Quotes From "Six Of Crows" By Leigh Bardugo

Jesper knocked his head against the hull and cast his eyes heavenward. “Fine. But if Pekka Rollins kills us all, I’m going to get Wylan’s ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.” Brekker’s lips quirked. “I’ll just hire Matthias’ ghost to kick your ghost’s ass.”“ My ghost won’t associate with your ghost, ” Matthias said primly, and then wondered if the sea air was rotting his brain. . Leigh Bardugo

Jesper: “If Pekka Rollins kills us all, I’m going to get Wylan’s ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.” Kaz: “I’ll just hire Matthias’ ghost to kick your ghost’s ass.” Matthias: “My ghost won’t associate with your ghost. Leigh Bardugo

Kaz reached into his coat pocket. "Here, " he said and handed Jesper a slender book with an elaborate cover." Are we going to read to each other?"" Just flip it open to the back." Jesper opened the book and peered at the last page, puzzled. "So?""Hold it up so we don't have to look at your ugly face."" My face has character. Besides - oh! "" An excellent read, isn't it?"" Who knew I had a taste for literature?. Leigh Bardugo

She tilted her head back, breathing deeply. It was a stone gray day, the sea a bleak slate broken up by whitecaps, the sky pleated with thick ripples of cloud. A hard wind filled the sails, carrying the little boat over the waves. 'It feels good to be this kind of cold, ' she murmured. 'This kind?'' Wind in your hair, sea spray on your skin. The cold of the living. Leigh Bardugo

Van Eck raised a brow. "How old are you, girl? Sixteen? Seventeen? Nations rise and fall. Markets are made and unmade. When power shifts, someone always suffers. Leigh Bardugo

Nina, you taught me to be something better. They could be taught, too. Leigh Bardugo

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. And if she was, then Grisha weren’t inherently evil. They were like anyone else–full of the potential to do great good, and also great harm. To ignore that would make Matthias the monster. Leigh Bardugo

They fear as I once feared you, ” he said. “As you once feared me. We are all someone’s monster, Nina Leigh Bardugo

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. Leigh Bardugo

She knew she should say something profound, something beautiful in response. Instead, she spoke the truth. "If we make it out of here alive, I'm going to kiss you unconscious. Leigh Bardugo

Survival wasn't nearly as hard as he'd thought once he left decency behind. Leigh Bardugo

And the look they exchanged could have melted miles of northern ice. Leigh Bardugo

He'd broken his leg dropping down from the rooftop. The bone didn't set right, and he'd limped ever after. So he'd found himself a Fabrikator and had his cane made. It became a declaration. There was no part of him that was no broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken. Leigh Bardugo

Shall I tell you the secret of true love? her father once asked her. A friend of mine liked to tell me that women love flowers. He had many flirtations, but he never found a wife. Do you know why? Because women may love flowers, but only one woman loves the scent of gardenias in late summer that remind her of her grandmother’s porch. Only one woman loves apple blossoms in a blue cup. Only one woman loves wild geraniums. That’s Mama! Inej had cried. Yes, Mama loves wild geraniums because no other flower has quite the same color, and she claims that when she snaps the stem and puts a sprig behind her ear, the whole world smells like summer. Many boys will bring you flowers. But someday you’ll meet a boy who will learn your favorite flower, your favorite song, your favorite sweet. And even if he is too poor to give you any of them, it won’t matter because he will have taken the time to know you as no one else does. Only that boy earns your heart. Leigh Bardugo

When we get our money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm."" I'm going to pay someone to burn my kruge for me."" Why don't you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kruge for you? That's what the big players do. Leigh Bardugo