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Crooked Kingdom Quotes (2024)
Step into the world of "Crooked Kingdom" and experience the magic of Leigh Bardugo's storytelling through these unforgettable quotes:
"No mourners, no funerals."
"When you can't beat the odds, change the game."
"Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return."
"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."
"Hope is dangerous, and it's more powerful than fear. Hope changes everything. It can paint the future, even if it's false."
"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."
"The really bad monsters never look like monsters."
"There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken."
"I would have been different too, Matthias. I would have had to be."
"There was nothing to do but keep moving forward."
"Wraiths don't kill you. They take your soul."
"This was how they loved. With a willingness to embrace that which was profoundly ugly."
"The heart is a trap."
"Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man."
"Men mock the gods until they need them, Kaz."
"The world was made of miracles."
"No one knew better than him that a coin was as deadly as a bullet."
"The key to surviving in the barrel was to always make your enemies think you had more cards in your hand than you did."
"The water hears and understands. The ice does not forgive."
"You wanted to feel alive, right? It doesn't matter if you're monster or saint. The only thing that matters is what you do."
"Greed is your god, Kaz."
"No more jokes. No more lies. No more empty promises."
"I am grateful for every scar, some you can see and some you can't. That's what happens when you live a life worth talking about."
"The thing about plans, he thought, was that they didn't take into account the unexpected."
"And maybe there was no point in reminding Kaz that maybe it was okay if he was broken."
"People point guns at each other all the time in this city. Doesn't mean they have to pull the trigger."
"The world was made for men like him."
"What's the use of running, if we are on the wrong street?"
"The only thing I like better than planning a heist is executing a heist."
"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream."
"A gambler, a convict, a wayward son, a lost Grisha, a Suli girl who had become a killer, a boy from the Barrel who had become something worse."
"He'd wanted to tell her that he was sorry, that he wanted to make amends, but what good were apologies if he kept doing what he was apologizing for?"
"Maybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them."
"Sometimes, surviving isn't enough."
"Reckless love is a choice. A conscious decision. It is not some uncontrollable monster that snatches us away in our sleep."
"If you wanted to be a good person, you had to make a choice every day to do the right thing."
"We learn to hold our heads as if we wear crowns. We learn to wring magic from the ordinary."
"The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true."
"When you can't beat the odds, change the game."
"Greed is your god, Kaz."
"The only law that matters is gravity."
"She wouldn't wish love on anyone. It was the guest you welcomed and then couldn't be rid of."
"Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting."
"The weak and the botched must perish."
"I am not ruined. I am ruination."
"You don't have to understand here, you just have to have faith."
"The world is an ugly place. But I refuse to let it define me."
"We were not made to please princes."
"The fall was his beginning."
"Do not mourn the dead. Fight for the living."
"There are no promises, not in a place like this. There are no loyalties either, only alliances."
"When you love someone, you don't have a choice. Love takes your choices away."
"If you can't help me, if you can't be useful, then say goodbye."
"A secret isn't a secret if someone else knows it."
"You can't run from this. Not from what you are."
"Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return."
"Fear is a powerful weapon."
"If you can't beat the odds, change the game."
"You were a thing of death and madness, and you burned and burned and burned."
"The secret to stealing a kingdom, Matthias, is that you don't take it by force. You turn the inhabitants into your most loyal subjects."
"How can you not be a romantic in a place like this?"
"You can survive the death of your soul, but a life without spirit is a slow agony."
"I'm going to tell you a story. Every word is true. Some of them happened."
"Suffering is like anything else. Live with it long enough, you learn to like the taste."
"She was the queen of her own darkness, and the shelter it provided was a warm one."
"The thrill of a kill was a powerful thing."
"It’s easier to keep secrets in the dark."
"It was a dangerous thing, to unmake someone, especially if you loved them."
"Every game had a winner and a loser, and there was no time for losers."
"Ghosts don't have voices."
"You do not suffer in vain. You are made to rise above it, to conquer it."
"Clever as the devil and twice as pretty."
"Hope was dangerous."
"Better terrible truths than kind lies."
"Hope was a fine thing, but that was the trouble with it—it led to disappointment."
"There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken."
"How did you survive so long with the lungs of a smoker and the soul of a saint?"
"Freedom demands sacrifice."
"I would 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 knives were out, and they were not going back into their sheaths until they were red to the hilt."
"The greatest trick the world ever played was convincing women they couldn't."
"You were made for trouble, Kaz."
"Do not lose your head over trifles, Inej. If you are to be owned, it must be by your own terms."
"The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true."
"Fear is the price of imagination."
"A boy who had once run through the Barrel streets with a gang, a girl who had hunted rabbits for her family. They were all that stood between you and the darkest magic."
"No matter how narrow the view, no matter how dim our conception of the future, we have to keep faith."
"You are a talented liar, Nina Zenik."
"A full purse doesn't make a warrior."
"People point guns at each other all the time in this city. Doesn't mean they have to pull the trigger."
"Maybe there were people who lived those lives. Maybe this girl was one of them."
"Hope was dangerous, and it had ruined many men."
"We are all someone's monster."
"What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men."
"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, Rollins."
"Greed can often blind men and drive them to make irrational decisions."
"This was their game now, and they had learned to play it well."
"I could have sworn you had a heart under all those feathers."
"The hunger of wolves far surpassed that of men."
"The dark is not an enemy, but a doorway."
"Desire is the root of suffering."
"Survival was insufficient."
"Do not mourn the dead. Fight for the living."
"Wraiths don't kill you. They take your soul."
"How do you trick someone into giving you power? You take it from them."
"You were supposed to be the trickster. But you were the mark."
"Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself."
"The world was full of monsters with friendly faces."
In this world where danger lurked around every corner, these quotes served as our lanterns, illuminating the path towards understanding the complexities of life, love, and the relentless pursuit of one's aspirations. "Crooked kingdom quotes" taught us that even in the darkest of times, it is the strength of our spirit, the bonds we forge, and our unwavering determination that can lead us to triumph over adversity.
