Alina Starkhov Quotes

“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

“I'm not a monster, Alina. Despite what you have heard.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I would murder the only person I’d ever loved and who had ever loved me. I’d dive back into battle wearing his bones.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“The King has stepped down, the path to the throne is clear. If there weren't an all-powerful dictator and his monstrous horde to attend to, I'd be opening a bottle of champagne.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“I've covered almost two hundred miles on horseback. I haven't had a good night's sleep in a week, and I've nearly been killed twice. So before I do anything else, you're going to have to tell me who you are and why it's so very important that you get my clothes off.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“But I missed the girl who had shown the stag mercy, who had been strong enough to turn away from the lure of power, who had believed in something more. Another casualty of this war.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising