Kate Xu

“We all carry our sins, Nina. I need you to live so I can atone for mine."
"You can do that without me, you know."
"I don't want to"
"Matthias", she said. Running her fingers through the close crop of his hair. It hurt. The world hurt. Touching him hurt, but she still did it. She might not ever get to again. "I am not sorry"
He took her hand and kissed her knuckles gently. She winced, but when he tried to pull away, she clutched him tighter.
"Stay," she panted. Tears leaked from her eyes. "Still till the end."
"And after," he said. "And always.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows

“Matthias, your country can kiss my fat Grisha ass.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“You aren’t a flower, you’re every blossom in the wood blooming at once. You are a tidal wave. You’re a stampede. You are overwhelming.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I’m a very valuable investment.”

“Tell me he didn’t say that.”

“Of course he did. Well, not the valuable part.”
“Idiot.”

“How’s Matthias?”

“Also an idiot.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows