Baghra Quotes

He has served countless kings, faked countless deaths, bided his time, waiting for you. ~ Leigh Bardugo

Why do you waste all of your strenght fighting your true nauture? ~ Leigh Bardugo

I will tell you a story, one I used to tell to a little boy with dark hair. A silent boy who rarely laughs, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title ~ Leigh Bardugo

And you," she spat in Nikolai's direction. "Go somewhere you're wanted."
"That's hardly limiting," he said. ~ Leigh Bardugo

Suffering is cheap as clay and twice as common. What matters is what each man makes of it. ~ Leigh Bardugo

Are you hoping I'll grow old and die while you complain? ~ Leigh Bardugo

I already unleashed Baghra on Nikolai. He's going to think I stockpile vicious old women. ~ Leigh Bardugo

I never wanted him to feel the way I had as a child," said Baghra. "So I taught him that he had no equal, that he was destined to bow to no man. I wanted him to be hard, to be strong. I taught him the lesson my mother and father taught me: to rely on no one. That love - fragile and fickle and raw - was nothing compared to power. He was a brilliant boy. He learned too well. ~ Leigh Bardugo

When I entered and shut the door, the Darkling gave me a small bow. "How are you, Alina?"
"I'm fine," I managed.
"She's fine!" hooted Baghra. "She's fine! She cannot light a hallway, but she's fine."
I winced and wished I could disappear into my boots.
To my surprise, the Darkling said, "Leave her be."
Baghra's eyes narrowed. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"
The Darkling sighed and ran his hands through his dark hair in exasperation. When he looked at me, there was a rueful smile on his lips, and his hair was going every which way. "Baghra has her own way of doing things," he said.
"Don't patronize me, boy!" Her voice cracked out like a whip. To my amazement, I saw the Darkling stand up straighter and then scowl as if he'd caught himself.
"Don't chide me, old woman," he said in a low, dangerous voice. ~ Leigh Bardugo

And there's nothing wrong with being a lizard either. Unless you were born to be a hawk. ~ Leigh Bardugo