Alina: The King deserves every bit of your vengeance. But Kirigan does not deserve your loyalty. He is just as responsible for your position.
Genya: I am his soldier. We all are.
Alina: We are his pawns. Nothing more.

The Darkling: I read your letters. All these years, you never truly appreciated who she is. But it's all right because I do.
Mal: Oh, you have no chance, shadow man, because I'm the one she chose.
The Darkling: You are a child, and she is Grisha. Take away my shadows, and I still have something that you don't. Patience. Alina may well take years to forgive me, but I can wait. Meanwhile, you will grow old, your hair will gray, and she will remain ageless, like me. And one day, maybe a year from now, maybe fifty. She'll realize that she has only one equal. That there are no others like us and that there never will be. I'm not going to kill you, Mal. I don't need to. Time will do it for me.

Baghra: Oh, Aleksander. Where's the girl, your Healer?
Aleksander: Dead. She died because of me.
Baghra: She died because they always do; they're not as strong as you and me.
Aleksander: You're the one who taught me how to kill, Mother. Their blood is on your hands as much as mine.
Baghra: I taught you so you could protect yourself. Not them. I told you as much, but you are so stubborn. You wouldn't listen. Maybe you will now.

Genya: I had no choice.
Alina: Except that you did. And you chose to betray our friendship.
Genya: I was a whipping girl for the Queen and a Grisha without a color. I -- Choosing friendship over survival was not a luxury I could afford.
Alina: I know what it means to be an outsider struggling to survive, and it's no excuse.

You are special. You do know that? And you're about to prove it to the world.

The Darkling

The Darkling: Perhaps. But you have given me one. A chance to make amends, to finally win. The Fold was not your mistake --
Alina: The Fold was no mistake!
The Darkling: I never intended for it to be the blight it's become. Or for men like the King or Zlatan to exploit it for their own gain.
Alina: You put this collar on me to exploit my power for your gain!
The Darkling: For us. To help us conquer the Fold together. You and me. You cannot do this on your own. And neither can I.
Alina: We could've had this. All of it. You could've made me your equal. Instead, you made me this. You don't care who suffers, as long as you win.
The Darkling: Fine. Make me your villain.

Jesper: If I'm meant to die today, and either of you two survive, make sure I have an open casket.
Kaz: No one's dying today. No mourners.
Inej: No funerals.

The Darkling: Do you know the only thing more powerful than you or me? The two of us. Together. Together, we can end all wars. We can protect our own. Is that not what you want?
Alina: Are we destroying the Fold?
The Darkling: We can do anything. Together.

Kaz: Between our dwindling funds, lack of time, and conflicting interests, it's time we cut our losses.
Jesper: I guess the Bastard misses the Barrel.

I would've thought you, of all people, would understand what it's like. To live in hiding in fear of being murdered for simply being. It's why I built the Little Palace in the first place. Everything that I have done, everything that I have ever done, has been to make Ravka safer, to make Grisha safer!

The Darkling

I was going to tell you to trust Kaz and that he'd never let you go back, but I don't have the right to tell you what you should do with your shot at freedom.

Jesper

Inej: Kaz, if not Saints, what do you believe in?
Kaz: Myself.
Inej: Why'd I even ask?
Kaz: And you. And Jesper. My Crows.
Inej: Because we flock to your bidding? Like the animals of vengeance, you named us after?
Kaz: Crows don't just remember the faces of people who wronged them. They also remember those who were kind. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for. No Saint ever watched over me. Not like you have.

Shadow and Bone Quotes

Inej: So? What's our move now?
Kaz: You're the one of us who believes in a higher power. If we're going to survive a round trip through the Fold, we'll need a miracle or two.

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.

Alina