Darlington Quotes

“Didn’t someone say love is a shared delusion?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“Alex slept in Darlington's bed and dreamed that he was curled behind her on the narrow mattress.
He pulled her close, his fingers digging into her abdomen, and she could feel claws at their tips. He whispered in her ear, "I will serve you 'til the end of days."
"And love me," she said with a laugh, bold in the dream, unafraid.
But all he said was, "It is not the same.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“In the mirror, he saw himself, a knight with bowed head, offering his service, a sword in his hand, a sword in his back. He felt no pain, only the ache in his heart. Choose me. There were tears on his cheeks, even as he felt the shame of it. She was no one, a girl who had lucked into a gift, who had done nothing to earn it. She was his queen.
"Darlington," she said. But that was not his true name any more than Alex was hers.
If only she would choose him. If only she would let him...
She touched her fingers to his face, lifted his chin. Her lips brushed his ear. He didn't understand it. He only wanted her to do it again. Stars poured through him, a cold and billowing wave of night. He saw everything. He saw their bodies entwined. She was above him and beneath him all at once, her body splayed and white as a lotus flower.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“She's seen the dead, he thought. She's witnessed horrors. But she's never seen magic.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“He had been tempted to bury his face into his soup bowl and lap at it like a greedy animal. He wanted to place himself between Alex's legs now and do the same to her”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“She could hear Darlington's voice in her head: When was the first time you saw them? Low and halting, as if he wasn't sure whether the question was taboo. But the real question, the right question, was: When was the first time you knew to be afraid?
Alex was glad he'd never had the sense to ask.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“She was no one, a girl who had lucked ito a gift, who had done nothing to earn it. she was his queen”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“Would it help to break something else?'
She was breathing hard.
'Maybe.'
Darlington rose and opened a cupboard, then another, and another, revealing shelf after shelf of Lenox, Waterford, Limoges-glassware, plates, pitchers, platters, butter dishes, gravy boats, thousands of dollar's worth of crystal and china. He took down a glass, filled it with wine, and handed it to Alex.
'Where would you like to start?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“You killed them," he said. "All of them. Leonard Beacon. Mitchell Betts. Helen Watson. Hellie."
The silence stretched. But all she said was, "Not Hellie.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“I'm bound to you Stern. To the women who brought me out of hell. I will serve you 'till the end of days.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Hell Bent

“Daniel Tabor Arlington, always the gentleman, a boy of infinite manners. But what had he become?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“You can't walk through hell unchanged”
― Leigh Bardugo

“After a long moment, he said, “Would it help to break something else?”

She was breathing hard. “Maybe.”

Darlington rose and opened a cupboard, then another, and another, revealing shelf after shelf of Lenox, Waterford, Limoges—glassware, plates, pitchers, platters, butter dishes, gravy boats, thousands of dollars’ worth of crystal and china. He took down a glass, filled it with wine, and handed it to Alex.

“Where would you like to start?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House