Sun Summoner Quotes

“You were meant to be like me. You were meant . . . You’re nothing now.”
He dropped his hands. I saw realization strike him. He was truly alone. And he always would be.
I saw emptiness enter his eyes, felt the yawning void inside him stretch wider, and infinite wasteland. The calm left him, all that cool certainty. He cried out in his rage.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“It's good to doubt Saints, Vladim. And men.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“He pointed to my hand and made a sweeping gesture. It took me a second to grasp his meaning. He was imitating the way I moved when I summoned.

"You want me to call the light?"

His face stayed blank. I let sunlight pool in my palm. "This?"

The glow seemed to galvanise him. He seized my hand and slapped it against his chest. I tried to draw away, but he held my hand in place. His grip was vice-like, made stronger by whatever monstrous thing the Darkling placed inside him.

I shook my head. "No."

Again, he slapped my hand against his chest, the movement almost frantic.

"I don't know what my power will do to you," I protested.

The corner of his mouth curled, the faintest suggestion of Nikolai's wry smile. I could almost hear him say, Really, lovely, what could be worse? Beneath my hand, his heart beat steady and human.

I released a breath. "All right," I said. "I'll try.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“He dropped to his haunches, elbows resting on his knees, face buried in his hands. Nikolai had seemed infinitely capable, confident in his belief that every problem had a solution and he would be the one to find it. I couldn't bear seeing him this way, broken and defeated for the first time.

I approached him cautiously and crouched down. He wouldn't meet my eyes. Tentatively, I reached out and touched his arm, ready to draw back if he startled or snapped. His skin was warm, the feel of it unchanged despite the shadows lurking beneath it. I slipped my arms around him, careful of the wings that rustled at his back.

"I'm sorry," I whispered.

He dropped his forehead to my shoulder.

"I'm so sorry, Nikolai."

He released a small shuddering sigh.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Fine," he said with a weary shrug, "Make me your villain.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“I have loved you all my life, Mal," I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“I took another step. He stilled. [...] I reached up and and cupped his cheek with my hand. THis time the flash of confusion on his face was impossible to miss. He held himself frozen, his only movement the steady rise and fall of his chest. Then, as if in concession, he let his eyes close.

"It's true," I said softly. "You are stronger, wiser, infinite in experience." I leaned forward and whispered "But I am an apt pupil.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“Still, it sometimes felt like Alina was trailing them from room to room, her presence as tangible as the heat of a summer sun, though the girl was long gone.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“He sounded so sincere, so reasonable, less a creature of relentless ambition than a man who believed he was doing the right thing for his people. Despite all he'd done and all he intended, I did almost believe him. Almost.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Shadow and Bone

“But I missed the girl who had shown the stag mercy, who had been strong enough to turn away from the lure of power, who had believed in something more. Another casualty of this war.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising