Siege And Storm Quotes

“I've seen what you truly are," said the Darkling, "and I've never turned away. I never will. Can he say the same?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Why won’t you leave me alone?” I whispered one night as he hovered behind me while I tried to work at my desk.

Long minutes passed. I didn’t think he would answer. I even had time to hope he might have gone, until I felt his hand on my shoulder.

“Then I’d be alone, too," he said, and he stayed the whole night through, till the lamps burned down to nothing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Don't argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I’m also Sturmhond, commander of the Volkvony, scourge of the True Sea.’
'Scourge?’
'Well, I’m vexing at the very least.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“In case you've forgotten, I tried to kill you."

"And failed."

"Here's to second chances.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“With a start, I realized that the room smelled like him. I had never even noticed that he had a scent. I shut my eyes and breathed deeply. What was it? The crisp edge of a winter wind. Bare branches. The smell of absence, the smell of night.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“At Keramzin, I had a doll I made out of an old sock that I used to talk to whenever he was away hunting. Maybe that would make me feel better."
"You were an odd little girl."
"You have no idea. What did you and Tolya play with?"
"The skulls of our enemies."
I saw the glint in her eye, and we both burst out laughing.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Not every man," I murmured.

Nikolai followed my gaze. "Yes, Alina, even your stalwart champion has his price." He turned back to me, his hazel eyes thoughtful. "And I suspect I'm looking at it right now.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You can't control the Fold. It has to be destroyed."

"Careful, Alina," he said with a slight smile. "I've had the same thought about you.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You're mad."

"I know it pleases you to think so.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“The Darkling had told her he was destined to rule. He had claimed his throne, and a part of her too. He was welcome to it. For the living and the dead, she would make herself a reckoning.
She would rise.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“He sighed. "It was a threat, Alina. It accomplished what it needed to."

"So you wouldn't have cut me?"

"I didn't say that.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I'd like to think of myself as delightfully complex.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I'd like to free you," he said quietly.

"Free me, flay me. So many options.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“It's madness, I told myself. He wouldn't dare attempt it. The thought brought me little comfort. He always dared.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“David looked at me, then, the regret plain on his face. No matter what I said, we both knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try. And usually, it makes no difference at all”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You want," the Darkling mocked. I want to watch your tracker die slowly with my knife in his heart. I want to let the sea swallow you both. But our fates are entwined now, Alina, and there's nothing either of us can do about that.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Redemption," he murmured. "Salvation. Penance. My mother's quaint ideas. Perhaps I should have paid closer attention.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You're humoring me," he said with the hint of a grin.

"You require a lot of coddling.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Might want to leave him alone," Sturmhond said. "That type needs plenty of time for brooding and self-recrimination. Otherwise they get cranky.”
― Leigh Bardugo

“You come back to train with Botkin. I hit big girl same as little girl."
"That's very egalitarian of you." I said, and hurried Tamar out of the stables before Botkin decided to show me just how fair-minded he could be.”
― Leigh Bardugo

“I was afraid to show doubt or indecision, and there were days when I felt like I was being torn down to nothing by the constant weight of responsibility and expectation." - Alina Starkov”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“i want to kiss you," nikolai said. "but i won't. not until you're thinking of me instead of trying to forget him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I was afraid to show doubt or indecision, and there were days when I felt like I was being torn down to nothing by the constant weight of responsibility and expectation.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Show them weakness when they need to see it, never when you feel it.
-Nikolai Lantsov”
― Leigh Bardugo

“The Darkling will hunt you for the rest of your days." "then you and I will have something in common, won't we? Besides, I like to have powerful. Makes me feel important.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“A boy leans over me: ruddy hair, a broken nose. He reminds me of the too-clever fox, another one of Ana Kuya's stories, smart enough to get out of a one trap, but too foolish to realise he won't escape a second.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry. Don't argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Tutto quello che vale la pena fare comincia sempre come una pessima idea.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm