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Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2) QUOTES

Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2) QUOTES

1 " He feared for his country and for himself. He’d be a fool not to. But some part of him, maybe the privateer, maybe the demon, maybe the prince who had clawed his way to the throne, was itching for a fight. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

2 " Willows bordered the path, like women bent in mourning, their branches shod in ice and brushing the soft white ground like strands of hair. Flowers and shrubs of every variety overflowed their beds, all of them white with frost, a world made of snow and glass, a garden of ghosts. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

3 " Of course, Nikolai was the liar here. But kings did what they wished; bastards did what they must. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

4 " As long as I live, the demon will remain inside you,” said the Darkling as Nikolai used a knife to saw through the ropes at his wrists.
“We’ve made our peace.”
“Some treaties do not last.”
“You do love a dire prophecy, don’t you?”
“Zoya will live a very long life,” the Darkling said. “Despite the demon, you may not do the same.”
“Then I will love her from my grave. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

5 " A great many people are looking for you."
The gleam in the tiny girl's eye was wicked. "They'd best pray they don't find me "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

6 " I will always seek to make it summer for you. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

7 " If fate doesn't give us the chance, we steal it. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

8 " My own mother warned me I would have no life with a Suli, that she and my father would turn their backs on us. But I didn’t care. I was in love. We met by moonlight. We danced to the music his brothers played. I thought love would be our armor, wings to fly with, a shield against the world. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

9 " Mayu watched the princess. “Are you close to your sisters?”
“The way that kebben are? No. I love them, but we’ve never fought.”
“Never?”
“Not really. Oh, we squabbled. I think all sisters do. But we’ve never had a proper fight. Because we never trusted the love we had to carry us through. We have always been very polite with one another. What are you smiling at? "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

10 " This is what love does. In the stories, love healed your wounds, fixed what was broken, allowed you to go on. But love wasn’t a spell, some kind of benediction to be whispered, a balm or a cure-all. It was a single, fragile thread, which grew stronger through connection, through shared hardship and trust. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

11 " Get a message to the Crow Club,” she said. “Tell Kaz Brekker the queen of Ravka has a job for him. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

12 " I would give you a crown if I could," he said. "I would show you the world from the prow of a ship. I would choose you, Zoya. As my general, as my friend, as my bride. I would give you a sapphire the size of an acorn." He reached into his pocket. "And all I would ask in return is that you wear this damnable ribbon in your hair on our wedding day. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

13 " I suppose that's why I love you."
His eyes flew open and his face lit in an extraordinary grin. "All Saints, say it again."
"I will not."
"You must."
"I'm the queen. I must do nothing but please myself."
"Would it please you to kiss me? "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

14 " Don’t go,” he said, still half asleep.
“I have to bathe. I smell like a forest fire.”
“You smell like wildflowers. You always do. What can I say to make you stay?” His words trailed off into a drowsy mumble as he fell back asleep.
Tell me it’s more than war and worry that makes you speak those words. Tell me what they would mean if you weren’t a king and I weren’t a soldier. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

15 " None of this had been fated; none of it foretold. There had been no prophecies of a demon king or a dragon queen, a one-eyed Tailor, Heartrender twins. They were just the people who had shown up and managed to survive.
But maybe that was the trick of it: to survive, to dare to stay alive, to forge your own hope when all hope had run out. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

16 " You do realize you just referred to yourself as the queen. That means you agreed."
"I am going to kill you."
"So long as you kiss me again before you do. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

17 " Alina nodded. "The real question is how you're going to outdo this gown for the royal wedding."
"Don't get ahead of yourself," Zoya said. "Nikolai hasn't asked."
"Can you blame him?" Genya said. "He hasn't had much luck with proposals."
Alina snorted. "Maybe he should have offered me a dynasty and not a piddly little emerald. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

18 " And if...if I wished for more?"
She felt his fingers on her chin, turning her head. There was an unwanted ache in her throat. Zoya forced herself to meet his gaze. In this light, his hazel eyes looked almost golden.
"Then I would gladly be your prince, your consort, your demon fool. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

19 " I will kneel to only one ruler, and I will se only one person crowned this say. The age of the Lanstovs is over." He sank to one knee. "Let the Nazyalensky dynasty begin. All hail the Dragon Queen. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)

20 " What if I say I can't bear to lose you?"
A smile tugged at her lips. "I'd say you're a liar. That claims like that belong to romantic ninnies." She raised her hand and let her fingertips trace the line of his beautiful jaw. He closed his eyes. "We would go on, you and I. If I couldn't be queen, you would find a way to win this battle and save this country. You would make a sheltering place for my people. You would march an bleed and crack terrible jokes until you had done all you said you would. I suppose that's why I love you. "

― Leigh Bardugo , Rule of Wolves (King of Scars, #2)