“They wanted a Grisha queen. Mal wanted a commoner queen. And what did I want? Peace for Ravka. A chance to sleep easy in my bed without fear. An end to the guilt and dread that I woke to every morning. There were old wants too, to be loved for who I was, not what I could do, to lie in a meadow with a boy’s arms around me and watch the wind move the clouds.”
Book ladies: part one, /part two/
She gave it all, you gave her shit She coulda done, just anything Or anyone, cause she’s a goddess You never got this You put her down, you liked her hopeless To walk around, feeling unnoticed You shoulda crowned her, cause she’s a goddess You never got this
Book ladies: part two, /part one/
Finally surfaced above doubts Feeling above this, she came around Cause she’s a goddess, finally saw this And now you’re back, trying to claim her Cause she’s gone and now without her You’re all alone, cause she’s a goddess You shoulda saw this
“People, particularly big men carrying big rifles, don’t expect lip from a scrawny thing like me. They always look a bit dazed when they get it.”
“What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.” ~ Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy) by Leigh Bardugo
Why do you guys say that anyway? No mourners, no funerals? Why not just say good luck or be safe? We like to keep our expectations low.
We are all someone’s monster.
books of 2016 - Six of Crows by leigh bardugo [3/?]
When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing
Now, now, no tears. Monsters see tears and it only whets their appetites. Off to bed with you, and take that useless Maestro Spots along, too. She skittered backward over the landing and up the stairs. When she was halfway up, she cast a terrified glance back at Kaz. He raised one gloved finger to his lips.
Excerpt editttttt!!!!
“Oh, it’s worse than that, Van Eck. If I fail, I don’t get paid.”
ya lit meme: ten books or series [6/10] ♡ six of crows by leigh bardugo
“Six people, but a thousand ways this insane plan could go wrong.”
“Kaz leaned back. “What’s the easiest way to steal a man’s wallet?” “Knife to the throat?” asked Inej. “Gun to the back?” said Jesper. “Poison in his cup?” suggested Nina. “You’re all horrible,” said Matthias.”
Inej would find her own way in.
six dangerous outcasts. one impossible heist.
when the fandom calls you genocide king but is proud of Wanheda and Sky Reaper
when the fandom thinks you’re white because no one said otherwise on screen
when the fandom calls you abusive but loves the scene where your sister beats you up
when the fandom villanizes you for killing people but praises others for doing the same thing
when the fandom hates you for saving slaves
basically when the fandom blames you for every thing that happens in the show
