Ida Kullberg > Ida's Quotes

“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I have loved you all my life, Mal,” I whispered through my tears. “There is no end to our story.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai?” I asked as I closed the book’s cover and headed for the door. “They always end up dead.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“We are alike,” he said, “as no one else is, as no one else will ever be.”

The truth of it rang through me. Like calls to like.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I thought you wanted to go."
"I wanted you to ask me to stay.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I got used to seeing him waiting for me at the end of corridors, or sitting at the edge of my bed when I fell asleep at night. When he didn’t appear, I sometimes found myself looking for him or wondering why he hadn’t come, and that frightened me most of all.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Don't argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“That's a good fellow,' Sturmhond said to Ivan. 'Now, I'll take the prisoner back to her quarters, and you can run off and do . . . whatever it is you do when everyone else is working.'
Ivan scowled. 'I don't think—'
'Clearly. Why start now?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You were like a stranger, Alina. Beautiful," he said. "Terrible.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“It's still the same heart, Mal. It's still yours.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I don't care if you think I'm a Saint or a fool or the Darkling's whore. If you want to remain at the Little Palace you will follow me. And if you don't like it, you will be gone by tonight, or I will have you in chains. I am a solider. I am the Sun Summoners. And I'm the only chance you have.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“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, Siege and Storm

“We're giving them hope. That's better than nothing.'

'Spoken like a man who's never had nothing,' I said, and wheeled my horse away.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Just waiting, hoping that you'd miss me enough to tell them all to go to hell.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Don't wish for bricks when you can build from stone.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

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

“And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“The thought filled me with grief, grief for the dreams we'd shared, for the love I'd felt, for the hopeful girl I would never be again.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“Words can lie. See beyond them.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I told you to hide your heart once. You should have listened.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“What I need and what I want are two very different things.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“You should know the difference between secrets and lies.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“To look powerful is to be powerful.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“There's nothing wrong with being different.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“It's our nature. We destroy. It's the constant of our kind. No matter the color of blood, man will always fall.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen

“I will never make the mistake of loving you ever again."
"So you choose him?"
That's all this ever was. Jealousy. Rivalry. All so shadow could defeat the flame.”
― Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen