Crooked Kingdom Quotes

“She understood suffering and she knew it was a place she could not follow, not unless she wanted to drown too. -She would fight for him, but she could not heal him. She would not waste her life trying.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Had she really thought the world didn't change? She was a fool. The world was made of miracles”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“But wasn’t that what every girl dreamed? That she’d wake and find herself a princess? Or blessed with magical powers and a grand destiny? Maybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them. But what about the rest of us? What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren’t chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Inej felt him slipping away, dragged under, caught in an undertow that would take him farther and farther from shore. She understood suffering and she knew it was a place she could not follow, not unless she wanted to drown too.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“someone who hadn’t had the sense to be afraid, who hadn’t known what cruelty the world could offer.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“You're not weak because you can't read. You're weak because you're afraid of people seeing your weakness.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“But wasn't that what every girl dreamed? That she'd wake and find herself a princess? Or blessed with magical powers and a grand destiny? Maybe there were people out there who lived those lives... But what about the rest of us? What about the nobodies and the nothings, the invisible girls? We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary. That was how you survived when you weren't chosen, when there was no royal blood in your veins. When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Until this moment, Wylan hadn’t quite understood how much they meant to him. His father would have sneered at these thugs and thieves, a disgraced soldier, a gambler who couldn’t keep out of the red. But they were his first friends, his only friends, and Wylan knew that even if he’d had his pick of a thousand companions, these would have been the people he chose.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“He didn’t deserve peace and he didn’t deserve forgiveness, but if he was going to die today, maybe the one thing he’d earned was the memory of her—brighter than anything he would ever have a right to—to take with him to the other side.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“What did you just do?" asked Inej.
Maybe nothing. Maybe the impossible. Jesper never could resist long odds.
He shrugged. "The same thing I always do. I took a shot.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Probably,' said Jesper, his teeth flashing white. "What's one little international incident among friends?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“We won't forget this, Kaz Brekker. One day you'll regret your insolence."
"Tell you what," said Kaz. "When that day comes, mark it on your calendars. I can think of a lot of people who'll want to throw a party.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“You don't ask for respect. You earn it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Do you know what Van Eck’s problem is?” “No honor?” said Matthias. “Rotten parenting skills?” said Nina. “Receding hairline?” offered Jesper.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Where do you think the money went?” he repeated. “Guns?” asked Jesper. “Ships?” queried Inej. “Bombs?” suggested Wylan. “Political bribes?” offered Nina. They all looked at Matthias. “This is where you tell us how awful we are,” she whispered. He shrugged. “They all seem like practical choices.” “Sugar,” said Kaz. Jesper nudged the sugar bowl down the table to him. Kaz rolled his eyes. “Not for my coffee, you podge.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Isn’t that how things are done around here?” asked Wylan. “We all tell Kaz we’re fine and then do something stupid?” “Are we that predictable?” said Inej. Wylan and Matthias said in unison, “Yes.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Inej,” Jesper whispered. She leaned forward, peering at Wylan. “Is that scheming face?” “Possibly.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“He was going to kill her. “You dragged me up here for nothing.” “Your pride dragged you up here. If Van Eck senses anything amiss tonight, it’s all over. This isn’t a two-person job and you know it.” “Inej—” “My future is riding on this too, Kaz. I don’t tell you how to pick locks or put together a plan. This is what I’m good at, so let me do my job.” She yanked the rope taut. “And just think of all the time you’ll have for prayer and quiet contemplation on the way down.” She vanished over the side of the chapel. Kaz stood there, staring at the place she’d been only seconds before. She’d tricked him. The decent, honest, pious Wraith had outsmarted him. He turned to look back at the long expanse of roof he was going to have to traverse to get back to the boat. “Curse you and all your Saints,” he said to no one at all, then realized he was smiling.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Is that—?” asked Wylan. “Scheming face?” said Jesper. Matthias nodded. “Definitely.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Do you know the Suli have no words to say ‘I’m sorry’?” “What do you say when you step on someone’s foot?” “I don’t step on people’s feet.” “You know what I mean.” “We say nothing. We know the slight was not deliberate. We live in tight quarters, traveling together. There’s no time to constantly be apologizing for existing. But when someone does wrong, when we make mistakes, we don’t say we’re sorry. We promise to make amends.” “I will.” “Mati en sheva yelu. This action will have no echo. It means we won’t repeat the same mistakes, that we won’t continue to do harm.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I mean the little rescues. Laughing at my jokes. Forgiving me when I was foolish. Never trying to make me feel small. It doesn’t matter if it’s next month, or next year, or ten years from now, those will be the things I remember when I see you again.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Greed may do your bidding but, death serves no man.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“It felt like missing a step and suddenly finding yourself falling. It felt like panic.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“You will see me once more, but only once.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“No mourners, no funerals”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“Even with no legs we will crawl, because that's what we do, we keep fighting”
― leigh bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“He was just Wylan Van Eck.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“The Wraith’s life is worth more than that,” said Matthias. “To all of us.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“A chemical weevil,” said Jesper. “But Wylan still hasn’t named it. My vote is for the Wyvil.” “That’s terrible,” said Wylan. “It’s brilliant.” Jesper winked. “Just like you.” Wylan blushed daylily pink.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom