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I don't care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the part of you that loved him.Leigh Bardugo
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The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever.Leigh Bardugo
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They are orphans again, with no true home but each other and whatever life they can make together on the other side of the sea.Leigh Bardugo
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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.Leigh Bardugo
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There is something more powerful than any army. Something strong enough to topple kings, and even Darklings. Do you know what that thing is?” I shook my head, inching away from him.“ Faith, ” he breathed, his black eyes wild. “Faith.Leigh Bardugo
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You're very welcome, " she said, giving my hair a hard tug. "You should be used to being gawked at by now."" And yet I'm not."" Well, if it gets too bad, give me a signal, and I'll get up on the banquet table, toss my skirt over my head, and do a little dance. That way no one will be looking at you.Leigh Bardugo
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Where are you going?" she called after me, her voice mocking. "What's waiting for you out there?" "Nothing! " I shouted at her. "No one!Leigh Bardugo
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I thought the love I'd had for him belonged to the past, to the foolish, lonely girl I never wanted to be again. I'd tried to bury that girl and the love she'd felt, just as I'd tried to bury my power. But I wouldn't make that mistake again.Leigh Bardugo
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I’d learned to avoid mirrors. They never seemed to show me what I wanted to see.Leigh Bardugo
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Why can a Grisha possess but one amplifier? I will answer this question instead: What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.Leigh Bardugo
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He has served countless kings, faked countless deaths, bided his time, waiting for you.Leigh Bardugo