My stories usually begin with the characters and some elements of how power (personal, political, magical) functions in the world. The rest develops …

- Leigh Bardugo

What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men.

- Leigh Bardugo

Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.

- Leigh Bardugo

The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?

- Leigh Bardugo

I think the first trick to writing a feminist work is to write plenty of women. That way you get to write characters, instead of worrying about parad…

- Leigh Bardugo

Weakness is a guise. Wear it when they need to know you're human, but never when you feel it.

- Leigh Bardugo

Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined. E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.

- Leigh Bardugo

Don't wish for bricks when you can build from stone.

- Leigh Bardugo

Yuyeh sesh. Despise your heart. Ni weh sesh. I have no heart.

- Leigh Bardugo