The best Quotes from Shadow and Bone

No businessman worth his salt bargains for what he can take.

The only thing more powerful than you or me - the two of us together.

Jesper Fahey: "Here's what I don't get."
Inej Ghafa: "We're gonna be here all night."

When I was young, I was afraid of the dark. When I got older, I learned that darkness is a place and it's full of monsters.

I'll find my way back to you. Promise.

The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

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

"The problem with wanting," he whispered, his mouth trailing along my jaw until it hovered over my lips, "is that it makes us weak."

The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.

"It's not natural for women to fight."
"It's not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand."

She'd laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have.

Fear is a phoenix. You can watch it burn a thousand times and still it will return.

When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.

The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.

I have been made to protect you. Only in death will I be kept from this oath.

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

"I thought you wanted to go." - "I wanted you to ask me to stay."

But the girl had spent long years being invisible. She’d already had a ghost’s life, hidden from the world and from herself. Better than anyone, she knew the power of things long buried.

The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach.

Even in the darkness, diamonds still shine.

Why would anyone want to be a pirate? It's the best thing there is. Wind in your back. The salty sea air. Loyal crew by your side.

What if everything that came from the past were influenced by the future?

It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

Don't exploit an advantage just because it emerges; wait until the optimal moment, then strike.

Ats Ayittey: "Excuse me but this is the quiet carriage."
Stefan Tovell: "Shut the f*ck up then."

"Hey. Do you like bad boys?"
"Sure do. Let me know if you find one."

Marcus: "My bike. It's gone. She took it."
Max: "So that's like Grand Theft Auto. Or Grand Theft Bike."

Aimee: "Did you know you need, like, sugar and flour and an oven to bake? And you don't shove it all in, you have to follow alle these rules."
Maeve: "Yeah, it's called a recipe."

I think love should come out of nowhere, sweep you up completely.

The people's rage. It is like an illness, an ulcer. And ulcers must be cauterized.

People say Hawkins is cursed. They're not way off.

When you lose everything, that's when you're finally free.