Leigh Bardugo, Ruin And Rising Quotes

They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things-if love can ever be called that.

Hope was tricky like water. Somehow it always found a way in.

I just know there's no way to live without pain - no matter how long or short your life is. People let you down. You get hurt and do damage in return.

Despise your heart. I wanted to. I didn't want to grieve anymore, to feel loss or guilt, or worry. I wanted to be hard, calculating. I wanted to be fearless.

I will tell you a story, one I used to tell to a little boy with dark hair. A silent boy who rarely laughs, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title

Abruptly, Adrik snarled, 'I'm glad Sergei's dead. I'm just sorry I didn't get to wring his neck myself.''You'd need two hands for that, ' said

The names they gave were false ones, though the vows they made were true.

Do you think I could have come to you again and again, if you had been less alone?You called me and I answered