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Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1) QUOTES

Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1) QUOTES

1 " The purpose of collecting so much information can only be power. "

― Nick Drake , Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1)

2 " And I am ashamed to write here that I felt more alive than ever, even though my heart was broken glass in my chest. "

― Nick Drake , Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1)

3 " I, Rahotep, youngest chief detective of the Thebes Medjay division, "

― Nick Drake , Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1)

4 " I woke early like a condemned man to the naivety of birdsong. "

― Nick Drake , Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1)

5 " heads held up above the waterline. He left me on the far side. Suddenly the simple quietness of the world returned to me: a few birds, some children playing at the water’s edge, the occasional calls of women working in the fields. No other boats were approaching or landing here. The sun, slowly descending towards the western cliffs, guided me towards the general area where the fort lay. I set off between the fields of emmer and barley. How immaculate they were, tended to perfection over all time as if the fields themselves were worshipped gods. At one point a group of men riding donkeys appeared ahead of me, but we nodded and continued without attending much to one another. The track between the fields "

― Nick Drake , Nefertiti: The Book of the Dead (Rai Rahotep, #1)