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Sabaa Tahir quotes: I'd rather die than live with no mercy, no honor, no soul.

I'd rather die than live with no mercy, no honor, no soul.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: She's still clinging to the side of her mountain, just like I'm still wandering lost in my battlefield.

She's still clinging to the side of her mountain, just like I'm still wandering lost in my battlefield.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Children are born to break their mothers' hearts, my boy.

Children are born to break their mothers' hearts, my boy.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I do not doubt, I do not hesitate. I am the Lioness's daughter, and I have the Lioness's strength.

I do not doubt, I do not hesitate. I am the Lioness's daughter, and I have the Lioness's strength.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: So many bleeding, stupid questions. Do girls think like this all the time? No wonder they're so confusing.

So many bleeding, stupid questions. Do girls think like this all the time? No wonder they're so confusing.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: The field of battle is my temple. The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The killing blow is my release.

The field of battle is my temple. The swordpoint is my priest. The dance of death is my prayer. The killing blow is my release.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: She chuckles again. "Because sane plans never work, girl," she says. "Only the mad ones do.

She chuckles again. "Because sane plans never work, girl," she says. "Only the mad ones do.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Life is hard enough without having to avoid entire rooms in my own head.

Life is hard enough without having to avoid entire rooms in my own head.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: The rest is just wishes and hope, the most fragile of things.

The rest is just wishes and hope, the most fragile of things.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cannot change it. You cannot stop it.

You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cannot change it. You cannot stop it.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: For Kashi,who taught me that my spiritis stronger than my fear

For Kashi,
who taught me that my spirit
is stronger than my fear

Sabaa Tahir quotes: You are full, Laia. Full of life and dark and strength and spirit. You are in our dreams. You will burn, for you are an ember in the ashes.

You are full, Laia. Full of life and dark and strength and spirit. You are in our dreams. You will burn, for you are an ember in the ashes.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: You're not like the others. You killed to save. You put others first.

You're not like the others. You killed to save. You put others first.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Family is worth dying for, killing for. Fighting for them is all that keeps us going when everything else is gone.

Family is worth dying for, killing for. Fighting for them is all that keeps us going when everything else is gone.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Safety is an illusion never to trust.

Safety is an illusion never to trust.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: There is more to this life than love, Helene Aquilla. There is duty. Empire. Family. Gens. The men you lead. The promises you make.

There is more to this life than love, Helene Aquilla. There is duty. Empire. Family. Gens. The men you lead. The promises you make.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: In the night, your loneliness crushes you, as if the sky itself has swooped down to smother you in its cold arms.

In the night, your loneliness crushes you, as if the sky itself has swooped down to smother you in its cold arms.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.

So long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Secrets are a snake's way of doing business." "And snakes survive,

Secrets are a snake's way of doing business." "And snakes survive,

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.

Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I'm too hot to care.

I'm too hot to care.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: The best lies come from the truth.

The best lies come from the truth.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is not usually a good thing.

I don't smile at her. It will only scare her. For a female slave, a smile from a Mask is not usually a good thing.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Disappear! I scream the word in my mind, queen of the desolate landscape therein, ordering her ragged troops to a last stand.

Disappear! I scream the word in my mind, queen of the desolate landscape therein, ordering her ragged troops to a last stand.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I am alone, and I am a Mask.

I am alone, and I am a Mask.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: The problem with greedy people, Pop once said to me, is that they think everyone else is as greedy as they are

The problem with greedy people, Pop once said to me, is that they think everyone else is as greedy as they are

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Who is my brother now? When did he transform from the boy who made me too-sweet tea to a man with secrets too heavy to share with his little sister?

Who is my brother now? When did he transform from the boy who made me too-sweet tea to a man with secrets too heavy to share with his little sister?

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I don't need to believe in the supernatural, not when there's worse that roams the night.

I don't need to believe in the supernatural, not when there's worse that roams the night.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Shadows will bloom in your heart, and you will become everything you hate.

Shadows will bloom in your heart, and you will become everything you hate.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: This is what it means to have faith, to believe in something greater than yourself." A

This is what it means to have faith, to believe in something greater than yourself." A

Sabaa Tahir quotes: For tonight, maybe we can just be Laia and Elias.

For tonight, maybe we can just be Laia and Elias.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.

You fool, Helene. When you love, there is always more pain.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: So my choices are to stay and be evil or to run and be evil. Wonderful.

So my choices are to stay and be evil or to run and be evil. Wonderful.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: All the beauty of the stars means nothing when life here on earth is so ugly.

All the beauty of the stars means nothing when life here on earth is so ugly.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night - if you dare to let yourself burn.

But you, Helene Aquilla, are no swift-burning spark. You are a torch against the night - if you dare to let yourself burn.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I should just build a bleeding house here," I mutter as I pick myself up off the snow-covered ground. "Maybe get a few chickens. Plant a garden.

I should just build a bleeding house here," I mutter as I pick myself up off the snow-covered ground. "Maybe get a few chickens. Plant a garden.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: If your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making.

If your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: You will be chained to the darkness within yourself as surely as if chained to the walls of a prison cell.

You will be chained to the darkness within yourself as surely as if chained to the walls of a prison cell.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: A bloody gloaming then, and bloodier still as twilight fades to dawn.

A bloody gloaming then, and bloodier still as twilight fades to dawn.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Where there is life, Nan used to say, there is hope.

Where there is life, Nan used to say, there is hope.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making." Elias

your sins were blood, child, you would drown in a river of your own making." Elias

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Laia is the wild dance of a Tribal campfire, while Helene is the cold blue of an alchemist's flame.

Laia is the wild dance of a Tribal campfire, while Helene is the cold blue of an alchemist's flame.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I recognize the smell - his smell - spice and rain.

I recognize the smell - his smell - spice and rain.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Elias and Laia are each other's countermelodies. I am just a dissonant note.

Elias and Laia are each other's countermelodies. I am just a dissonant note.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: The stars are so different when you're free.

The stars are so different when you're free.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: The thought appears in my head, but I hardly know what I means.

The thought appears in my head, but I hardly know what I means.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time - that's permanent.

Exhaustion is temporary. Pain is temporary. But Helene dying because I didn't find a way to get her back on time - that's permanent.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Few people want witnesses to their pain, and grief is the worst pain of all.

Few people want witnesses to their pain, and grief is the worst pain of all.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.

Mercy is weakness. Offer it to your enemies and you might as well fall upon your own sword.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Once, I'd have wanted that. I'd have wanted someone to tell me what to do, to fix everything. Once, I'd have wanted to be saved.

Once, I'd have wanted that. I'd have wanted someone to tell me what to do, to fix everything. Once, I'd have wanted to be saved.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.

Failure doesn't define you. It's what you do after you fail that determines whether you are a leader or a waste of perfectly good air.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Perhaps I have become so accustomed to the burden of secrets that I do not notice their weight until I am free of it.

Perhaps I have become so accustomed to the burden of secrets that I do not notice their weight until I am free of it.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I'd say it's impossible, but the Commandant trained the word out of me.

I'd say it's impossible, but the Commandant trained the word out of me.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Sorry is a callous inadequacy.

Sorry is a callous inadequacy.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.

Fear is only your enemy if you allow it to be.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: You are my priest. You are my prayer. You are my release.

You are my priest. You are my prayer. You are my release.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: When you love, there is always more pain. "Men

When you love, there is always more pain. "Men

Sabaa Tahir quotes: All evil here. Monsters. Little monsters and then big ones.

All evil here. Monsters. Little monsters and then big ones.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Nan always said that as long as there is life, there is hope.

Nan always said that as long as there is life, there is hope.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Don't look so worried. Most successful missions are just a series of barely averted disasters.

Don't look so worried. Most successful missions are just a series of barely averted disasters.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Elias and I are finished. Now, there is only death.

Elias and I are finished. Now, there is only death.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Sometimes loneliness is a choice.

Sometimes loneliness is a choice.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I know what it is to lose those you love. I taught myself not to feel anything at all. For so long that it wasn't until I met you that

I know what it is to lose those you love. I taught myself not to feel anything at all. For so long that it wasn't until I met you that

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Just because he's a good leader doesn't mean he's a good person.

Just because he's a good leader doesn't mean he's a good person.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged, but it's there. Don't let them take it from you, Elias.

Draw a line in your mind. Never cross it again. You have a soul. It's damaged, but it's there. Don't let them take it from you, Elias.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Laia. The Scholar girl. Another ember waiting to burn the world down,' she says. 'Will you hurt her too?

Laia. The Scholar girl. Another ember waiting to burn the world down,' she says. 'Will you hurt her too?

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Too much fear and you're paralyzed. Too little fear and you're arrogant.

Too much fear and you're paralyzed. Too little fear and you're arrogant.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.

Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don't lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: True suffering lies in the expectation of pain as much as in the pain itself.

True suffering lies in the expectation of pain as much as in the pain itself.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: But I'm not strong. I'm weak, and I'm sick of pretending I'm not.

But I'm not strong. I'm weak, and I'm sick of pretending I'm not.

Sabaa Tahir quotes: I throw her over my shoulder

I throw her over my shoulder

Sabaa Tahir quotes: So long as you fight in the darkness, you stand in the light.

So long as you fight in the darkness, you stand in the light.