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Sabaa Tahir QUOTES

1 " Life is made of so many moments that mean nothing. Then one day, a single moment comes along to define every second that comes after. Such moments are tests of courage, of strength. "

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

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

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

3 " I never feared the night, not even as a child, but Blackcliff’s night is different, heavy with a silence that makes you look over your shoulder, a silence that feels like a living thing. "

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

4 " 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 , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

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

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

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

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

7 " There will be so much more in between. So much uncertainty. I don't know if we'll survive the catacombs, let alone the rest of it. But it doesn't matter. For now, these steps are enough. These first few precious steps into darkness. Into the unknown. Into freedom. "

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

8 " Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them - or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything? "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

9 " 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 , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

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

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

11 " Perhaps grief is like battle: After experiencing enough of it, your body’s instincts take over. When you see it closing in like a Martial death squad, you harden your insides. You prepare for the agony of a shredded heart. And when it hits, it hurts, but not as badly, because you have locked away your weakness, and all that’s left is anger and strength. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

12 " 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 , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

13 " It takes only a split second for life to go horribly wrong. To fix the mess, I need a thousand things to go right. The distance from one bit of luck to the next feels as great as the distance across oceans. But, I decide in this moment, I will bridge that distance, again and again, until I win. I will not fail. "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

14 " The voice is deep and soft, not a sound so much as a feeling. It is storm and wind and leaves twisting in the night. It is roots sucking deep at the earth, and the pale, sightless creatures that live below the ground. But there’s something wrong with this voice, something diseased at its core. "

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

15 " Rage colors her every movement. Rage that has nothing to do with her so-called bodyguards and everything to do with me and her and the confusion rolling around inside the both of us.
This should be interesting "

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

16 " Don't lock yourself away from those who care about you because you think you'll hurt them or they'll hurt you. What point is there in being human if you don't let yourself feel anything? "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

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

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

18 " You’re sure this is what you want?” I search her eyes for doubt, fear, uncertainty, but all I see is that fire. Ten hells
“I’m sure”
“Then I’ll find a way "

― Sabaa Tahir , A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes, #2)

19 " 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 , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

20 " Fight back, Laia. For Darin. For Izzi. For every Scholar this beast has abused. Fight. A scream bursts from me, and I claw at Marcus’s face, but a punch to my stomach takes the wind out of my lungs. I double over, retching, and his knee comer up into my forehead. The hallway spins, and I drop to my knees. Then I hear him laughting, a sadistic chuckle that stokes my defiance.

Sluggishly, I throw myself at his legs. It won’t be like before, like during the raid when I let that Mask drag me about my own house like some dead thing.

This time, I’ll fight. Tooth and nail, I’ll fight. "

― Sabaa Tahir , An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)