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41 " The world makes things for each place. Fish for the sea, Rocs for the mountain skies, and girls with sun in their skin and perfect aim for a desert that doesn't let weakness live. "
― Alwyn Hamilton , Rebel of the Sands (Rebel of the Sands, #1)
42 " Haven't you ever wanted something so bad that it becomes more than a want? I need to get out of this town. I need it like I need to breathe. "
43 " She moved like a storm someone had given steel to. "
44 " Jin had told me once there was no arguing against belief. It was a foreign language to logic. "
45 " But if knowledge was power, then the unknown was the greatest weakness of immortal things. "
46 " Jin always smiled at me like we were both about to be in big trouble and he loved it. The prince smiled like he was forgiving you for it. "
47 " I was a desert girl. I thought I knew heat. I was wrong. "
48 " I don't mean to worry you and all," I said, trying to keep my voice calm, "but have you noticed that you've been shot?""Ah." Looking at him closer now, I could see he was clutching the counter to stay upright. "I'd almost forgotten about that. "
49 " But then, this was what the desert did to us. It made us dreamers with weapons. "
― Alwyn Hamilton , Traitor to the Throne (Rebel of the Sands, #2)
50 " But even if the desert forgot a thousand and one of our stories, it was enough that they would tell of us at all. That long after our deaths, men and women sitting around a fire would hear that once, long ago, before we were all just stories, we lived. "
― Alwyn Hamilton , Hero at the Fall (Rebel of the Sands, #3)
51 " It was damn hard to trust a boy with a smile like that. A smile that made me want to follow him straight to the places he’d told me about and made me sure I shouldn’t at the same time. "
52 " I wouldn't point fingers if I were you. You know what they say: those who point fingers wind up with them broken so badly they point straight back at them. - Shazad "
53 " She turned to Jin now, sprawled by the fire, his hat pulled over his eyes. “I can tell you’re awake. Are you coming with us?” He sighed, tipping his hat backward. “Yeah, yeah. Just trying to get some sleep before going to near certain death. "
54 " God, I knew I was in trouble even then. I was running for my life, bleeding on your floor, and all I could think about was kissing you and damn if we got caught. "
55 " You and I, we’re going to get tomorrow, and the next night, and a thousand nights after that. For now, it can be enough that I am yours.” He kissed me gently. “All that I am I give to you, and all that I have is yours. "
56 " What do you think happens" I said instead. "When we die?" Jin didn't believe in gods. He didn't believe in heavens or hells or worlds after. Just in this world. Just in now.Jin traced my face, like he was trying to remember it. "I think they burn us and we become dust and ash." He ran a finger across the edge of my lips. "And I think that the dust that was me will spend until the end of time trying to get as close as possible the the dust that was you out in that vast desert. "
57 " We would be stories long after we were gone. Imperfect, inaccurate stories. Stories that could never even come close to reality "
58 " The trouble with belief is that it's not the same as truth. "
59 " I promised them that if they got my son out, I would show this city how a desert girl dies. - Shira "
60 " I thought of Shazad. My sister in arms. We had recognised something in each other the first time we met and we were tied. By more than blood. "