He'd known even then, though: He'd start as a grunt, but the Dregs would become his army.
— Leigh Bardugo
Saints, Kaz, you actually look happy.""Don't be ridiculous," he snapped. But there was no mistaking it. Kaz Brekker was grinning like an idiot. — Leigh Bardugo
You can't spend his money if you're dead." "I'll acquire expensive habits in the afterlife. — Leigh Bardugo
She'd often wished to chip away a bit of his arrogance, but she couldn't bear the idea of seeing Kaz stripped of his pride.
— Leigh Bardugo
Greed is your god, Kaz."He almost laughed at that. "No, Inej. Greed bows to me. It is my servant and my lever. — Leigh Bardugo
Matthias suspected that Brekker would drag the girl back from hell himself if he had to. Jesper
— Leigh Bardugo
I trade in information, Geels, the things men do when they think no one is looking. Shame holds more value than coin ever can.
— Leigh Bardugo
If you don't care about money, Nina dear, call it by its other names.""Kruge? Scrub? Kaz's one true love?"
"Freedom, security, retribution. — Leigh Bardugo
You'll get what's coming to you some day, Brekker.""I will," said Kaz, "if there's any justice in the world. And we all know how likely that is. — Leigh Bardugo
You can only sharpen a blade so far", Kaz said as he joined them at the front of the church. "In the end, it comes down to the quality of the metal. — Leigh Bardugo
If you ever cared about me at all, don't follow. — Leigh Bardugo
He's horrible.""But effective. Being angry at Kaz for being ruthless is like being angry at a stove for being hot. — Leigh Bardugo
That boy had betrayed his weakness in a single glance, had ceded the war for the sake of a single battle, and put Inej--all of them--in danger. — Leigh Bardugo
That, Kuwei, is the sound that death makes when she comes calling. — Leigh Bardugo
One minute he made her blush and the next he made her want to commit murder. — Leigh Bardugo
Everything is a negotiation with you, Brekker. You probably bartered your way out of the womb. — Leigh Bardugo
You came back for me." "I protect my investments." Investments.
"I'm glad I'm bleeding all over your shirt. — Leigh Bardugo
Compromise," Kaz said. " 'I'm sorry' does the trick and uses fewer bullets. — Leigh Bardugo
She smiled then, her cheeks red, her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again. — Leigh Bardugo
He didn't mean to say it. He meant to let her go. "I can help you. — Leigh Bardugo
Before you finish that sentence, I want you to think about what a promise from me costs and what you're willing to pay for it. — Leigh Bardugo
She would have her ship and he would have his city. — Leigh Bardugo
No one got the better of Kaz. He was the toughest, scariest thing walking the alleys of the Barrel. — Leigh Bardugo
He was a collection of hard lines and tailored edges — Leigh Bardugo
No one knew who he was. No one knew where he came from. He'd become Kaz Brekker, cripple and confidence man, bastard of the Barrel. The — Leigh Bardugo
Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself. — Leigh Bardugo
He knew exactly what he intended to leave behind when he was gone.Damage. — Leigh Bardugo
I'm pragmatic. If I were cruel, I'd give him an eulogy instead of a conversation. — Leigh Bardugo
And what god do you serve, then?""Whichever will grant me good fortune."
"I don't think gods work that way."
"I don't think I care. — Leigh Bardugo
A liar, a thief, and utterly without conscience. But he'll keep to any deal you strike with him. — Leigh Bardugo
There are no good men in Ketterdam, Kaz said. And then he'd simply let go. — Leigh Bardugo
Has she at least done it before?" said Kaz. "For this purpose?" asked Sturmhond. "I've seen her do it twice. It worked splendidly. Once". — Leigh Bardugo
We'll be Kings and Queens, Inej. Kings and Queens. — Leigh Bardugo
Feeling anything for Kaz Brekker was the worst follishness. — Leigh Bardugo
Well, Brekker, it's obvious you only deal in half-truths and outright lies, so you're clearly the man for the job. — Leigh Bardugo
In the end, Kaz Brekker was a just a boy, and she'd let him lead her to this fate. — Leigh Bardugo
