Nikolai Quotes

“I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.”
― Nikolai Gogol

“Watch yourself, Nikolai,” Mal said softly. “Princes bleed just like other men.”
Nikolai plucked an invisible piece of dust from his sleeve. “Yes,” he said. “They just do it in better clothes.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Weakness is a guise. Wear it when they need to know you're human, but never when you feel it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“It's not exciting if nothing can go wrong.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“I may not have been completely honest about that."
"You? Less than truthful? I'm shocked, Nikolai. Shocked and horrified.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Is that all?' said Zoya. 'Will you be taking up juggling as well?'
'Don't be ridiculous,' Nikolai replied. 'I already know how to juggle. Literally and figuratively.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“I shouldn't have lost my temper that way. It just pricks his pride, makes him dig in his heels."
"So why did you?" I asked, genuinely curious. It was rare for Nikolai's emotions to get the best of him.
"I don't know," he said, shredding the leaf. "You got angry. I got angry. The room was too damn hot."
"I don't think that's it."
"Indigestion?" he offered.
"It's because you actually care about what happens to this country," I said. "The throne is just a prize to Vasily, something he wants to squabble over like a favorite toy, You're not like that. You'll make a good king."
Nikolai froze. "I…" For once, words seemed to have deserted him. Then a crooked, embarrassed smile crept across his face. It was a far cry from his usual self-assured grin. "Thank you," he said.
I sighed as we resumed our pace. "You're going to be insufferable now, aren't you?"
Nikolai laughed. "I'm already insufferable.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“Imagine, and it shall be.
There are no limits.⁠⁠⁠⁠”
― Evelyn Skye, The Crown's Game

“I love it when you quote me.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“I'll get them out and come back. I promise."
"On your word as a cutthroat and a pirate?"
He touched my cheek once, briefly. "Privateer."
Another explosion rocked the grounds.
"Let's go!" shouted Mal.
As we sprinted into the tunnel, I glanced back and saw Nikolai silhouetted against the purple twilight. I wondered if I'd ever see him again.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“You say exile, I say extended holiday.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“He smiled sadly. "I was lost from the moment I saw you on Ovchinin Island. It took a long while for me to realize it, but it's true. I've spent my entire life scrambling to fit in and to change myself, Vika, but where I've belonged, and who I needed to be, has been right here the whole time. I love you.”
― Evelyn Skye, The Crown's Game

“Are we calling it a presence now?" asked Nikolai. "I preferred 'monster.' Or 'demon.' Even 'fiend' has a nice ring.”
― Leigh Bardugo, King of Scars

“How do you plan to keep me here during the day? An unblooded Forbearer shouldn’t be so hard to vanquish.”
Vanquished by her? Amusing. “I’ll send you back to the cell. You want to be my pet? I’ll take you out and put you back in your cage at my pleasure.”
She blinked at him. “You don’t want to send me back. Who will entertain you? I can deal poker and make shadow animals.”
― Kresley Cole, The Warlord Wants Forever

“I'm sorry we don't visit more often. There's a war on and, well, no one likes you."
The Darkling touched a hand to his chest. "You wound me."
"All in good time," said Zoya.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“If fate doesn't give us the chance, we steal it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young.”
― Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls

“If the privateer you've hired is entirely trustworthy, he's probably not much of a privateer.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Human life is worth preserving. But human lives? They come and go like so much chaff, never tipping the scales."
"What a remarkable calculation," said Nikolai. "And a convenient one for a mass murderer.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Unless a convention of anarchists visited the library yesterday, most books ought to be in their rightful places.”
― Evelyn Skye, The Crown's Game

“It would be a marriage in name only," Sturmhond insisted. Then, as if he couldn't help himself, he flashed Mal a taunting grin. "Except for the matter of producing heirs.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“The demon closed its talons over the ribbon in her hair and tugged. It slid loose, fluttering to the floor. Slowly, it withdrew its hand. Did she imagine its regret?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Toss him over," Zoya said. "Break his heart cruelly. I will gladly give our poor prince comfort, and I would make a magnificent queen.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“They have an ordinary life, full of ordinary things - if love can ever be called that.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“ - Aqui o Niko seguiu o Renegado durante uns quarenta quilometros...a pé - acrescentou Brock,rolando os olhos castanho-escuros - Eu tinha o Rover atestado e à espera na esquina,mas aqui o atleta decidiu ir a pé."

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― Lara Adrian, Midnight Rising

“The King has stepped down, the path to the throne is clear. If there weren't an all-powerful dictator and his monstrous horde to attend to, I'd be opening a bottle of champagne.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“But I missed the girl who had shown the stag mercy, who had been strong enough to turn away from the lure of power, who had believed in something more. Another casualty of this war.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“You're putting too much pressure on yourself. There might be nothing there to remember."

"My gut's telling me otherwise."

"Your gut also told you to accept dinner with my brother. It's got a checkered past.”
― Nicole Fox

“You're putting too much pressure on yourself. There might be nothing there to remember."

"My gut's telling me otherwise."

"Your gut also told you to accept dinner with my brother. It's got a checkered past.”
― Nicole Fox, Midnight Sanctuary