Toyla Kir Bataar Quotes

“Yuyeh sesh,” Tolya called after her in Shu.
“Ni weh sesh,” she shouted over her shoulder. And then she was gone.
“What does that mean?”
“It’s something our father taught us,” Tolya replied. “Yuyeh sesh: ‘despise your heart.’ But that’s the direct translation. The real meaning is more like ‘do what needs to be done—be cruel if you have to.’”
“What’s the other part?”
“Ni weh sesh? ‘I have no heart.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Grisha Trilogy

“None of this had been fated; none of it foretold. There had been no prophecies of a demon kind or a dragon queen, a one-eyed Tailor, Heartrender twins. They were just the people who had shown up and managed to survive.
But maybe that was the trick of it: to survive, to dare to stay alive, to forge your own hope when all hope had run out.
For the survivors then, Zoya whispered to herself as the people before her knelt and chanted her name. And for the lost.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Toyla's glower was ferocious. "A bit of culture wouldn't hurt you."
"I have no objection to culture. I'll have you know I've fallen asleep at some of the very best ballets.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves