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#1

“Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives--or to find strength in a very long one.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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#2

“art is about ideas. And ideas are wilder than memories. They're like weeds, always finding their way up.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

tags: art, ideas, memories

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#3

“I remember you.” Three words, large enough to tip the world.”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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#4

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world. You are limiting yourself.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

tags: grief, heart, nikolai-lantsov, pain, protect, scars, zoya-nazyalensky

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#5

“The monster is me and I am the monster.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

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#6

“Say something spiteful.”
“Why?” she asked faintly.
“Because I’m fairly certain I'm hallucinating and in my dreams you're much nicer.”
“You're an idiot, Nikolai.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

tags: fantasy, grisha, king-of-scars, nikolai-lantsov, zoya-nazyalensky

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#7

“You’re a dreadful negotiator,” said Nikolai. “She would have settled for two.” David frowned. “Is that true?” “Absolutely not,” said Genya. “And do shut up, Your Highness.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

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#8

“Get a message to the Crow Club,” she said. “Tell Kaz Brekker the queen of Ravka has a job for him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: fantasy, heist, kaz-brekker, zoya-nazyalensky

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#9

“Don’t go,” he said, still half asleep.
“I have to bathe. I smell like a forest fire.”
“You smell like wildflowers. You always do. What can I say to make you stay?” His words trailed off into a drowsy mumble as he fell back asleep.
Tell me it’s more than war and worry that makes you speak those words. Tell me what they would mean if you weren’t a king and I weren’t a soldier.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: nikolai-lantsov, zoya-nazyalensky, zoyalai

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#10

“I would make you my queen because I want you. I want you all the time.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: grisha, grishaverse, nikolai-lantsov, ravka, romance, rule-of-wolves, ya-fantasy, zoya-nazyalensky, zoyalai

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#11

“He buried his face in her hair, inhaling deeply. "How is it I smell like goose shit and cheap whiskey, and you smell like you just ran through a meadow of wildflowers?"
"Ruthlessness."
He breathed in again. "What is that scent? It reminds me of something, but I can't place what."
"The last child you tried to eat?"
"That must be it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

tags: grishaverse, king-of-scars, leigh-bardugo, nikolai, nikolai-lantsov, zoya, zoya-nazyalensky

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#12

“To the people who look at the stars and wish, Rhys."
Rhys clinked his glass against mine. “To the stars who listen— and the dreams that are answered.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

tags: a-court-of-mist-and-fury, acomaf, feyre, rhysand

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#13

“I would have 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.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

tags: crooked-kingdom, inej-ghafa, kaz-brekker, six-of-crows

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#14

“Nothing like a mask to reveal somebody's true nature.”
― Stuart Turton, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

tags: human-nature, mask

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#15

“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

tags: the-darkling

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#16

“This is what love does. In the stories, love healed your wounds, fixed what was broken, allowed you to go on. But love wasn’t a spell, some kind of benediction to be whispered, a balm or a cure-all. It was a single, fragile thread, which grew stronger through connection, through shared hardship and trust.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: grishaverse, king-of-scars, leigh-bardugo, love, zoya-nazyalensky

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#17

“I would give you a crown if I could," he said. "I would show you the world from the prow of a ship. I would choose you, Zoya. As my general, as my friend, as my bride. I would give you a sapphire the size of an acorn." He reached into his pocket. "And all I would ask in return is that you wear this damnable ribbon in your hair on our wedding day.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: nikolai-lanstov, rule-of-wolves, zoya-nazyalensky, zoyalai

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#18

“Because I am greedy for the sight of you. Because the prospect of facing this war, this loss, without you fills me with fear. Because I find I don’t want to fight for a future if I can’t find a way to make a future with you.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: nikolai-lantsov, zoyalai

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#19

“I suppose that's why I love you."
His eyes flew open and his face lit in an extraordinary grin. "All Saints, say it again."
"I will not."
"You must."
"I'm the queen. I must do nothing but please myself."
"Would it please you to kiss me?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: nikolai-lantsov, rule-of-wolves, zoya-nazyalensky, zoyalai

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#20

“You do realize you just referred to yourself as the queen. That means you agreed."
"I am going to kill you."
"So long as you kiss me again before you do.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: nikolai-lantsov, rule-of-wolves, zoya-nazyalensky, zoyalai

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#21

“He had wanted her for so long that it seemed impossible he should actually have her beside him every day, that he might lay down beside her every night. Not impossible, he supposed. Just improbable.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: nikolai-lantsov, rule-of-wolves, zoya-nazyalensky, zoyalai

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#22

“I will always seek to make it summer for you.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: hope, king-of-scars, love, nikolai-lanstov, rule-of-wolves, summer, zoya-nazyalensky

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#23

“Your heart is in your eyes, Your Highness," murmured Tamar, wiping the sweat from her brow.
Tolya poled his twin in the arm with a sparring sword. "Tamar knows because that's the way she looks at her wife"
"I am free to look at my wife any way I please."
"But Zoya is not Nikolai's wife.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: rule-of-wolves, tamar, tolya

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#24

“Of course, Nikolai was the liar here. But kings did what they wished; bastards did what they must.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: bastards, kings, liar

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#25

“As long as I live, the demon will remain inside you,” said the Darkling as Nikolai used a knife to saw through the ropes at his wrists.
“We’ve made our peace.”
“Some treaties do not last.”
“You do love a dire prophecy, don’t you?”
“Zoya will live a very long life,” the Darkling said. “Despite the demon, you may not do the same.”
“Then I will love her from my grave.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

tags: grave, long-life, love

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#26

“Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you'll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won't matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

tags: leigh-bardugo, six-of-crows

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#27

“Kaz leaned back. "What's the easiest way to steal a man's wallet?"
"Knife to the throat?" asked Inej.
"Gun to the back?" said Jesper.
"Poison in his cup?" suggested Nina.
"You're all horrible," said Matthias.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#28

“I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

tags: six-of-crows

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#29

“She'd laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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#30

“It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

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