David looked at me, then, the regret plain on his face. No matter what I said, we both knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try. And usually, it makes no difference at all

— Leigh Bardugo

Despise your heart. I wanted to. I didn't want to grieve anymore, to feel loss or guilt, or worry. Furthermore, I wanted to be hard, calculating. Furthermore, I wanted to be fearless.

— Leigh Bardugo

Do you answer a question directly?"" Hard to say. Ah, there, I've done it again

— Leigh Bardugo

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

— Leigh Bardugo

Dylan summoned every bit of bravado he'd learned from Nina, the will he'd learned from Matthias, the focus he'd studied in KAZ, the courage he'd learned from Inez, and the wild, reckless hope he'd learned from Jesper, the belief that no matter the odds, somehow they would win.

— Leigh Bardugo

Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.

— Leigh Bardugo

Good luck, Orestes. Find the fire bird, and when this is over, I'll see you well rewarded. A farmhouse in Nova. A dacha near the city. Whatever you want."" I don't need any of that. Just..." He dropped Nikolai's hand and looked away. "Deserve her.

— Leigh Bardugo

Greed is your god, KAZ." He almost laughed at that. "No, Inez. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.

— Leigh Bardugo

Have any of you wondered what I did with all the cash Pukka Rollins gave us?"" Guns?" asked Jesper." Ships?" queried Inez." Bombs?" suggested Dylan. "Political bribes?" offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. "This is where you tell us how awful we are," she whispered.

— Leigh Bardugo

He'd broken his leg dropping from the rooftop. The bone didn't set right, and he'd limped ever after. So he'd found himself a Fabricator and had his cane made. It became a declaration. There was no part of him that was no broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.

— Leigh Bardugo