Top 500 Leigh Bardugo Quotes (2025 Update)
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451. “He’d heard other members of the gang say she moved like a cat, but he suspected cats would sit attentively at her feet to learn her methods.”

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452. “Inej’s mother had told her that gifted wire walkers were descended from the People of the Air, that they’d once had wings, and that in the right light, those wings could still be glimpsed on the humans to whom they showed favor.”

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453. “A good magician wasn’t much different from a proper thief.”

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454. “I don’t like this,” said Matthias. Jesper had smiled his reckless gunslinger’s grin. “To be fair, Matthias, you don’t like much.”

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455. “I think the hard work of writing is just how long a book is terrible before it’s good.”

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456. “You see, every man is a safe, a vault of secrets and longings. Now, there are those who take the brute’s way, but I prefer a gentler approach- the right pressure applied at the right moment, in the right place. It’s a delicate thing.”

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457. “When Inej was on the high wire, it became her world. She could feel its tilt and pull. It was a planet and she was its moon. There was a simplicity to it that she never felt on the swings, where she was carried away by momentum. She loved the stillness she could find on the wire, and it was something no one else understood. She had fallen only once, and she.”

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458. “Simple as that,” said Nina. “Did you know I’m next in line for the Fjerdan throne? They call me Princess Ilse of Engelsberg.” “There is no princess of Engelsberg,” said Matthias. “It’s a fishing town.” Nina shrugged. “If we’re going to lie to ourselves, we might as well be grand about it.”

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459. “When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.” With the moonlight gleaming off the lenses of his goggles and with his greatcoat billowing around him, he looked like a complete madman.”

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460. “Had she really thought the world didn’t change? She was a fool. The world was made of miracles, unexpected earthquakes, storms that came from nowhere and might reshape a continent.”

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461. “I couldn’t help myself. I hauled off and punched him in the face.”

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462. “I knew there was no bottom to the Darkling’s pain. He would just keep falling and falling.”

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463. “He was a king who had only begun to make mistakes. He was a soldier for whom the war would never be over. He was a bastard left alone in the woods. And he was not afraid to die this day.”

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464. “The library was also a little temperamental. If you weren’t specific enough in your request or if it couldn’t find books on your desired subject, the shelf would just keep shaking and eventually start to give off heat and emit a high, frantic whine, until you snatched the Albemarle Book and murmured a soothing incantation over its pages while gently caressing its spine.”

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465. “They said nothing, caught in an eddy of silence, not touching, her knees on either side of him. Inej’s eyes were wide and dark, lost planets, black moons.”

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466. “I sought Morozova amplifiers for you Alina, so that we can rule as equals.”

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467. “If I see a single scratch or nick on those, I’ll spell forgive me on your chest in bullet holes.”

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468. “His voice had the rough, abraded texture of stone against stone.”

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469. “Her voice was gentle, patient – why was it making him want to set fire to something?”

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470. “Her heart felt too full, a dry creek bed ill-prepared for such rain.”

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471. “Then he cupped my cheek, his thumb tracing my lip.“You are all I’ve ever wanted,” he said. “You are the whole of my heart.”

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472. “Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same.”

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473. “She’s worth it. And one day maybe she’ll let me chase her into a chapel.”

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474. “We all die,” he said as he jogged off to retrieve his kill. “Not everyone dies for a reason.”

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475. “He didn’t mean to say it. He meant to let her go. “I can help you.”

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476. “A few weeks, maybe a month,” he said as he ran the wet cloth under his arms and the hard planes of his chest, water trickling down his torso. For Saints’ sake, Inej thought as her cheeks heated. She’d lost most of her modesty during her time with the Menagerie, but really, there were limits. What would Kaz say if she suddenly stripped down and started washing herself in front of him? He’d probably tell me not to drip on the desk, she thought with a scowl.”

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477. “Tell me some lies.”

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478. “And I guess it’s a reminder that wanting and deserving aren’t the same thing.”

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479. “She felt his knuckles slide against hers. Then his hand was in her hand, his palm was pressed against her own. A tremor moved through him. Slowly, he let their fingers entwine. For a long while, they stood there, hands clasped, looking out at the gray expanse of the sea.”

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480. “I’m here to bury you, Matthias, she thought, and the voice in her head went silent, as it always did when she let herself remember what she’d lost.”

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481. “Okay, okay. When we’re back in Ketterdam, take me out for waffles.”

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482. “No mourners,” Jesper said as he tossed his rifle to Rotty. “No funerals,” the rest of the Dregs murmured in reply.”

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483. “You know how the stories go. Interesting things only happen to pretty girls; you will be home by sunset.”

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484. “She was going to leave a trail of blood over the skyline.”

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

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486. “Jesper!” I’m going to kill that little idiot. “What do you want?” he shouted down. “Close your eyes!” “You can’t kiss me from down there, Wylan.”

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487. “Sunlight slanted through the windows, turning his eyes the color of strong tea.”

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488. “Before you finish that sentence, I want you to think about what a promise from me costs and what you’re willing to pay for it.”

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489. “I will always seek to make it summer for you.”

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490. “A different kind of knight, one who’d chosen to protect the girl the world wanted to destroy; one born to slay dragons, but maybe to befriend them, too.”

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491. “You’re the fool,” Jesper snarled. “He’s smarter than most of us put together, and he deserves a better father than you.”

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492. “The problem with wanting,” he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, “is that it makes us weak.” And then, at last, when I thought I couldn’t bear it any longer, he brought his mouth down on mine.”

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493. “I am not ruined. I am ruination.”

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494. “I try to make a habit of getting things hopelessly wrong.”

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495. “No, no,” Nina said. “Don’t try to move, just rest.” “Are you okay?” Nina started to laugh through her tears. “I’m fine. You’re the one who got stabbed. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. It’s just so much easier to kill people than take care of them.” Inej blinked, and then they both started laughing. “Owwww,” groaned Inej. “Don’t make me laugh. That feels awful.” Nina.”

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496. “How did you know I wouldn’t shoot?” “Because, Matthias, you stink of decency.” “You’re mad.”

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497. “The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart.”

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498. “You know, for two people with a love eternal, you’re awfully insecure,” Nikolai said.”

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499. “Maybe your stay in Hellgate was too short, Matthias. There’s always more to lose.”

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500. “By the time Alex managed to get the blood out of her good wool coat, it was too warm to wear it.”

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