Leigh Bardugo Inspirational Quotes

Nikolai had been told that hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. But he’d never believed that. Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.

You are strong enough to survive the fall

Sisters in battle, I am shield and blade to you. As I breathe, your enemies will know no sanctuary. While I live, your cause is mine.

It's the people who never learn the word impossible who make history, because they're the ones who keep trying.

Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart.

We can’t help the way we’re born. We can’t help what we are, only what life we choose to make for ourselves.

What is she to you anyway?" "Here's my answer captain. She's the thing that made this all okay-the threadbare coats and the old boots and the guns that jams when you most need them to fire, the loneliness of knowing that you don't matter, that you will never matter, the fact that you're just another body, another uniform to be sent into the fold or the frost, another good boy who knows his place, who does his job, who doesn't ask questions, who will lie down and die and be forgotten. What is she? She's everything, you dumb son of a bitch.

The world was made of miracles, unexpected earthquakes, storms that came from nowhere and might reshape a continent.

A wise warrior learns from her mistakes.

It was stupid. It was dangerous. But Ana Kuya used to tell me that hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.

You cannot worry about what came before or what happens next, what has been lost or what you might gain. There is only this moment.

We're not helpless. Novels are full of ragtag bands facing impossible odds.

Does the bird feel the weight of its wings?

I just don't get it. I've spent my whole life hiding the things I can't do. Why run from the amazing things you can't do?

Because the whole world loves to tell us what we can’t do, that we aren’t good enough. The people in your own house should be on your side. It’s the people who never learn the word impossible who make history, because they’re the ones who keep trying.

- What could a river want with a mirror? - That is a question for the river.

Being a leader means someone is always watching you. Get them to follow the little orders, and they'll follow the big ones.

It's okay to flout expectations, but never disappoint them.

You don't ask for forgiveness. You earn it.

Waiting was the part of the criminal life so many people got wrong. They wanted to act instead of hold fast and gather information. They wanted to know instantly without having to learn. Sometimes the trick to getting the best of a situation was just to wait. If you didn't like the weather, you didn't rush into the storm - you waited until it changed. You found a way to keep from getting wet.

And he would never, ever turn his back on a wounded man— even if that man was him.

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

Do not let them humble you, he said softly.

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.

I believe ... I believe that if there was a start to this, then there has to be an end.

[referencing that what bothered her about Hansel and Gretel was the weak willed father who let the evil stepmother send the children into the woods not once but twice, and the unease of children reunited happily with their father] : In many ways that unease has guided me through these stories, that note of trouble that I think many of us hear in familiar tales, because we know - even as children - that impossible tasks are an odd way to choose a spouse, that predators come in many guises, that a prince's whims are often cruel. The more I listened to that note of warning, the more inspiration I found.

She'd hurt him, but she'd attempted everything in her power to make things right. She'd shown him in a thousand ways that she was honorable and strong and generous and very human, maybe even more vividly human than anyone he'd ever known.

Remember, there is no expiration date on your talent. I did not publish my first book until I was 35 years old. If you have a story to tell, it doesn't matter when you tell it. Just get it onto the page and let go of the idea that somehow it's less worthwhile because it took you a little longer to get there than it took others.

The less you say, the more weight your words will carry. Don't argue. Never deign to deny. Meet insults with laughter.

He had forgotten how big things could feel, how crowded with life, how beautiful it could be to know the season, the month, the hour, to simply say, It is winter.

Seeing is easy. The hard part is being seen.

Je frottai la cicatrice sur ma paume droite avec mon pouce et pris une inspiration saccadée.

Si a él no lo enjuician por sus fallas como rey, entonces que lo enjuicien por sus fallas como hombre

She always picks the most boring things on the rack, always in basic black. If it's shaped like a sack, even better." "Maybe it feels easier that way, just being invisible instead of always worrying what people think of you." Nim's voice was surprisingly emphatic. "But that's a choice too, right? Because people are always going to look. They're always going to judge, so you can say nothing or you can at least answer back.

Alex thought of the passage the Bridegroom had quoted from Idylls of the King, the sinister weight of the words. If she remembered right, that passage was about Geraint’s romance with Enid, a man driven mad by jealousy though his wife had remained faithful. It didn’t exactly inspire confidence. Rather die than doubt.

Nina czuła, że zaraz łzy napłyną jej do oczu. Pocałowała go w skroń. [...] Otworzył oczy; były półprzytomne i bardzo bladobłękitne. ─ Nina ─ powiedział cicho. Musnął kostkami dłoni jej policzek. Szorstką ręką ujął delikatnie jej twarz. Nie wierzył własnym oczom. ─ Nina? Oczy napełniły się jej łzami. ─ Ciii. Przyszliśmy cię stąd wyciągnąć. Zanim zdążyła zamrugać, złapał ją za ramiona i przyszpilił do ziemi. ─ Nina ─ warknął. I zacisnął dłonie na jej gardle.

I am a firm believer that if you are going to fail, you might as well fail spectacularly

There are worse things for a woman to be than alone.

Sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we're imagining it. Because it's the most painful kind of hope there is. By indifference . By death.

I think... sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we are imagining it. Because it's the most painful kind of hope there is. It can be ripped away so easily. By indifference. By death.