Top 500 Leigh Bardugo Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “I would come for you,” he said, and when he saw the wary look she shot him, he said it again. “I would come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together – knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”

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102. “You aren’t a flower, you’re every blossom in the wood blooming at once. You are a tidal wave. You’re a stampede. You are overwhelming.”

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103. “When fear arrives, something is about to happen.”

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104. “Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart.”

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105. “Didn’t someone say love is a shared delusion?”

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106. “She could feel the press of Kaz’s fingers against her skin, feel the bird’s wing brush of his mouth against her neck, see his dilated eyes. Two of the deadliest people the Barrel had to offer and they could barely touch each other without both of them keeling over. But they’d tried. He’d tried. Maybe they could try again. A foolish wish, the sentimental hope of a girl who hadn’t had the firsts of her life stolen, who hadn’t ever felt Tante Heleen’s lash, who wasn’t covered in wounds and wanted by the law. Kaz would have laughed at her optimism.”

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107. “This action will have no echo.”

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108. “If we don’t dream, who will?”

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109. “I’d learned to avoid mirrors. They never seemed to show me what I wanted to see.”

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110. “She was welcoming and perfect in his arms. He kissed her, buried his face in the sweet hollow of her neck. Her curls brushed his cheeks, and he felt that if he could just hold her a little longer, every wound, every hurt, every bad thing would melt away.”

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111. “Peace was like any high. It couldn’t last. It was an illusion, something that could be interrupted in a moment and lost forever.”

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112. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me. it’s just so easier to kill people than take care of them.”

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113. “There is no shame in meeting a worthy opponent. It means there is more to learn, a welcome reminder to pursue humility.”

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114. “We were all just children once.”

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115. “They tried to kill me, Hellie,” she rasped as she slid into the dark. That means I get to try to kill them.”

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116. “I’m the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does.”

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117. “I’m pragmatic. If I were cruel, I’d give him an eulogy instead of a conversation.”

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118. “Take me back. Make me into someone who has never been done harm. Go as far as you can. Make me brand-new. No bruises. No scars.”

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119. “Every heart sounds different. I never realized that before.”

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120. “Kaz Brekker didn’t need a reason. Those were the words whispered on the streets of Ketterdam, in the taverns and coffeehouses, in the dark and bleeding alleys of the pleasure district known as the Barrel. The boy they called Dirtyhands didn’t need a reason any more than he needed permission – to break a leg, sever an alliance, or change a man’s fortunes with the turn of a card.”

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121. “It’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”

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122. “The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true... Be decisive, you have to know where you want to go before you get there.”

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

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124. “There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.”

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125. “I am become a blade.”

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126. “I’m going to get my money, Kaz vowed. And I’m going to get my girl.”

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127. “He needed to tell her... what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. That he was twisted, crooked, wrong, but not so broken that he couldn’t pull himself together into some semblance of a man for her. That without meaning to, he’d begun to lean on her, to look for her, to need her near. He needed to thank her for his new hat.”

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128. “Wylan Van Eck, you lied to Kaz Brekker.” Jesper clutched a hand to his chest. “And you got away with it! Do you give lessons?”

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129. “I don’t like that word,” Nina said, advancing. “Call me Grisha. Call me zowa. Call me death, if you like.”

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130. “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 you that loved him.”

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131. “A man without honor, said Matthias’ voice in her head. He should be ashamed. Nina snorted. If men were ashamed when they should be, they’d have no time for anything else.”

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132. “Why do you never kiss me sweetly in the morning, Zoya?” “I do nothing sweetly, Your Highness.”

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133. “Understatement is overrated.”

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134. “We’ll be Kings and Queens, Inej. Kings and Queens.”

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135. “Matthias was dreaming again. Dreaming of her. The storm raged around him, drowning out Nina’s voice. And yet his heart was easy. Somehow he knew that she would be safe, she would find shelter from the cold. He was on the ice once more, and somewhere he could hear the wolves howling. But this time, he knew they were welcoming him home.”

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136. “No mourners, no funerals. Another way of saying good luck. But it was something more. A dark wink to the fact that there would be no expensive burials for people like them, no marble markers to remember their names, no wreaths of myrtle and rose.”

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137. “Not every flower belongs in every garden.”

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138. “When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”

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139. “Nina glanced from Inej to Kaz and saw they both wore the same expression. Nina knew that look. It came after the shipwreck, when the tide moved against you and the sky had gone dark. It was the first sight of land, the hope of shelter and even salvation that might await you on a distant shore.”

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140. “They were twin souls, soldiers destined to fight for different sides, to find each other and lose each other too quickly. She would not keep him here. Not like this.”

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141. “No, Alina. You came here for Ravka. For the firebird. To lead the Second Army.” He tapped the sun over his heart. “I came here for you. You’re my flag. You’re my nation. But that doesn’t seem to matter anymore.”

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142. “A liar, a thief, and utterly without conscience. But he’ll keep to any deal you strike with him.”

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143. “I will have you without armor. Those were the words she’d said to Kaz aboard the Ferolind, desperate for some sign that he might open himself to her, that they could be more than two wary creatures united by their distrust of the world.”

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144. “Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”

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145. “The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch. You take his attention and direct it where you want it to go.”

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146. “Love speaks in flowers. Truth requires thorns.”

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147. “Besides, she was the Wraith – the only law that applied to her was gravity, and some days she defied that, too.”

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148. “He was afraid for you.” “Kaz isn’t afraid of anything.” “You should have seen his face when he brought you to me.” “I’m a very valuable investment.” Nina’s jaw dropped. “Tell me he didn’t say that.” “Of course he did. Well, not the valuable part.” “Idiot.” “How’s Matthias?” “Also an idiot. Do you think you can eat?” Inej.”

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149. “No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for ’good luck.”

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150. “You’ll get what’s coming to you some day, Brekker.” “I will,” said Kaz, “if there’s any justice in the world. And we all know how likely that is.”

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