Lavinia Barsotti

“And I’ll keep marching because the firebird is all I can give you. No money. No army. No mountaintop stronghold.” He shouldered his pack. “This is all I have to offer. The same old trick.” He stepped out into the rain. I didn’t know if I wanted to run after him to apologize or knock him into the mud.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“I wasn’t afraid of you, Alina. I was afraid of losing you. The girl you were becoming didn’t need me anymore, but she’s who you were always meant to be.”
“Strong.” He looked away. “Luminous. And maybe a little ruthless too. That’s what it takes to rule. Ravka is broken, Alina. I think it always has been. The girl I saw in the chapel could change that.”
“Nikolai’s a born leader. He knows how to fight. Knows how to politic. But he doesn’t know what it is to live without hope. He’s never been nothing. Not like you or Genya. Not like me.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“I love you, Alina, even the part of you that loved him.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Grisha Trilogy

“You know the problem with heroes and saints, Nikolai? They always end up dead.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm