Best Kaz Brekker Quotes

#1. One minute he made her blush and the next he made her want to commit murder.

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#2. 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.

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#3. Just this minute, I'll settle for an apology, she decided. And I wont' board the boat without one. Even if Kaz isn't sorry, he can pretend. He at least owes me his best imitation of a human being.

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#4. 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.

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#5. There are no good men in Ketterdam, Kaz said. And then he'd simply let go.

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#6. Nina glanced from Inej to Kaz and saw they both wore the same expression. Nina knew that look. It came after the shipwreck, when the tide moved against you and the sky had gone dark. It was the first sight of land, the hope of shelter and even salvation that might await you on a distant shore.

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#7. Haskell whisked the pistol from his pocket and flipped open the barrel. It was empty. "You little--" Then Haskell barked a laugh and plucked the bullets from Kaz's hand, shaking his head. "You've got the devil's own blood in you, boy. Go get my money.

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#8. 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.

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#9. I'm pragmatic. If I were cruel, I'd give him an eulogy instead of a conversation.

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#10. 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.

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#11. Kaz had always kept himself at a remove from everyone. They'd wanted camaraderie, friendship, but he had never agreed to play their game, only his own.

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#12. She would have her ship and he would have his city.

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#13. Though Kaz's tone was easy, Matthias heard the dark anticipation in his words. He had often wondered how people survived this city, but it was possible Ketterdam would not survive Kaz Brekker.

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#14. Speak, she begged silently. Give me a reason to stay. For all his selfishness and cruelty, Kaz was still the boy who had saved her. She wanted to believe he was worth saving, too.

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#15. If you ever cared about me at all, don't follow.

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#16. Feeling anything for Kaz Brekker was the worst follishness.

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#17. He knew exactly what he intended to leave behind when he was gone.

Damage.

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#18. 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.

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#19. He'd known even then, though: He'd start as a grunt, but the Dregs would become his army.

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#20. Wylan didn't think he imagined the tension in the rasp of Kaz's voice. Kaz never yelled the way Wylan's father did, but Wylan had learned to listen for that low note, that bit of black harmony that crept into Kaz's tone when things were about to get dangerous.

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#21. Then tailor him," Kaz said coldly. The challenge in Kaz's eyes was clear. So he knew she'd been struggling. Of course he did. Dirtyhands never missed a trick.

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#22. 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.

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#23. He's horrible."
"But effective. Being angry at Kaz for being ruthless is like being angry at a stove for being hot.

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#24. Compromise," Kaz said. " 'I'm sorry' does the trick and uses fewer bullets.

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#25. 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".

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#26. I trade in information, Geels, the things men do when they think no one is looking. Shame holds more value than coin ever can.

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#27. We'll be Kings and Queens, Inej. Kings and Queens.

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#28. He saw that Jesper was staring at his hands. "What were you expecting?" Kaz growled.
"Claws, at least,"Jesper said, shifting his gaze to his own bony feet. "Possibly a spiny thumb.

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#29. I will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.

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#30. No one got the better of Kaz. He was the toughest, scariest thing walking the alleys of the Barrel.

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#31. At some point, Jesper realized Kaz was gone.
"Not one for goodbyes, is he?" he muttered.
"He doesn't say goodbye," Inej said. She kept her eyes on the lights of the canal. Somewhere in the garden, a night bird began to sing. "He just lets go.

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#32. Kaz didn't look remotely entertained. "The Ravkan king lets you negotiate for him in matters of state?" he asked skeptically.
"Occasionally," said Sturmhond. "Especially if less than savory personages are involved. You have a reputation, Mister Brekker."
"So do you.

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