KAZ AND INEJ BOOK QUOTES

“The heart is an arrow. It demands aim to land true.” – Kaz

“No mourners. No funerals.” – Inej

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together-”

“When the world owed you nothing, you demanded something of it anyway.” – Kaz

“Knife to the throat?” -“Gun to the back?” -“Poison in your cup?” -“You’re all terrible at murder.” – Kaz and Inej

“There was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong, and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.” – Inej

“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.”

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

“A man will crush a flower, it’s said, but no one will crush a stone.” – Kaz

“Someone had died. They’d been murdered. And Kaz had said nothing. Said nothing as the minutes to hour, to hours, meaning someone was putting more and more distance between him and Bajazet.”

“Greed may do your bidding, but death serves no man.” – Inej

“Inej considered [Kaz’s] offer for a moment. ‘Eighty-twenty,’ she said. ‘I steal the paintings. You replace them in the rightful homes.’”

“If you’re only alive because I’m too scared to kill you, I swear I will bury you alive.” – Kaz to rival gang leader

“When everyone knows you’re a monster, you needn’t waste time doing every monstrous thing.” – Inej

“I would have come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together—knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.” – Inej BEST QUOTES ABOUT ASSUME

“I’m sorry it took me so long to see you, Alina. But I see you now.” – Kaz

“You accept what you deserve, and you don’t need anyone to undermine you.” – Inej

“No mourners,” he recited. “No funerals. Among them, it passed for ‘good luck’.” – Kaz

“Bad habits die hard, Kaz.”

“But they do die.” – Inej and Kaz

“Better terrible truths than kind lies.” – Kaz

“I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to sleep with songs.” – Kaz

“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.” – Inej

“No mourners. No funerals. Among them, it passed for ‘good luck.” – Kaz

“You wanted a monster? Here I am.” – Inej

“She’d laughed, and if he could have bottled the sound and gotten drunk on it every night, he would have. It terrified him.” – Kaz

“The world is fat with enemies. Some deserved, some not. I’m not here to keep score.” – Inej

“You can put me in a plot right next to your boyfriends.” – Inej

“No saints in this city. Only survivors.” – Kaz

“Cutthroat.” His grin widened. “I’d wager a lot of men look at you and underestimate what’s in those pretty little heads of yours, and that’s a mistake they pay for.” – Kaz to Inej