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Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

We are alike," he said, "as no one else is, as no one else will ever be."
The truth of it rang through me. Like calls to like. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

You don't want to be doing this.
This is the only thing I want to be doing — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I will stip away all that you know, all that you love....
Until you have no shelter byt me — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I am ancient Alina.
I know things about power that you can barely guess — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

You are all I've ever wanted," he said. "You are the whole of my heart. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

You were meant to be my balance Aline.
You are the only person in the world who might rule with me, who might keep my powers in check — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I've never understood this taste for otkazat'sya. Is it because you thought you were one of them for so long?"
"I had a taste for you, once." His head snapped up. He hadn't expected that. Saints, it was satisfying. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Whether I was a Saint or a queen or the most powerful Grisha who ever lived, I would always turn to him. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I've seen what you truly are," said the Darkling, "and I've never turned away. I never will. Can he say the same? — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I don't want lies between us, Alina."
"How many lies have you told me, Sturmhond? How many secrets have you kept until you were ready to share them?"
"Prince's prerogative?"
"If a mere prince gets a pass, so does a living saint."
"Are you going to make a habit of winning arguments? It's very unbecoming."
"Was this an argument?"
"Obviously not. I don't lose arguments. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I grabbed the lapels of his coat, tears filling my eyes. "Don't tell me this is all happening for a reason ... Or that it's going to be okay. Don't tell me you're ready to die." ...
He met my gave, his blue eyes steady, "It's not going to be okay." He brushed hair back from my cheeks and cupped my face in his rough hands. "None of this is happening for a reason." He skimmed his lips over mine. "And Saints help me, Alina, I want to live forever."
He kissed me again, and this time, he didn't stop — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

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

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

A privateer learns to press any advantage."
"And a prince?"
"Princes get used to the word yes. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I already unleashed Baghra on Nikolai. He's going to think I stockpile vicious old women. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Close your mouth before something flies in, I snapped. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

The Darkling smiled, but this time the turn of his lips was cold. He shoved off the table and stalked toward me.

"I will enter the Fold, Alina, and I will show West Ravka what I can do, even without the Sun Summoner. And when I have crushed Lantsov's only ally, I will hunt you like an animal. You will find no sanctuary. You will have no peace." He loomed over me, his gray eyes glinting. "Fly back home to your otkazat'sya," he snarled. "Hold him tight. The rules of this game are about to change. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

He'd wanted me to believe in his ruthlessness.
Then I remembered his words from so long ago: Make me your villain. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I told them you hate herring."
"Why?"
"And that you love plum cake. And that Ana Kuya took a switch to you when you ruined your spring slippers jumping in puddles."
I winced. "Why would you tell them all that?"
"I wanted to make you human," he said. "All they see when they look at you is the Sun Summoner. They see a threat, another powerful Grisha like the Darkling. I want them to see a daughter or a sister or a friend. I want them to see Alina. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Tell him you see me when he takes you in his arms — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

They wanted a Grisha queen. Mal wanted a commoner queen. And what did I want? Peace for Ravka. A chance to sleep easy in my bed without fear. An end to the guilt and dread that I woke to every morning. There were old wants too, to be loved for who I was, not what I could do, to lie in a meadow with a boy's arms around me and watch the wind move the clouds. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

What if I'm no better than you? What if instead of stopping you, I'm just another avalanche? — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

They were still gawking at me. I reminded myself that these men could make my heart explode in my chest, but eventually I just couldn't stand it.
"I don't do tricks, you know," I snapped.
The Grisha exchanged a glance.
"That was a pretty good trick back in the tent," Ivan said.
I rolled my eyes. "Well, if I plan on doing anything exciting, I promise to give fair warning so just ... take a nap or something."
Ivan looked affronted. I felt a little snap of fear, but the fair-haired Corporalnik let out a bark of laughter.
"I am Fedyor," he said. "And this is Ivan. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

On a whim, I picked up a pen and flipped to the last page of the diary and wrote our names.
Alina Starkov
Maylen Oretsev
I wasn't sure why I did it. I just needed to say we had been there. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Will you say it?

"Aleksander"

His grin faded and his grey eyes seemed to flicker.

"Again."

"Aleksander — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

A decoy," said the Darkling, coming up beside me. "We'll take the southern trails. It's what we should have done in the first place."
"So you do make mistakes," I said without thinking.
He paused in the act of pulling on his gloves, and I pressed my lips together nervously. "I didn't mean - "
"Of course I make mistakes," he said. His mouth curved into a half smile. "Just not often. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I'm the Sun Summoner. It gets dark when I say it does. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I sought Morozova amplifiers for you Alina, so that we can rule as equals — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I'm not what you think I am," I whispered desperately.
The Darkling stepped closer to me and said, his voice so low that only I could hear, "I doubt you have any idea what you are. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

The Darkling will hunt you for the rest of your days."
"Then you and I will have something in common, won't we? Besides, I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important."
Mal crossed his arms and considered the privateer. "I can't decide if you're crazy or stupid."
"I have so many good qualities," Sturmhond said. "It can be hard to choose. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I want to kiss you," Nikolai said. "But I won't. Not until you're thinking of me instead of trying to forget him. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

It seems to work better than jabbing them with a stick," he said.
"Less fun."
"My jabbing arm is tired. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

You just punched a prince, Alina. I guess we can add one more act of treason to our list."
I shook out my sore hand. My knuckles smarted. "First of all, are we so sure he really is a prince? And second, you're just jealous."
"Of course I'm jealous. I thought I was going to get to punch him. That isn't the point. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Why don't you just admit that you wanted to belong to him? Why don't you admit that part of you still does? — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Like the teachers at the Duke's estate, the priest thought he knew the girl and what she was capable of. He was wrong. He did not hear their hidden language, did not understand the boy's resolve. He did not see the moment the girl ceased to bear her weakness as a burden and began to wear it as a guise. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I took a breath. "Your highness - "
"Nikolai," he corrected. "But I've also been known to answer to 'sweetheart' or 'handsome. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

He has served countless kings, faked countless deaths, bided his time, waiting for you. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Fight me as long as you're able.
You will find I have far more practice with eternity — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

He leaned against the window, and the gilded frame came into sharp focus. "Do you think it would be any different with your tracker beside you? With that Lantsov pup?"
"Yes," I said simply.
"Because you would be the strong one?"
"Because they're better men than you."
"You might make me a better man."
"And you might make me a monster. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I have loved you all my life, Mal. There is no end to our story. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Why waste my anger on you when the fault is mine? I should have anticipated another betrayal from you, one more mad grasp at some kind of childish ideal. But I seem to be a victim of my own wishes where you are concerned." His expression hardened. "What have you come here for, Alina?"
I answered him honestly. "I wanted to see you."
I caught the briefest glimpse of surprise before his face shuttered again. "There are two thrones on that dais. You could see me any time you liked. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I know what you thought, what you always thought of me.
It's so much easier that way, isn't it? — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

It's true," I said softly. "You are stronger, wiser, infinite in experience." I leaned forward and whispered, my lips brushing the shell of his ear. "But I am an apt pupil. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

Wretched boy."
"You like him," I said in disbelief.
Baghra scowled. "Greedy. Arrogant. Takes too many risks."
"You almost sound concerned."
"You like him too, little Saint," she said with a leer in her voice.
"I do," I admitted. "He's been kind when he might have been cruel. It's refreshing."
"He laughs too much."
"There are worse traits. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

What is wrong with you?" I whispered furiously.
"Nothing," he said, surprised. "I feel great."
"But how can you be so ... so jaunty?"
"Jaunty? I've never been jaunty. I hope never to be jaunty. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

My legs gave way and the Darkling caught me up against his body with one surprisingly strong arm.
"I guess you only look like a mouse," he whispered in my ear, and then beckoned to one of his personal guard. "Take her," he said, handing me over to the oprichnik who reached out his arm to support me. I felt myself flush at the indignity of being handed over like a sack of potatoes, but I was too shaky and confused to protest. Blood was running down my arm from the cut the Darkling had given me. — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

I want you to know my name.
The name I was given, not the title I took for myself.
Will you have it?

"Yes"

"Aleksander — Leigh Bardugo

Alina Starkov Quotes By Leigh Bardugo

There are rumors that your Lantsov prince has been sighted."

I drifted nearer, trying to keep my voice casual. "Where?"

He glanced up, his lips curling in a slight smile. "Do you like him?"

"Does it matter?"

"It's harder when you like them. You mourn them more."

"Tell me, Alina," said the Darkling. "Has he claimed you yet?"

"Claimed me? Like a peninsula?"

"No blushes. No averted eyes. How you've changed. What about your faithful tracker? Will he sleep curled at the foot of your throne? — Leigh Bardugo