King of Scars Quotes

“was not stone or brick or wooden beam. Its white girders and transoms were bone and tendon, its abutments and piers bound together with ropy bundles of gristle.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Ty říkáš exil, já říkám dlouhá dovolená.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“But where would they have ever felt safe together? In Fjerda? In Ravka? Was there anyplace they would have truly been free and happy? Another life, another world.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“by a kind of sighing inside her, as if the town’s name was less a word”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Watch your head, Your Highness.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Stop punishing yourself for being someone with a heart. You cannot protect yourself from suffering. To live is to grieve. You are not protecting yourself by shutting yourself off from the world.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Zoya would still be Nikolai’s general, but she knew it would be different. He would have someone else to tease and lean on and argue over the herring with.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Les peurs sont comme les mauvaises herbes, elles prolifèrent si on ne s’en occupe pas.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Les peurs sont comme les mauvaises herbes, elles prolifèrent si on ne s’en occupe pas”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“He [Nikolai] wanted to sit here and listen to her talk. For all the time they’d spent together, Zoya was still a mystery to him. This might be his last chance to unravel her.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“CORPORALKI (THE ORDER OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD) Heartrenders Healers ETHEREALKI (THE ORDER OF SUMMONERS) Squallers Inferni Tidemakers MATERIALKI (THE ORDER OF FABRIKATORS) Durasts Alkemi”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“He’s faring worse than he’s letting on, thought Zoya. Nikolai was always freer with compliments when he was fatigued.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“What had she once said to Jesper back in Ketterdam? Do you know the best way to find Grisha who don’t want to be found? Look for miracles and listen to bedtime stories. Tales of witches and wondrous happenings, warnings about cursed places”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“To that end, though he had plenty of business awaiting him in the capital, his first stop had to be at Count Kirigin’s.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Nikolai set to opening the Schuyler combination locks he’d learned about from a certain master thief in Ketterdam. A”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Each spine had been an open doorway whispering, Come in, come in. Here is a land you’ve never seen before. Here is a place to hide when you’re frightened, to play when you’re bored, to rest when the world seems unkind.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Nikolai had cornered Vasily in the lapis drawing room. “Do you understand what you’ve done?” he’d asked furiously. His brother shrugged. “Your friend won’t get to study with his betters, and you won’t get to keep rambling in the fields like a commoner. I’ve done you both a favor.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“had a secret taste for the gruesome novels popular in Ketterdam, the gorier the better, though translations were hard to find;”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“She’d been attacked by wolves, for Saints’ sake. She needed a hot bath, a plate of waffles, and about twelve hours of sleep.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Tamar threw up her hands. "So our choices are looking indecisive, weak, or like the capital is swimming in excrement?”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Everything tastes like doom," he whispered.
"Then add salt.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“The thorn wood is a path you walk alone, boy king."
"But it's a very arduous path," Nikolai said. "Who will carry my snacks?"
Juris shook his head and turned to Zoya, who had already hung her axes on the wall. "You waste your time with trifles."
"My country's future is not a trifle."
"King and country are not the same."
Zoya unrolled her sleeves, fastening the buttons at the wrist. "Close enough.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“The zowa healer who helped me perished in order to save my life. She died pulling the poison from my body.” Leoni opened her eyes, a sad smile on her lips.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Do you ride out with her often?” “Only when she lets us.” “A great deal to chance for a bit of freedom.” “It’s not just that,” said the girl. “Hanne … Sometimes people send to the convent for help, and the Wellmother will not grant them aid—for good and proper reasons, of course.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“He was the richest man for a hundred miles, a widower twice over, and sixty-three years old. Zoya was nine. She did not want to be a bride, but she did not want to displease her mother, who petted her and cooed at her as she had never done before.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Each spine had been an open doorway whispering, Come in, come in. Here is a land you've never seen before. Here is a place to hide when you're frightened, to play when you're bored, to rest when the world seems unkind.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Each spine had been an open doorway whispering, Come in, come in. Here is a land you’ve never seen before. Here is a place to hide when you’re frightened, to play when you’re bored, to rest when the world seems unkind. Yuri knew that solace.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“When you purse your lips like that, you look like you’ve made love to a lemon.” “Lucky lemon,” Zoya said with a sniff”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“Do we really know anything about what this ritual requires?"
"Only that it's dangerous," said Yuri.
"And here I thought that the king would just have to eat candy and preform a monologue."
"I've already prepared some selections," said Nikolai.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“squadron of Squallers”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars