King Of Scars Quotes
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“Most women suffer thorns for the sake of the flowers, but we who wield power adorn ourselves with flowers to hide the sting of our thorns”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Nikolai had been told that hope was dangerous, had been warned of it many times. But he’d never believed that. Hope was the wind that came from nowhere to fill your sails and carry you home.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“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.”
― Rule of Wolves
― Rule of Wolves
“Do that thing you do where you use too many words to say something simple and confuse the issue.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Say something spiteful.”
“Why?” she asked faintly.
“Because I’m fairly certain I'm hallucinating and in my dreams you're much nicer.”
“You're an idiot, Nikolai.”
― King of Scars
“Why?” she asked faintly.
“Because I’m fairly certain I'm hallucinating and in my dreams you're much nicer.”
“You're an idiot, Nikolai.”
― King of Scars
“I don't like that word," Nina said, advancing. "Call me Grisha. Call me zowa. Call me death, if you like.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“Just a moment," David said, planting a finger on the page to mark his place in his book. "What was your name ?"
"Yuri Vedenen, moi soverenyi."
"Yuri Veneden, if you upset my wife again, I will kill you where you stand."
The monk swallowed. "Yes, moi soverenyi."
"Oh, David," Genya said, taking his hand. "You've never theatened to murder anyone for me before."
"Haven't I?" He murmured distractedly, placed a kiss on her knuckles, and continued reading.”
― King of Scars
"Yuri Vedenen, moi soverenyi."
"Yuri Veneden, if you upset my wife again, I will kill you where you stand."
The monk swallowed. "Yes, moi soverenyi."
"Oh, David," Genya said, taking his hand. "You've never theatened to murder anyone for me before."
"Haven't I?" He murmured distractedly, placed a kiss on her knuckles, and continued reading.”
― King of Scars
“ Remember who you are. Nikolai knew. He was a king who had only begun to make mistakes. He was a solider for whom the war would never be over. He was a bastard left alone in the woods. And he was not afraid to die this day.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“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.”
― King of Scars
'Don't be ridiculous,' Nikolai replied. 'I already know how to juggle. Literally and figuratively.”
― King of Scars
“He would not beg Zoya to stay. It was not in his nature to plead with anyone, and that was not the pact they shared. They did not look to each other for comfort. They kept each other marching. They kept each other strong. So he would not find another excuse to get her talking again. He would not tell her he was afraid to be left alone with the thing he might become, and he would not ask her to leave the lamp burning, a child's bit of magic to ward off the dark.
But he was relieved when she did it anyway.”
― King of Scars
But he was relieved when she did it anyway.”
― King of Scars
“Her time is better spent with me. The thorn wood is a path you walk alone, boy king.”
“But it’s a very arduous path,” Nikolai said. “Who will carry my snacks?”
― King of Scars
“But it’s a very arduous path,” Nikolai said. “Who will carry my snacks?”
― King of Scars
“That squash is as wide as I am tall, " Nikolai said beneath his breath as he smiled and waved.
"And twice as handsome. "
"Half as handsome," he protested.
"Ah, " said Zoya, "but the squash doesn't talk.”
― King of Scars
"And twice as handsome. "
"Half as handsome," he protested.
"Ah, " said Zoya, "but the squash doesn't talk.”
― King of Scars
“Eat, Your Highness. "
"Everything tastes like doom, " he whispered.
"Then add salt.”
― King of Scars
"Everything tastes like doom, " he whispered.
"Then add salt.”
― King of Scars
“She brushed the hair back from his face, placed a kiss on his forehead. "I would stay forever if I could", she whispered.”
― Rule of Wolves
― Rule of Wolves
“I will put a bullet in your brain before I let that happen, Nikolai."
"My ruthless Zoya, I'll load the gun myself.”
― King of Scars
"My ruthless Zoya, I'll load the gun myself.”
― King of Scars
“I think fatigue suits you, Zoya. The pallor. The shadows beneath your eyes. You look like a heroine in a novel. "
"I look like a woman about to step on your foot. "
"Now, now. You're managing remarkably well. And the smiling hasn't killed you yet."
"Yet.”
― King of Scars
"I look like a woman about to step on your foot. "
"Now, now. You're managing remarkably well. And the smiling hasn't killed you yet."
"Yet.”
― King of Scars
“Slowly, Genya stood, and silence fell around her. "How old are you, Yuri ?"
"Eighteen, moi soverenyi"
"When i was a year older than you, the Darkling set his mosnters on me, creatures born of the power you venerate so much. They had a taste for human flesh. He had to force them to stop."
"Then he was not so cruel-"
Genya held up a hand, and Nikolai was glad to see Yuri shut is mouth. "The Darkling didn't want me to die. He wante me to live - like this."
"More fool of him,"sais Nikolai quietly, "to let such soldier survive.”
― King of Scars
"Eighteen, moi soverenyi"
"When i was a year older than you, the Darkling set his mosnters on me, creatures born of the power you venerate so much. They had a taste for human flesh. He had to force them to stop."
"Then he was not so cruel-"
Genya held up a hand, and Nikolai was glad to see Yuri shut is mouth. "The Darkling didn't want me to die. He wante me to live - like this."
"More fool of him,"sais Nikolai quietly, "to let such soldier survive.”
― King of Scars
“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.”
― Rule of Wolves
The Darkling touched a hand to his chest. "You wound me."
"All in good time," said Zoya.”
― Rule of Wolves
“Kirigin cleared his throat. "It's of no matter to me. I just wondered if I should have that cordial she likes waiting. Is Commander Nazalensky well? "
"Pretty as a picture and brimming with spite."
"She is lovely, isn't she?" said Kirigin dreamily....”
― King of Scars
"Pretty as a picture and brimming with spite."
"She is lovely, isn't she?" said Kirigin dreamily....”
― King of Scars
“The grand lady. The crying child. The drowning man who would drag you under rather than be saved. This country that took so much and gave nothing back. Maybe because he knew that he and his country were the same.”
― King of Scars
― King of Scars
“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.”
― Rule of Wolves
"What a remarkable calculation," said Nikolai. "And a convenient one for a mass murderer.”
― Rule of Wolves
“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?”
― Rule of Wolves
― Rule of Wolves
“I hope you weren't looking for me to be the voice of reason. I keep a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
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