopped being a child? The first time a guy had whistled at her out of a car window when… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“When had she stopped being a child? The first time a guy whistled at her out of a car window when she… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Rollins held up his watch chain. A turnip was hanging from the fob where his diamond-studded time piece should have been. "That… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I stood up, knocking my chair back with a clatter. 'This is a waste of time.' 'Is it? What else do you… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“There had been a time when words had been the only place he could find solace. No book ever lost patience with… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“That’s right,” he said. “Every time I closed my eyes.” “What happened in the dreams?” she asked, eager for an answer, but… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
In our lives, we will all have a moment where we have to learn to hustle. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
There were times in the writing of Ninth House' where I thought, have I gone too far?' — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Well, the thing that I realized - I had this very happy, rosy memory of Yale. And I had even described it… — 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
When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Nikolai laughed. "Next time, bring a flask. Every time he changes his mind, take a sip." I groaned. "I'd be passed out… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Vasily chortled. "What a diplomat you've become! You've a most refreshing way about you. Given time, I have no doubt that, despite… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“In those moments, it was easy to believe that Izumrud still lived somewhere, waiting to be woken by the call of heroes,… — leigh bardugo Copy Share Image
“In time, she came to the banks of a stream, its surface so bright with starlight it was as if someone had… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I'm hesitant to ascribe too much to luck because I think women have a bad habit of doing that. At the same… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I thought the love I'd had for him belonged to the past, to the foolish, lonely girl I never wanted to be… — 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
“It’s the one day a year they all stop acting so miserable and actually let themselves have a good time,” Nina replied.… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“The first time I'd entered the Fold, I'd feared the darkness and my own death. Now, darkness was nothing to me, and… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Jes,” Wylan said, “did you mean what you told my father? Will you stay with me? Will you help?” Jesper leaned back… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“I took my time walking down to the lake, hoping that somehow the ache in my heart would ease. My joy at… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, but I had no talent for finishing books. I would… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I like to say that I always have a whole book in front of me. I write down the major beats, the… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“How did you fare with the Queen?" he asked. "I have no idea," I said honestly. "Everything she said was perfectly nice,… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“They're all crazy, Oncat. Invisible armies, monster princes. Let's go set fire to something.” — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“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 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 and again… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
