The Tailor Quotes

“Because I am a doll, and a servant. Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“It hurts, but I can bear it. Because I am a doll, and a servant. Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“But I pushed down my confused tears and did as she asked, still hoping that whatever I’d broken might be repaired.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“She keeps that haughty look, but her shoulders stiffen and she has to work a bit harder to lift her perfect nose in the air. I know I shouldn’t enjoy her misery as much as I do. I also shouldn’t have a second buttered roll with my breakfast every morning, but sometimes one must indulge.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“I don’t want to wear this anymore,” I pleaded. “It’s a servant’s uniform.”
“It’s a soilder’s uniform.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“Do not let them humble you, he said softly.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“Because I am a pretty thing and a soldier all the same.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor

“It was white. White and gold. It was livery.
I told myself it meant nothing. It was just a color.
But I was wrong. That color meant everything.
It was a command to the Queen’s ladies that they shouldn’t greet me or acknowledge that I’d entered a room.
It was an indelible line drawn between me and the other Grisha.
It was a signal to the King that he could follow me into my chambers and press me up against the wall, that I was available for his use.
That there was no point to crying out.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Tailor