Leigh Bardugo Quote Starters
A collection of rp starters from all of Leigh Bardugo’s books, because I love her. And Six of Crows was an absolute masterpiece. Challenge; If you reblog this from an RP blog, send them one!
“What’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet?“
“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.”
“I would have come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”
“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.”
“No mourners. No funerals.”
“I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise.”
“It’s not natural for women to fight.“
“It’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”
“I will have you without armor. Or I will not have you at all.”
“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.”
“My ghost won’t associate with your ghost.”
“The problem with wanting is that it makes us weak.”
“The water hears and understands. The ice does not forgive.”
“I’m a business man. No more, no less.”
“Isn’t that what I just said?”
“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.”
“We are all someone’s monster.”
“Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.”
“I am not ruined. I am ruination.”
“Please, my darling, treasure of my heart, won’t you do me the honor of acquiring me a new hat?”
“Watch yourself, princes bleed just like other men.”
“Yes. They just do it in better clothes.”
“I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept from this oath.”
“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
“Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.”
“I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter but mine.”
“Men mock the gods until they need them.”
“Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.”
"Let’s not say things we don’t mean, my love.”
"You’re better than waffles.”
“But I’ve also been known to answer to ‘sweetheart’ or ‘handsome.’”
“Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.”
“I love puzzles. Trickery is just my native tongue.”
“The easiest way to steal a man’s wallet is to tell him you’re going to steal his watch. You take his attention and direct it where you want it to go.”
"Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever.”
"You and I are going to change the world.”
“And there’s nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk.”
“How many times have you told me you’re a monster? So be a monster. Be the thing they all fear when they close their eyes at night.”
“Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay.”
“You aren’t a flower, you’re every blossom in the wood blooming at once. You are a tidal wave. You’re a stampede. You are overwhelming.”
“Oh, and the easiest way to make someone furious is to tell them to calm down.”
“And that was what destroyed you in the end: the longing for something you could never have.”
“I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the best schools. I nurture my grudges.”
“There are two thrones on that dais. You could see me any time you liked.”
"I’m not used to people trying to kill me.”
“This action will have no echo.”
“I hope you weren’t looking to me to be the voice of reason. I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.”
“I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.“
“You have a way of talking that makes me want to shoot someone. Preferably you.”
“People point guns at each other all the time here. It’s basically a handshake.”
“Do you answer a question directly?”
“Hard to say. Ah, there, I’ve done it again.”
“Weakness is a guise. Wear it when they need to know you’re human, but never when you feel it.”
“You can’t spend his money if you’re dead.”
“I’ll acquire expensive habits in the afterlife.”
"Everyone needs a hobby.”
“This whole ‘shoot me’ thing is starting to concern me.”
“Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste.”
“You know the problem with heroes and saints? They always end up dead.”
“Where do think the money went?“
“I’m perfectly capable of being stupid on my own.”
"I came here for you. You’re my flag. You’re my nation.”
“We are alike as no one else is, as no one else will ever be.”
"I’ve had a lot of nicknames, but that one is easily the most accurate.”
“If only you could talk to girls in equations.”
“Always hit where the mark isn’t looking.”
“I like to have powerful enemies. Makes me feel important.”
“It’s a vow that if I can’t be anything else to you, at least I can be a weapon in your hand.”
“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.”
“Do you have a different name for killing when you wear a uniform to do it?”
“Brick by brick, I will destroy you.”
“Do you blame me for every mistake I made? For every girl I tumbled? For every dumb thing I’ve said? Because if we start running tallies on stupid, you know who’s going to come out ahead.”
“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.”
“Did you tell him what I showed you in the dark?”
“When we get our money, you can burn it to keep you warm.”
“I’m going to pay someone to burn my money for me.”
“Why don’t you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your money for you? That’s what the big players do.”
“I can’t decide if you’re a fearmonger or a coward.”
“And I can’t decide if you’re an idiot or an idiot.”
“Maybe your tutors didn’t cover this lesson, but you do not argue with a man covered in blood and a knife up his sleeve.”
“You wouldn’t know a good time if it sidled up to you and stuck a lollipop in your mouth.”
“Thanks for being my best friend and making my life bearable. Oh, and sorry I fell in love with you for a while there.”
“Facts are for the unimaginative.”
