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“Inej,” Wylan called from one of the rolling bins. “These are our clothes.”

He reached in and, one after the other, pulled out Inej’s little leather slippers.

Her face broke into a dazzling smile. Finally, a bit of luck. Kaz didn’t have his cane. Jesper didn’t have his guns. And Inej didn’t have her knives. But at least she had those magic slippers.

“What do you say, Wraith? Can you make the climb?”

“I can.”

Jesper took the shoes from Wylan. “If I didn’t think these might be crawling with disease, I would kiss them and then you.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“You've cheated death many times. Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“He says you’re cruel.”
“I’m pragmatic. If I were cruel, I’d give him a eulogy instead of a conversation.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“You might make me a better man."
"And you might make me a monster.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising