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S.A. Chakraborty QUOTES

S.A. Chakraborty QUOTES

1 " I'm not sleeping alongside you in some temple dedicated to fish orgies. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

2 " Go steal some happiness for yourself, my friend," she said shortly. "Trust me when I say the chance doesn't always come back. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

3 " A new, rather grisly lesson in Daevabad's history." Nahri made a face. "Just once, I'd like to learn of an event that was nothing but our ancestors conjuring rainbows and dancing in the street together. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

4 " People do not thrive under tyrants, Alizayd; they do not come up with innovations when they're busy trying to stay alive, or offer creative ideas when error is punished by the hooves of a karkadann. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

5 " And how many Daeva children died when your people invaded? Far more than the Geziri children who will be lost tonight."
Muntadhir stared at him in shock. "Do you hear yourself? What sort of man plots that calculus?" Hate filled his gray eyes. "God, I hope it's her in the end. I hope Nahri puts a goddamned knife through whatever passes for your heart. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

6 " He crossed the floor to start rifling through one of the supply chests, pulling free a small silver bottle and ripping open the top. "Is this liquor? Because I want to be completely intoxicated when Abba gets wind that his children are plotting a coup in a fucking closet."
"That's weapons polish," Ali said quickly "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

7 " Nahri rose to her feet. "We need to retrieve Suleiman's seal," she declared. "It's our only hope of defeating them." She glanced down at Ali, reaching out her hand. "Are you with me?"
Ali took a deep breath but then clasped her hand and climbed to his feet. "Until the end. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

8 " Oh, calm down, Sheikh." Zaynab shivered. "It's cold up here."
"Cold? We're djinn! You are literally created from fire. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

9 " Can we delay bloodshed for at least a few days? I didn't cross a cursed lake in a giant wooden bowl so I could be beheaded for treason before I had a chance to sample some royal cuisine."
"That's not the punishment for treason," Ali murmured.
"What's the punishment for treason then?"
"Being trampled to death by a karkadann."
Lubayd paled and this time, Ali knew it wasn't due to seasickness. "Oh," he choked out. "Don't you come from an inventive family? "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

10 " The bow in hand, he finally staggered up and glanced down the alley, obviously searching for whoever had – what had he said? – ‘called’ him? Though he didn’t look much taller than her, the vast array of weapons – enough to fight a whole troop of French soldiers – was terrifying and slightly ridiculous. Like what a little boy might don to pretend to be some ancient warrior.

A warrior. Oh, by the Most High…

He was looking for her. Nahri was the one who had called him. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

11 " When the Franks and Turks weren't fighting over Egypt, the only thing they seemed to agree on was that the Egyptians couldn't govern it themselves. God forbid. It's not as though the Egyptians were the inheritors of a great civilization whose mighty monuments still littered the land. Oh, no. They were peasants, superstitious fools who ate too many beans "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

12 " With a curse, Zaynab followed. "If I've not said it lately, I think I hate you."

"You know, for a magical being, you have a terrible sense of adventure," Nahri replied, touching one of the eddies of paint, a blue swell that looked like a wave. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

13 " You’re some kind of thief, then?”
“That’s a very narrow-minded way of looking at it. I prefer to think of myself as a merchant of delicate tasks. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

14 " He bowed. "You hear correctly." His gaze didn't ;leave her, the examination making her skin crawl. He shook his head. "Astonishing. I never imagined I'd meet a real Nahid."
With a curse, Zaynab followed. "If I've not said it lately, I think I hate you."

"You know, for a magical being, you have a terrible sense of adventure," Nahri replied, touching one of the eddies of paint, a blue swell that looked like a wave. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

15 " Greatness takes time, Banu Nahida. Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

16 " In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion? "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

17 " You're some kind of thief, then?"
"That a very narrow-minded way of looking at it. I prefer to think of myself as a merchant of delicate tasks. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1)

18 " You don't stop fighting a war just because you're losing battles. You change tactics. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)

19 " Not wanting to be destroyed by despair doesn’t make you a coward. It makes you a survivor. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3)

20 " I've had enough of men hurting me because they were upset. "

― S.A. Chakraborty , The Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2)