"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
"I have loved you all my life, Mal," I whispered through my tears. "There is no end to our story."
"The moment our lips met, I knew with pure and piercing certainty that I would have waited for him forever."
"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."
"They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things-if love can ever be called that."
"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 lonelin..."
"Have any of you wondered what I did with all the cash Pekka Rollins gave us?""Guns?" asked Jesper."Ships?" queried Inej."Bombs?" suggested Wylan. "Political bribes?" offered Nina. They all looked at M..."
"Do you answer a question directly?""Hard to say. Ah, there, I've done it again"
"Greed is your god, Kaz."He almost laughed at that. "No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever."
"You have your own problems right now, Zenik, said a voice in her head. Stop worrying about saving the world and save your own ass. Sometimes her inner voice could be very wise."